The Denver Nuggets picked up a key late-season, 116-107, victory on Wednesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves that catapulted the defending NBA champions into the No. 1 seed in the West, but it was Christian Braun’s highlight-reel dunk over Rudy Gobert that stole the show
Christian Braun after dunking on Gobert https://t.co/lvQ4oUCvNX pic.twitter.com/WhSYokwodS
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Braun, who made several key plays in the closing stretch of the game, saved his best dunk for last over the favorite for Defensive Player of the Year. With 3:24 to play, Braun went sprinting up the left wing and elevated with the ball in his right hand. When he saw that Gobert was in good defensive position, Braun switched hands mid-air and dunked it home over the Timberwolves star with his left hand.
The dunk sent the Denver crowd into a frenzy.
Here’s another view of it:
Braun finished with eight points and five rebounds, and played a key role on both ends of the floor in the fourth quarter. Nikola Jokic scored 41 for Denver in the victory that moved the Nuggets into the top-seed in the Western Conference.
Here are some of the best reactions to Braun’s incredible acrobatic play:
