Andre Miller was the unlikeliest of superstars on the squad without superstars.
The old man of the Denver Nuggets, at 37 years old, scored on a driving layup with 1.3 seconds remaining to knock off the Golden State Warriors, 97-95, in Game 1 of their first-round playoff matchup.
Off the bench, Miller became Denver's first star of the postseason.
Miller scored 18 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and was 11-of-16 shooting in the game, but his biggest moment came on the final, winning possession, when he won the game on an isolation drive to the basket.
Age is nothing but a number, right? Miller is the 9th oldest player in this postseason.
Miller has been a large part of the Nuggets’ success all year, but this was far from the expectation. Miller averaged 9.6 points and 5.9 assists this season, and no one, especially the Warriors, expected this type of production.
And that’s a perfect fit to the script Denver has been writing all year.
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Article written by Jimmy Spencer