In a game with five lead changes in the last two minutes, the Nuggets just couldn’t muster a stop when it mattered most.

Washington trailed by seven with under five minutes to play but worked itself into the lead with a Jordan Poole floater with 44 seconds to play. From there, the teams traded baskets before Jamal Murray, who knocked down the game-winner against the Lakers on Friday, tied the score with five seconds left with another clutch jumper for his scrapbook.

Somehow, the Washington Wizards have officially swept the Denver Nuggets 2-0 in the 2025 NBA regular season. One would have imagined that the Nuggets learned th