The Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Clippers, 101-99, in Game 4 of their first round playoff series. Aaron Gordon made the game-winning dunk as time expired. Gordon's game-winner came right in front of Clippers owner Steve Ballmer who had spent much of the previous 11 minutes and 59 seconds of the fourth quarter cheering on a huge comeback by his team.
The Clippers trailed by 22 early in the fourth quarter and came all the way back to take the lead with less than a minute remaining. Ballmer loved the comeback and reacted to every big moment like the team was relaunching Windows 95.
Norman Powell with the corner 3 to cut the Nuggets lead down to 4. Including the reactions by Steve Ballmer. pic.twitter.com/I1mVBPRXRo
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Steve Ballmer is loving watching Kawhi play pic.twitter.com/CgzN2llNz7
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It's what makes Ballmer so great. He spends. He cares deeply. He lives and dies with every play like a real fan.
And that's why he was sitting his usual seat and probably had the best look at Gordon's dunk out of anyone in the entire stadium who wasn't wearing a jersey.
Steve Ballmer basically got posterized.
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