Former Duke basketball star Wendell Moore advanced to the Western Conference Finals on Sunday night when the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Denver Nuggets, the reigning NBA champions, in a tiebreaking Game 7.
The Nuggets led by as many as 20 in the early third quarter, but Minnesota tracked them down for a 98-90 victory.
Moore has appeared in four playoff games thus far for the Timberwolves, playing 15 minutes and scoring two points on four shots. He put up two assists and pulled down a rebound during a blowout Game 6 victory.
The three-year Duke starter played 88 games in a Blue Devils uniform before he was selected in the 2022 NBA draft. He averaged 13.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 4.4 assists as a junior, all career-highs.
Fans remember Moore best for his game-winner against North Carolina on the road in Chapel Hill when he was just a freshman, snatching an errant shot attempt and tipping it in right before the buzzer.
Moore becomes the fourth former Duke player to advance along Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics and Kyrie Irving and Dereck Lively II of the Dallas Mavericks.