The last game of the night was the closest matchup we had all night. Vericel came out firing on all cylinders to start the game. Shaq was a player for the Nuggets who got going early hitting two threes nothing but net. Mitchell Crossman was determined to get Vericel their first win of the season as he was scoring efficiently under the rim while also being active on defense grabbing steals. The nuggets were up half way through the half and thats when they went on a run. It was a 12-3 run which lasted a long time. Vericel was missing shots but were able to end the run with a three from Long Gong. The run created the space nuggets needed to going into the second half on a positive note as they were up 31-25. Shaq was carrying his squad with pretty much half of his teams points with 15. 

 The next half started off fantastic for Vericel as they were able to go on a run of their own and take the lead. it was a 9-1 run lead by Long and Mitchell stealing the ball and scoring baskets. The nuggets stayed calm cool and collected as they have alll season showing no panic. They just continued to play their game. The nuggets retook the lead 40-38 after Shaq just continues to get whatever he wanted to. A big story to how Vericel lost the lead was the great rebounding from Brett Barclift who had 23 rebounds including 5 OREBS! The dominance on the glass and the scoring from Shaq was too much for Vericel to overcome in the second half causing them to fall again. Nuggets win 54-44.