5月5日NBA季后赛，明尼苏达森林狼队客场106-99击败丹佛掘金队。 This is the first meeting between the two sides, the Timberwolves have improved significantly this season, Edwards has reached a supergiant level, especially on the defensive end, even in the face of top scorers like Durant and Booker, the first round swept the Suns 4-0 out, this Wolves army is indeed ridiculously strong. As the defending champions, the Nuggets' overall strength is not inferior to that of the Timberwolves, and they swept the Lakers 4-1 in the first round, and the championship team is still there. This round of the series is a real strength game, the height of the front line of both sides is high enough, the lineup is thick enough, and the most important thing is that they are young enough, but they are still slightly optimistic about the Timberwolves, this season's Wolves can be said to be a sudden attack, the speed of progress is too exaggerated, and with the inside twin towers, it can be called the top championship configuration, and the Timberwolves are optimistic about getting off to a good start. Let's take a look at the starters of both sides.
Both starters:
Timberwolves: Conley, Edwards, McDaniels, Towns, Gobert
Nuggets: Murray, Pope, Porter Jr., Gordon, Jokic
比赛开始，森林狼快速进入状态，爱德华兹唐斯里突外投连得9分，森林狼开局轰出9-0，状态拉满了。
森林狼越打越热，爱德华兹开局4中4连得11分，森林狼14-2领先掘金，华子太像乔丹了，如有神助。
On the other hand, the Nuggets faced the iron-blooded defense of the Timberwolves, and the offense was directly dumb, and Jokic hit Towns with his back to hit the iron again, and the Nuggets only scored 4 points in 2 of 8 in the opening game.
被打出18-4后掘金叫出暂停，调整回来掘金火力全开！约基奇背打&波特干拔三分，掘金顺势打出11-0追停森林狼。
The two sides went back and forth, and at the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets overtook the score 25-23.
比赛进入第二节，森林狼开始发力，李凯尔挡拆顺下接球，起飞迎着小波特完成双手隔扣，这球太炸裂了，中国球员就是给力啊！
随后比赛进入焦灼状态，约基奇转身摆脱戈贝尔，迎着唐斯上篮脱手失误，两个中锋换着防，强如约基奇也没办法，只能肉搏了。
森林狼火力不减，爱德华兹暂停回来里突外投连得5分，半场已得25分，太猛了。
Time passed slowly, and at halftime, the Nuggets led the Timberwolves 44-40.
After returning from the break, the two sides faced off again, Towns scored 9 points in a row at the beginning of the game to lead the team to chase the score, and the Nuggets relied on the overall offense to hold the slight advantage.
However, the Timberwolves gradually gained the upper hand in the late rotation, and Edwards scored two consecutive goals to help the team achieve a comeback and enter the fourth quarter with a two-point lead.
In the final quarter, the Timberwolves maintained a slight advantage and continued to see, but the Timberwolves were superior in the final period, Edwards scored four key points with free throws, and the Timberwolves relied on a wave of 8-0 offensive to widen the difference to 11 respectively.
The Nuggets then relied on Jokic to score five points in a row to keep hope, but in the final 1 minute, the Timberwolves scored steadily and did not give the opponent a chance.
In the end, the Timberwolves beat the Nuggets 106-99 to get the series off to a good start.
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