On May 7, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Western Conference semifinals ushered in the second game between the Nuggets and the Timberwolves, this game has good news for the Nuggets, Gobert missed the game for personal reasons, the Timberwolves promoted Lee Kyle to the starter, partnering Edwards, McDaniels, Conley and Towns, the Nuggets starters remain unchanged, still Murray, Porter, Pope, Gordon and Jokic.
The Timberwolves' defense made it difficult for the Nuggets to score, and Gordon scored 13 points out of 20
In the first quarter of the game, the Timberwolves still took the initiative, and Towns played well in this game, and under his leadership, helped the Timberwolves lead the Nuggets. Comparatively speaking, the Nuggets relied on Gordon's scoring to maintain the difference, scoring 13 points alone! Porter and Murray shot a lot, but did not score a single goal, and only Jokic and Gordon carried the team's offense. Then after Gordon's offense was powered off, Downs and Edwards scored 4 points in a row, Malone was very dissatisfied with the referee after the timeout, and rushed directly to the court after the timeout and scolded the referee!
After the timeout, the Nuggets still Gordon shot iron, I can convert the offense to complete the layup, and then the Timberwolves defended the Nuggets for 24 seconds to violate! In the end, the Nuggets still relied on Holiday to score a three-point score, Walker converted a layup to score, and then made a steal, Morris missed a three-point shot, Lee Kyle completed a layup, and Jokic committed an offensive foul! Edwards singled Pope and made a mistake, Murray missed a three-point shot, and the Timberwolves led the Nuggets by 8 points at 28-20 at the end of the first quarter!
The Timberwolves' defense suffocated the Nuggets!
In the second quarter of the game, Reed took the lead in shooting three points, Reggie failed to replace, Towns broke through to complete the layup, Murray layup was blocked by Reed! and then defended the Nuggets 24 seconds of violation, Murray was difficult to pass the ball to the ball, Gordon also missed the layup, Towns converted the offense and scored three points! The Nuggets chose to pause, the Timberwolves have stretched the score to 16 points, counting the game at the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets have not scored for 5 minutes!
After the Nuggets timeout, Jokic returned to the court, and the Timberwolves defended the Nuggets for 24 seconds of violations, and Walker continued to hit three points! Murray hit the basket and finally scored a backhand layup, but Reed also hit a three-point shot! The difference came directly to 20 points! Porter Jr. completed a layup in European steps, Conley broke through, Murray was blocked by Reed for three points, but fortunately, Porter Jr. threw and scored, Jokic also had a single basket, and Edwards and Towns caused fouls and scored through free throws.
Then the Nuggets' offense did not continue, Edwards showed off his abilities, not only causing foul free throws to score, but also breaking through and completing layups one after another, and the point difference was directly stretched to 26 points, forcing the Nuggets to pause again. After the timeout, Holiday made a three-point shot, Lee Kyle assisted the empty Edwards to complete the dunk, Jokic passed the ball out of bounds, and then Reed blocked Jokic twice in a row! Towns attacked the ball and interfered with the ball, Murray missed, Walker converted the offense and scored three points, Porter was stealing the ball again, Edwards scored directly undefended, Jokic made Reid foul and scored free throws, and the Nuggets trailed the Timberwolves 35-61 at halftime by 26 points, and the 35 points at halftime were also the Nuggets' lowest score in the playoff half.
The offense and defense continued to grind, and the margin went straight to 30 points, and the Timberwolves relaxed to allow the Nuggets to narrow the score by some points
In the second half of the game, the Nuggets continued to play iron, McDaniels received an assist from Lee Kyle to complete the dunk, Murray finally hit a mid-range shot, but in the defensive round, McDaniels caused Murray to shoot a foul and score a free throw, and Murray was stealed by McDaniels! Then Murray and Jokic were blocked in a row, and the Nuggets violated the rules for another 24 seconds! Conley missed a three-point shot, and Towns scored a rebound. Jokic scored four points in a row, but Edwards and Lee Kyle returned the favor, Pope missed a three-point shot, and Walker converted the offense to shoot a three-pointer!
After the Nuggets paused, Porter finally made a three-point shot, Conley broke through with the ball to complete the layup, Murray caused Walker to foul and score a free throw, Reid was let go, and the three-point continued to hit, Pope scored a pull-up jumper, Reed missed the throw, Jokic completed a layup, and the difference returned to within 30 points, and the Timberwolves saw that the Nuggets had a tendency to pick up, and called a timeout directly. After the timeout, Edwards hit the whistle in the face of the two defenders, a wonderful shot, Edwards scored a foul on Jokic's shooting foul and free throws, Murray broke through to complete a layup, Towns made a mistake, but unfortunately Pope missed the shot, Morris also hit the iron, Holiday broke through and scored a foul free throw, Edwards broke through and also caused a foul, and the Nuggets challenged to blow Edwards for an offensive foul. Fortunately, Holiday then hit a three-pointer to further narrow the gap, and Porter completed a dunk, and the Nuggets chased the score to 22 points at 60-82 at the end of the third quarter.
The offense and defense were disorganized, and the Nuggets lost their reigning champion demeanor
In the final quarter of the game, Reggie scored three points, and the difference returned to within 20 points, Lee Kyle made a mistake, but unfortunately Porter missed three points, Downs caused Holiday to shoot a foul and score a free throw, Braun scored a layup under the empty basket, Lee Kyle was stealed by Braun with the ball, Lee Kyle assisted Alexander Walker to shoot three points, Holiday stepped on the line with the ball and went out of bounds, Murray and Jokic returned to the court, Murray missed a layup, Gordon scored a dunk, and the difference was still 20 points. To the detriment of the Nuggets, Reggie also twisted his foot in the quarter and was helped back to the locker room.
Then Murray continued to play iron, Edwards scored three points, fortunately, Holiday returned a three-pointer, Towns also hit a three-pointer, Pope missed a three-point shot, Edwards singled Pope and caused a foul, but unfortunately the free throw missed, the point difference returned to 25 points, and the Nuggets basically had no chance to chase points! In the end, the Timberwolves won 106-80 against the Nuggets, and the Timberwolves led the Nuggets 2-0 in the series.
Full-time player stats
Timberwolves: Edwards shot 11-of-17 from the field and 1-of-4 from three-point range to finish with 27 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, Towns shot 10-of-15 from the field and 3-of-5 from three-point range to finish with 27 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks, Lee Kyle had 6 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, McDaniels had 5 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Conley had 4 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Walker had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Reed had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 blocks.
Nuggets: Jokic had 16 points, 16 rebounds and 8 assists on 5-of-13 shooting and 1-of-3 three-pointers, Gordon had 20 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Murray shot 3-of-18 from the field and 0-of-4 from three-pointers for 8 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists, Porter shot 4-of-12 from the field and 1-of-7 from three-point range for 9 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Pope had 4 points and 3 rebounds, Holiday had 13 points and 2 rebounds, and Reggie had 3 points and 2 rebounds.
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