21 points on 10 shots! Beat Murray to become the Nuggets' second scorer, and the Lakers will suppress the Timberwolves?

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2024-05-11 13:02Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

On May 11, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and today the Timberwolves and Nuggets ushered in the third game of the series, and in the end, the Nuggets relied on better play, and they defeated the Timberwolves 117-90. We won't go into detail about the process of this game, it can be said that the Timberwolves collapsed in the second quarter, and they didn't catch up with the difference in the whole game, and now the big score between the two sides has come to 1-2, and the series has suspense again.

Jokic scored 24 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks on 10-of-18 shooting and 1-of-3 three-pointers, and he was also the first player in NBA history to play such statistics in the playoffs. Jokic showed dominance from the beginning of the game, making various fouls to the opponent, so it also disrupted the Timberwolves' defensive deployment, and perhaps the victory in this game will let Jokic know how they can beat the Timberwolves.

Although the Timberwolves have three towers, but their problems are also very obvious, no one in the three towers can guard Jokic, opponents will often choose to pinch Jokic, as long as the outside shooters can shoot open three-pointers, the Timberwolves can't limit the Nuggets' offense, the Nuggets' three-point shooting is very good, they have a total of 29 three-point shots in 14, and the three-point shooting rate is as high as 48.3%, which is very efficient.

Now Jokic is two cups of poison for the Timberwolves, you either choose to let me play alone, or choose to give my teammates an empty three-point, for now, I think the Timberwolves will choose to pinch Jokic next, he doesn't believe that the opponent's shooter can always be so accurate, especially Gordon, Gordon has been empty outside the three-point line before, but this time he scored 13 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists on 3-of-4 three-point shooting.

Although Gordon is not accurate, but Porter Jr. is too terrifying, he is the most reliable shooter around Jokic now, Porter Jr. shot 6 of 10 in the game, 4 of 5 three-pointers got 21 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, played an efficient performance with very few shots, so that the opponent was helpless, in this season the Nuggets' lineup thickness is not as good as last season, but Porter Jr. has grown, which is their biggest reliance on winning the championship, Porter Jr. has improved the team's firepower.

As far as the playoffs are concerned, Porter Jr. is the team's second most stable scoring point on the offensive end, more reliable than Murray, Murray played the highest performance in the playoffs this season, 11 of 21 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers got 24 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, although it doesn't seem very efficient, but the playoffs have been facing high-intensity defense so far, this is already his best game.

Murray has averaged 20.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.8 blocks per game since the postseason, which is not bad if you look at the data alone, but his overall shooting rate is only 39%, three-point shooting rate is 29.8%, and in the face of high-intensity defense, his performance is very bad, it can be said that the two killings in the face of the Lakers covered up his overall poor performance, and Murray lost the last game, and threw warm babies into the court, which was also a loss of character.

In contrast, Porter Jr. is a lot more stable, he has averaged 20.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game in the playoffs so far, although the score is not as good as Murrido, but his shooting rate is as high as 52.3%, the three-point shooting rate is 48.3%, and he can hit 3.6 three-pointers per game.

The reason why Porter Jr. is so efficient is that his 2.08-meter height is outside the three-point line, and the opponent can't interfere at all, and whether he can score or not is completely up to himself. You must know that Porter Jr. is not worse than Murray in the first round of the No. 7 pick, and is even stronger, Porter Jr. was nicknamed the White Grim Reaper, template Durant, if it weren't for a back injury, he wouldn't have fallen to the first round of 14, he was the No. 1 high school student in the United States that year.

In the series against the Lakers, everyone praised Murray's two stunts, but in fact, if there was no foreshadowing from Porter Jr. in the early stage, Murray would not have been able to play the final kill, Porter Jr. was the Lakers' sufferer in the first round of the series, and Porter Jr. averaged 22.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game in the entire series, with a shooting rate of 55.3% and a terrifying three-point shooting rate of 48.8%.

Because of his excellent play, now everyone likes to call him "Brother Ba", he played the role of the Lakers' bitter master in the first-round series, could it be said that this round series will also play the role of the Timberwolves' bitter master? In the series G1 against the Timberwolves, he easily scored 20 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals on 6-of-13 shooting, Porter Jr. is not only more offensive this season, but also better defensively, and if the Timberwolves want to win, they should also focus on how to defend Porter Jr., let him continue to play like this, the Timberwolves will only be more passive.

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