On May 11, Beijing time, the Timberwolves played at home against the Nuggets, and the Nuggets in this series were really surprised by many people with a 0-2 victory, it can be said that the Nuggets have been infinitely underestimated at this time, after all, in the first two games, the Timberwolves showed strong defensive ability, and the Nuggets don't seem to have too many ways to crack it, especially Murray's downturn made the Nuggets extremely passive, and now it is really difficult to go to the home of the Timberwolves Nuggets to turn the tables, but the Timberwolves can't be careless, after all, the Nuggets are the defending champions, If the Nuggets are given a chance to turn the tables on the tables, then the Timberwolves will probably pay a huge price for it.
After the start of the first quarter, Pope hit a shot, McDaniels hit a three-point iron and Murray scored a layup, but then Edwards hit a three-pointer, Gordon hit a three-point shot and Towns also hit a three-point shot, and then Jokic assisted Gordon to score, Conley hit a three-point iron and Porter hit a three-pointer, but Downs also hit a three-pointer, and then the two teams played chaotically, Jokic defended three seconds Conley hit a free throw, and the Timberwolves only led by one point. After a timeout, Porter helped the Nuggets take the lead with a free throw, but then Gobert scored a dunk, and Conley also hit a throw after Porter finally scored, and Jokic caused Gobert to foul 1 of 2 free throws, and the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by 1 point. After a timeout, Murray scored a layup, Edwards scored a layup after a three-point shot, Walker hit a three-point shot at a critical moment, and then the Timberwolves attacked the iron, on the other hand, Murray hit a mid-range shot on the Nuggets' side, Holiday also hit a three-point shot, Jokic also scored a layup, and the Timberwolves trailed by 8 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Downs threw the iron, Holiday hit a three-point shot after Reed made a layup to continue to play iron, turned around Murray also hit a three-point shot, and at a critical moment, Towns hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, and the next game The Timberwolves' offensive state was bad, on the other hand, Porter on the Nuggets' side caused a killing free throw to score, Pope hit a shot, Jokic, Braun, and Murray scored frequently inside the attack, and the Nuggets also led to 17 points. After the timeout, the two teams played iron frequently, and Braun took the lead in hitting a three-pointer, but fortunately, Gobert also responded inside, and the Nuggets began to make mistakes, Edwards counterattacked and scored a layup, and Conley hit a three-pointer after the Timberwolves chased 13 points. After the timeout, the Timberwolves' offense lost power again, Porter, Jokic, and Reggie helped the Nuggets open the score again, and in the subsequent game, Towns hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, but unfortunately Murray was able to respond, and the Nuggets led the Timberwolves 56-41 at halftime.
The referee's blowing penalty in this game has caused a huge controversy, you must know that the physical confrontation between the two teams in the first two games was very intense, but the referee in this game did not allow the Timberwolves to give the Nuggets a physical confrontation, so in the game the Timberwolves played very passively, McDaniels suffered foul trouble, and at the same time in the game Downs smashed the ball to Braun out, but the Timberwolves took the ball back through the challenge, it can be said that the referee's blowing penalty in this game is very unfavorable to the Timberwolves. And Murray played badly in the last two games, but this game Murray played an explosive performance, which is also one of the key factors for the Nuggets to occupy a 15-point lead, at the end of the half, Murray got 18 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 8-of-13 statistics, and Jokic got 7 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.
The Timberwolves suffered huge trouble on the defensive end in the first half of the game, and at the same time, the Timberwolves' offense also had problems, among which Edwards's offensive state was sluggish, and at the end of the half, Edwards got 9 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in 4 of 8, of which the outside three-point was 1 in 4, and not only Edwards was inefficient in offense, but also the offensive state of Conley, Reed and others was not good, so many times the Timberwolves relied on Towns to support him, and at the end of the half, Downs got 12 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. Conley had eight points, six rebounds and three assists on 2-of-8 shooting, and Reed had four points, one rebound and one assist on 1-of-5 shooting.