On May 11, Beijing time, the Timberwolves played at home against the Nuggets, and the Timberwolves lost to the Nuggets 90-117 at the end of the game. The Nuggets are still facing a lot of trouble in this series, Murray is playing badly here, and the Nuggets will face more difficulty if they go to the Timberwolves to win, but Malone gave an interview before the start of this game, and Malone said that he would be surprised if the team did not respond like a champion. He said the first thing is to look inside yourself and talk to the players individually about how you can help them and how you can make them play better. It can be seen that although the Nuggets are facing a huge predicament, Malone is already going all out to help the team, and it is worth looking forward to what kind of performance the Nuggets will play on the court at that time.
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams played quite intensely, Porter and Pope scored, but Towns was in a hot state of three-point outside the line, plus Conley's free throws, the Nuggets were 1 point behind the Timberwolves, and the next game The two teams played stalemately, at first Conley was able to help the Timberwolves bite the score, but then Murray and Jokic frequently hit the inside to score to help the Nuggets pull away a little, the Timberwolves relied on Edwards to hold on, and the Nuggets led by 8 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, the Timberwolves still did not find an offensive state, Jokic and Murray continued to attack the inside to expand the lead, and the Timberwolves slowly fell behind to 20 points, fortunately, the Timberwolves played a wave of 7-0 to narrow the difference, but unfortunately the Timberwolves offense came to a standstill in the later games, Murray and Jokic led the Nuggets to open the score, and the Timberwolves fell behind by 15 points at the end of the half.
At the beginning of the third quarter, relying on Edwards and Conley, the Timberwolves were able to play a stalemate with the Nuggets, but in the subsequent game, Gordon hit three three-pointers in a row, and by the time Porter hit a three-pointer, the Nuggets had a lead of 21 points. After the timeout, Edwards once led the Timberwolves to chase the score, but Jokic quickly responded, Towns and others began to play iron, and Gordon scored an inside dunk, and the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by 24 points. Jokic led the Nuggets to a lead late in the game, and the Timberwolves trailed by 27 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves played a wave of 5-0, but soon Murray and Porter responded with a wave of 5-0, and the offensive state of the Timberwolves in the next game was still not good, Porter's outburst was to help the Nuggets continue to expand their lead, and the Nuggets slowly led to 32 points.
The reason why the Timberwolves suffered a fiasco in this game has a lot to do with the referee's blowing scale, after all, when the referee did not let the Timberwolves give the Nuggets a physical confrontation in this game, the Nuggets played more freely in the game, and the Timberwolves' defensive gate was even more troubled by fouls because of excessive action, so the rhythm of the Timberwolves' game was also disrupted, which originally put the Timberwolves in a difficult situation, not to mention that the Timberwolves' offensive state in this game was really bad, and Edwards did not perform well enough. Conley and Reed were also unable to become wonders, so the Timberwolves suffered a heavy defeat, and at the end of the game, Edwards had 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and Towns had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
Murray is fully warmed up in this game, Murray has shown an excellent performance on the offensive end, and Murray also has an excellent performance on the defensive end, relying on Murray's excellent performance, the Nuggets can take a big lead in the game, and in this game Lakers nemesis Porter is playing a big explosive performance, when Porter can come up with such an offensive level is very beneficial to the Nuggets, Jokic here is to keep playing in the game, the game ended Jokic got 24 points, 14 rebounds and 9 assists, Murray had 24 points, four rebounds and five assists, while Porter had 21 points, four rebounds and one assist on 6-of-10 shooting. After the Nuggets won the game, the playoff situation also changed, after all, the Nuggets grabbed a respite for themselves, and judging from the game screen, the Nuggets found a way to crack the Timberwolves, so the Nuggets are expected to continue to win in the next game, so it is not easy for the Timberwolves to eliminate the Nuggets in this series.