G3 between the Nuggets and the Timberwolves, the Nuggets won away from home, bringing the suspense of the series back. If this game is lost again, then 0-3 behind, the Nuggets will really be gone, but Malone still has something, and the defending champions are by no means idle, they have done their best, and today they don't play a small fire and simmer slowly, and the direct start is a fierce fire, the Timberwolves did not expect that the Nuggets who were fighting away from home entered the state so quickly today. Many dimensions of the game are mastered by the Nuggets, whether it is the wholeness, shooting percentage, or control turnovers, and the proportion of assists, the Nuggets have the advantage, and the final result is not any surprise, the Nuggets announced with a big victory that the defending champion does not want to be out.
Yes, the defending champions are not so easy to beat, and the Nuggets are still the defending champions with a largely unchanged roster. Last season's championship roster also included Bruce Brown and Jeff Green, but this year they added Reggie Jackson (who was injured in the playoffs last season) and added Justin Holiday to their roster. In terms of the core lineup, the most tacit five, Jokic + Murray + Porter Jr. + Gordon + Pope, has not changed. In the first two games of this series, the reason why the Nuggets lost was that the performance of Murray and Pope was too poor, Murray shot 3 of 18, how to play, and the mentality collapsed.
In fact, to be honest, in the first two games of this series, the scale of the referee is indeed too loose, in this era, the intensity of the 90s was played, where can the Nuggets stand it, Malone is not prepared, of course it can't be beaten. And compared with physical talent in a single game, the Timberwolves are no worse than the Nuggets, although the Nuggets have Gordon, but the Timberwolves have Edwards and Towns, these are the two champions, the Nuggets star Jokic is a ball quotient, and the talent is not outstanding, otherwise it would not have fallen to the 41st pick before being missed by the Nuggets. Therefore, the light is better than the body, and the Nuggets obviously can't compare, plus Murray is not in good shape and his mentality is explosive, of course he can't beat it.
But in the G3 game, after the referee scale was called, the Timberwolves who were fighting at home became uncomfortable. The Timberwolves have a serious foul problem, Gobert and McDanielson, both of whom have foul trouble, these two are the first and second people on the defensive end of the Timberwolves, they mainly defend Jokic and Gordon, and Porter Jr., so this is a huge blow to the Timberwolves. And Timberwolves' number one star Edwards in this game is not as explosive as the previous two games, and today's state seems tepid, shooting 8 of 15 from the field, and the shooting percentage is still very good, but it always gives people a sense of lack of aggression.
Indeed, we can also see from the data that Edwards only scored 19 points in the whole game, which is too different from his 43 points in G1 and 27 points in G2. In addition, there are obvious problems with Edwards' style of play in this game, Edwards' long-range shooting is not stable, 3 of 7 shots in the first game, and 1 of 4 shots in the second game, but the whole team can't open it today, but he has repeatedly shot on the outside, 8 three-point shots, and only hit 3 shots. In the whole game, Edwards did not get 1 free throw, and there were 5 turnovers, according to statistics, when he was on the court, the Timberwolves had a net minus 32 points, and this plus/minus value was the same as Towns, tied for the bottom of the team! 0 free throws + 5 turnovers! The team on the floor loses by 32 points, don't get carried away by the victory, you're not Jordan yet!
Yes, this year's Edwards, the playoffs played too smoothly, after the first round of gentlemen swept the Suns, the second round of away defeats against the defending champion Nuggets in a row, for a while, Edwards's reputation reached its peak, everyone said, come out and see how the young Jordan played. Indeed, his style of play this year has attracted fans, his style of play is really similar to Jordan, and he looks like Jordan, but I must remind Edwards that you are not Jordan, you are Huazi, not Danzi, don't really think that you are Danzi. If you do go all the way to the championship this year, it's not too late for you to call yourself "Young Jordan" at that time!