On May 11, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Nuggets and Pacers refused to hand over the match point in advance, pulling back a city, and falling behind 1-2. The Nuggets beat the Timberwolves 117-90 on the road, and the Pacers narrowly beat the Knicks 111-106 at home.
The Nuggets regained their touch and pulled one back
The defending champion Nuggets have lost two games in a row at home, and today G3 is playing away from home and can no longer afford to lose. From the beginning of the game, the two sides were locked in a battle all the way to a 16-16 tie, and the Nuggets played a wave of 12-3 mini-climaxes to end the first quarter 28-20, Murray and Porter Jr. both scored 8 points, combined for 16 points, and Towns and Edwards combined for 11 points. In the second quarter, Holiday and Murray hit two three-pointers in a row, and the difference between the two sides has been stretched to double digits, Murray scored 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting in a single quarter, and the Timberwolves relied on the outside line of Towns and Edwards to stop the bleeding slightly, and the Nuggets continued to dominate 28-21 in this quarter.
The Timberwolves lost for the first time
The firepower of the Nuggets in the second half was unabated, Jokic, who didn't score much in the first half, broke out, contributing 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting in a single quarter, and the Nuggets also played a 37-25 attack wave, the difference between the two sides was almost 30 points, and there was not much suspense about the outcome of the final quarter, and finally the Nuggets pulled back a city 117-90, ending the Timberwolves' six-game winning streak in the playoffs.
Haliburton played 30+ in a row
In this game, the Nuggets finally regained the ability to defend the championship, the team had 5 players score double-doubles, three 20+, Jokic contributed 24 points, 14 rebounds and 9 assists on 10-of-18 shooting, Murray got 24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists on 11-of-21 shooting, Porter Jr. contributed 21 points on 6-of-10 shooting, Gordon scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting, 3-of-4 three-pointers, and Pope scored 12 points. Although the Timberwolves lost G3, they still led 2-1 and still maintained the initiative, Edwards only had 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on 8-of-15 shooting, Towns had 14 points and 5 rebounds on 4-of-7 shooting, and Conley and McDaniels had 10 points.
Brunson missed a three-pointer
Turning our attention to the Eastern Conference, the Pacers suffered two consecutive defeats in New York, and when they returned home, they finally stopped their slump and narrowly beat the Knicks 111-106 to pull one back. Nembhard hit a three-pointer from beyond range in the final 16 seconds before Brunson missed a game-tying three-pointer and the Knicks made both free throws to seal the win. In this game, the Pacers had 4 players score double-doubles, Haliburton scored 35 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists on 14-of-26 shooting + 6 three-pointers, and Siakam contributed 26 points and 7 rebounds on 9-of-14 shooting and 7-of-9 free throws; Turner had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Nesmith had 10 points and six rebounds. Knicks player stats: DiVincenzo scored 35 points on 12-of-26 shooting + 7 three-pointers, Brunson scored 26 points and 6 assists on 10-of-26 shooting and 4-of-7 free throws, and Hart had 10 points and 18 rebounds.