On May 11, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Timberwolves returned to their home court in the Western Conference semifinals and failed to continue the momentum, defeating the defending champion Nuggets 90-117, and the big score came to 2-1. The Nuggets were very well prepared on the road, entered the state early, and then continued to widen the point difference, directly establishing a lead of more than 30 points in the final quarter, and the game lost suspense early and successfully pulled back a city.
This series was a bit of a surprise, but I didn't expect the Timberwolves to be so strong, and they took a 2-0 lead directly on the road, pushing the defending champions to a dangerous point. But the Timberwolves came to their home court but failed to resist, the whole game was passive, and began to fall into a passive situation in the second half of the first quarter, and then was completely suppressed by the opponent, and the point difference continued to widen, falling behind by 15 points at halftime, 27 points behind after the third quarter, and up to 34 points behind, and finally lost by 27 points, which was also their first loss in this playoffs.
However, judging from the process of the game, the Timberwolves are still in a lot of trouble, at least the referee has set a tone from the beginning, that is, the physical confrontation should not be too intense. As the Timberwolves' defensive spearhead, McDaniels was targeted when he came up and got into foul trouble early, getting three fouls in the first half after playing 7 minutes, which made him timid, unable to give the team more help, and also allowed Murray to get into the rhythm early.
In addition, the referees were also decisive in complaining about the Timberwolves players, Reid received a technical foul in the first half, and Lee Kyle was even more rarely angry in the final quarter. Once Jokic covered and knocked down Walker, the referee didn't say anything, and during the timeout, Lee Kyle angrily sprayed the referee and ate a technical foul. Walker's side was also very dissatisfied, and he also received a technical foul and was ejected from the game, and the Timberwolves also surrendered directly at that time.
The big score came to 2-1, which is also the result that the league wants to see, so that the four semi-final matchups will all be 2-1, and the Thunder and Mavericks and the Celtics and Cavaliers are currently tied 1-1. Obviously, the league does not intend to let the semi-finals lose their highlights early, after all, this time there are a lot less traffic teams, and if there is no suspense, the attention will definitely drop significantly.