NBA playoffs: Nuggets beat Timberwolves with a total score of 2-2 Jokic 35+7 Huazi 44+5

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2024-05-13 10:30Posted in Anhui Sports Creator

On May 13, Beijing time, the NBA Western Conference semifinals G4 Nuggets defeated the Timberwolves 115-107 away, with a total score of 2-2 to enter the series into Tianwang Mountain, the Nuggets fell behind at the beginning but turned the situation around with a wave of 14-2 in the final stage of the first quarter, and opened the gap 12-2 in the second quarter, and then the Nuggets suppressed the Timberwolves and led by 15 points at halftime; The Nuggets had the upper hand in the second half, and Jokic made a late effort to eventually lead the Nuggets to tie the series total.

Statistics

Nuggets: Jokic 35 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, Gordon 25 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, Murray 19 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, Braun 11 points, Holiday 10 points

Timberwolves: Edwards 44 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Towns 13 points and 12 rebounds, Conley 15 points, 9 assists and 2 rebounds, Gobert 11 points and 14 rebounds, McDaniels 11 points, Reed 11 points and 4 rebounds

Best in the game

Jokic scored 35 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists on 15-of-26 shooting, scoring 16 points alone in the final quarter to dominate the game and lead the team to win G4; Gordon's 27 points on 11-of-12 shooting were also a big contributor to the win

Highlights of the game

Before the G4 game, Gobert officially received the DPOY Olajuwon Trophy for the 2023-24 season, which is the fourth time he has won the Defensive Player of the Year award; Conley received the Teammate of the Year award for the second time in his career.

Highlight reel moments

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Edwards forced a pull-up layup

Jokic hit the buzzerer in the first quarter

Jokic slashed to the penalty area

In the last 1.6 seconds of the first half, Murray stood in the backcourt after a steal and hit a super long whistle for three points, which was too crazy to shoot against the sky

Edwards scored 14 points in the third quarter and dunked with both hands after breaking through Murray

Gordon faced the DPOY and Gobert scored on a mid-range shot

Game recap

In the first quarter, McDaniels took the lead to score 2 points, Porter Jr. scored 2 points, Conley hit a three-point shot, Edwards broke through to fight for a layup, Jokic threw a shot, Huazi, Gordon scored three points, Huazi responded with three points, Jokic hit Towns with his back and scored, Huazi broke through and glided to make a layup, and the Timberwolves stopped the Nuggets 15-9; Murray shot, Jokic threw and led the team to chase points, Hua Zizao made two fouls and made two free throws, Reed chased three points, and then the Nuggets counterattacked, Gordon Jokic scored consecutive points, Reggie hit three points, Gordon 2 + 1, Reggie hit three more points, Nuggets 14-2 ahead of 5 points, Alexander Walker scored to stop the bleeding, Jokic scored on the whistle, the Nuggets led by 5 points 29-24 in the first quarter, Jokic scored 11 points and 4 rebounds in the first quarter, and Edwards also scored 11 points.

In the second quarter, Holiday scored three points, Reed scored two points, Braun cut to the basket, Holiday hit another three-pointer, Gordon and Braun counterattacked back-to-back layups, and the Nuggets extended their lead to 15 points 12-2; After the timeout, Conley threw to stop the bleeding, Holiday hit two free throws, Jokic forced a mid-range shot to score, Huazi broke through the pull-up layup, Jokic crushed Gobert to continue to score, Reed held the ball for a layup and broke through the split, Murray scored on a difficult shot, Jokic was unsolvable, Downs threw and finally scored, Huazi threw and hit the restricted area for a layup, Gordon ate a cake dunk, Jokic cut and dunked, Huazi chased three points, after a chaotic battle, Gordon broke through the dunk, the Timberwolves continued to fight back, Pope responded with three points, Porter counterattacked and dunked, Murray hit a three-pointer from beyond the clock to give the Nuggets a 15-point lead at halftime 64-49, with Kicic scoring eight points and Edwards 12 points.

Yibian fought again, Murray scored 4 points in a row, Conley, Huazi and Towns hit 3 three-pointers in a row to help the Timberwolves counterattack, and came back from a pause, Murray hit three points, Gordon also had three points, Downs 2 points, Gobert 2+1, Gordon domineering dunk, Towns scored a rebound, Murray hit another three points, Jokic was forced to leave the court with 4 fouls; Huazi turned over and shot at the whistle and scored three points, Holiday responded with three points, Huazi scored a silky pick-and-basket, Braun and Gordon scored consecutive free throws, Murray scored 2 points to help the Nuggets lead to 17 points, Huazi led the team to 6-0 to continue chasing points, the Timberwolves fell behind by 11 points 79-90 after the third quarter, Huazi scored 14 points in a single quarter, and Murray scored 12 points.

In the final quarter, in the face of the Timberwolves' counterattack, Jokic scored 2+1, scored three points from the outside and made two fouls, scoring 8 points in a row to lead the team to maintain the lead; Gobert hit three of four free throws, Braun responded with three points, McDaniels broke through to the layup, Gordon scored against Gobert's shot, Conley hit three points, Jokic threw and hit, Huazi made a strong layup, Gobert made a basket, the Timberwolves missed the opportunity, Jokic threw 2 points, Braun hit two free throws, Huazi hit two free throws, Jokic assisted Gordon to dunk, McDaniels continued to hit three points, Huazi broke through to the layup, Jokic hit a key shot, Huazi made two free throws and one hit was obviously tired, 25.8 seconds Jokic made a layup to end the suspense, In the end, the Nuggets won the game.

Starting lineup

Nuggets: Jokic, Murray, Gordon, Porter Jr. and Pope

Timberwolves: Edwards, Towns, Gobert, Conley and McDaniels

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