I'm afraid most people never imagined that the Western Conference semifinals between the Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves would be like this. When the wolf cubs conquered the Colorado Plateau in a row, many people had already announced the exit of the defending champions in advance, and everyone was thinking about one question - whether the Nuggets could win a small game and make themselves as decent as possible. However, everything changed when "Big Mouth" Barkley said that the Timberwolves would sweep the Nuggets in one go......
Following the Nuggets G3's 27-point win on the Timberwolves' home court, this one won another city in the target center, relying on the huge advantage established in the first half, the Nuggets under the leadership of the interior combination of Mr. Jo and Gordon scored 62 points, withstood the fierce counterattack of Edwards, who single-handedly scored 44 points, and successfully won two games in a row, rewriting the series score to 2-2. From the collapse of the game to now dragging the series into the battle of Kings Mountain, the defending champions have shown their resilience and roster heritage, and given that both G5 sides will be back at the Ball Center in the Colorado Plateau, and that the Denver will be fully prepared this time around, it will not be easy for the Minnesotans to pull their teeth out of the crackdown.
In other words, the wind of the series has completely changed. I still remember the garbage time in the last 5 minutes of G2, which was a desperate 26-point defeat, and the Nuggets home fans who were still angry at Edwards exploded and turned against them en masse - they dedicated their MVP calls to young Huazi, and also called on the Timberwolves to quickly sweep their home team (wolves in 4); In G3, it was the Timberwolves' turn to be blown up by their opponents at home for a full 27 points, but the Timberwolves fans were unimpressed and still shouted for the home team to sweep the Nuggets (wolves in 5), apparently they didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at the time.
It wasn't until the end of the fourth game that I found that not only did I return the home advantage, but even the opposition advantage was gone. In fact, Edwards' performance is a quantitative, and the 22-year-old new Wolves are an absolute strong point that the Nuggets can't completely limit and can only let him cut points. The key to really affecting this set of matchups is which side the interior advantage is on, the first two games, whether it is Towns with Gobert, or Towns with the more mobile Kyle, Jokic can not be used, so that Aaron Gordon will not play the Lakers.
However, before the start of the third game, Mr. Yoo won the MVP trophy for the third time in 4 years, and he was back to himself all of a sudden, but Towns was not as good as one game, G4 was 1 of 10 in the first half, and almost dug a big hole for the Timberwolves that Edwards couldn't fill with his own hands. Of course, the most heart-wrenching is Gobert, the best defensive player of the season.
When the MVP of the opponent's team was killed, the French gate, who was the DPOY, suffered a defeat after receiving his trophy in the fourth game, and appeared dispensable in the game: because of the birth of the child, Gobert was absent from the game and accompanied his family, and Li Kaier, who replaced him, used mobility and one-handed tandem organization to make Mr. Yoo completely break the defense, and the team won by 26 points; When Gobert returned, the team lost two games in a row...... If it weren't for the playoffs, Gobert would have every reason to believe his teammates were playing him. Originally, Gobert's choice to accompany his family was understandable, but competitive sports dishes were the original sin, and this sudden turn of events also made more people question his attitude and choice.
As the wind of the series changes, the mood of the players is also changing, compared to the old and spicy defending champions, can the Timberwolves players still stabilize their mentality? The importance of the battle of Tianwang Mountain is self-evident, and the side that won the battle of Tianwang Mountain in the NBA finally won the series with a winning rate of 82%, and I believe that the Nuggets and Timberwolves, who already know each other, will definitely not have reservations. Which side do you prefer will have the last laugh?