On May 13, Beijing time, the Timberwolves played at home against the Nuggets, and the Timberwolves lost to the Nuggets 107-115 at the end of the game. Although the Timberwolves won two games at the Nuggets' home court, with the Nuggets winning the G3 game, this round of the series began to have a huge suspense, after all, from the G3 game, the Nuggets have found a way to deal with the Timberwolves, especially the outbreak of Murray and Gordon has become the key, if the Timberwolves can't show the previous defensive intensity in the next game, then it is difficult for the Timberwolves to rely on Edwards to win in this series, so the Timberwolves need to go all out in the G4 game.
After the start of the first quarter, the Nuggets relied on Porter and Gordon to play with the Timberwolves, but Jokic was not in good shape in the subsequent games, and the Nuggets also made some mistakes, and Edwards counterattacked and scored to help the Timberwolves lead to 6 points. In the next game, Murray and Jokic continued to score, and Reggie also began to hit three-pointers, and the Timberwolves only had a 2-point lead. The Timberwolves' offense was bad at the end of the game, Gordon and Reggie helped the Nuggets complete the comeback, and Jokic hit a shot in the final moments, and the Nuggets led by 5 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, the Nuggets played a wave of 12-2, and the next game Timberwolves relied on Edwards' play to narrow the difference, originally after the Timberwolves strengthened their defense, Edwards once helped the Timberwolves chase single digits, but in the final stage, the Timberwolves played badly, frequent mistakes, and let the Nuggets fight back, and at the last moment, Murray also hit a super long three-pointer, and the Timberwolves fell behind by 15 points at the end of the half.
In the third quarter of the game, Conley, Edwards and Towns all began to hit three-pointers, and the Timberwolves also successfully chased the score, but after the timeout, Murray and Gordon hit three-pointers, and when the Nuggets were about to open the score, Towns and Gobert rushed to the frame to help the Timberwolves bite the score, and Edwards continued to explode, and the Timberwolves chased 11 points. After the timeout, the Nuggets blossomed a little more to open the score, but Edwards scored consecutive points to stabilize the situation, and the Timberwolves trailed by 11 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of the game, after Conley scored, Jokic scored 6 points in a row to open the score, although the Timberwolves were able to chase about 10 points in the next game, but as long as the Timberwolves chased this point difference, Gordon, Jokic, Braun and others were always able to respond, so the Timberwolves failed to completely reverse the situation on the court, although the Timberwolves once returned to single digits at the end of the stage, but because of lack of time, the Nuggets still beat the Timberwolves in the end.
The Nuggets played quite well in this game, even if Jokic once fell into foul trouble, but there were too many people around Jokic who stood up, among which Gordon was a big deal, Gordon's offensive state in this game was too good, and at the end of the game, Gordon got 27 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in 11 of 12 games, not to mention that Gordon's Towns who once defended was uncomfortable, so Gordon's play in this game is very important, and Jokic is in good shape after playing in this game, and Murray also has an excellent performance in the game, So the Nuggets were able to beat the Timberwolves, Jokic got 35 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists at the end of the game, and Murray got 19 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.
The Timberwolves lost the game Edwards was really pitted, after all, Edwards had done his best in this game, and it was Edwards' play that the Timberwolves were able to bite the score, but unfortunately Edwards lacked helpers around him, Towns played badly in this game, Gobert did not come up with the best defensive player defense, Conley once suffered foul trouble in the game, not to mention, Conley's play in this game was also very average, So Edwards' 44 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists still made the Timberwolves lose the game, while Towns had 13 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists on 5-of-18 shooting, Gobert had 11 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist, and Conley had 15 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists. The Timberwolves' loss is a big change from the playoffs, after all, the Nuggets are now in full swing, the series score has been 2-2, and the G5 game will be played at the Nuggets' home court, and it will be more difficult for the Timberwolves to win.