On May 13, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Timberwolves played at home against the Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals. The Nuggets won the last game away, and this time they fell into passivity, but they quickly made adjustments and began to take the initiative, leading by up to 18 points, but the Timberwolves then launched a counterattack, and the score was close to the end of the quarter, but unfortunately it was unsuccessful. In the end, the Timberwolves lost to the Nuggets 107-115, and the big score came to a 2-2 draw.
In this game, the Timberwolves came up with a good momentum, and the inside and outside blossomed to occupy the initiative on the court, but the Nuggets slowly entered the state, and a wave of 12-0 offense overtook the score, and then they have maintained the initiative. In the second quarter, Holiday hit consecutive three-pointers to help the team pull the gap away, Jokic was also in excellent shape, maintaining a double-digit lead, the Timberwolves just narrowed some point difference, and in the final moments, Pope hit a three-pointer, Murray made a steal and then soared into a long-range three-pointer, and the Nuggets led 64-49 at halftime.
In the second half, the Timberwolves found their touch on the outside and came up to hit three points in a row, but the Nuggets were still in excellent offensive condition and still maintained their lead. Edwards began to score back-to-back points to help close the gap, but Murray was able to respond and still trailed by 11 points after three quarters. In the end, Kicic came up to score consecutive points, the Timberwolves continued to fight back, Conley scored three points, and Braun made three points to stabilize the situation. Then the Timberwolves made a last fight, and the difference was only 7 points at one point, but unfortunately Jokic scored again, and the game lost suspense. In the end, the Nuggets defeated the Timberwolves again 115-107, and the big score was tied at 2-2.
From a 2-0 deficit to a 2-2 draw now, the defending champions have managed to find their form. After adapting to the first 2 games, the Nuggets have entered the state and began to take the initiative, the past 2 games have suppressed the Timberwolves, and this time Jokic also showed his MVP ability, so that the opposite twin towers had no choice, and handed over 35 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in the whole game. Murray, who was next to him, also had 19 points and 8 assists, including 12 points in the third quarter; Gordon finished with 27 points, seven rebounds and six assists on 11-of-12 shooting.
The Timberwolves failed to withstand, mainly because Edwards did not get enough support, he really tried his best this time, played 45 minutes, shot 16 of 25, scored a career-high 44 points in the playoffs, plus 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and more could only play alone, and finally his physical fitness also declined a little. Towns scored just 13 points on 5-of-18 shooting, and the Timberwolves still need him to share the pressure on Edwards if they want to turn things around.