In the just-concluded Western Conference semifinals, the Nuggets won 115-107 over the Timberwolves on the road, and after winning two games in a row, the series score was rewritten to 2-2! The two sides will return to the Nuggets' home court to start the battle of Tianwang Mountain.
The series between the Nuggets and the Timberwolves is really a rollercoaster experience, the Timberwolves won two cities in a row on the road, and returned to the home court with a 2-0 advantage, allowing many Timberwolves fans to enjoy the beauty of sweeping the defending champion and advancing to the Western Conference Finals. However, after the 2 home games, the Nuggets used the way the Timberwolves treated themselves on the road, beat the opponent twice, and rewrote the score to 2-2!
Under the leadership of Jokic, the Nuggets played very actively at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends at the beginning and kept the lead, although the Timberwolves bit the score, but they all relied on Edwards to support alone, and they couldn't withstand the Nuggets' multi-point flowering at all.
In the whole game, Jokic scored 35 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Gordon contributed 27 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists on 11-of-12 shooting, Murray 19 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Braun 11 points off the bench, and Holiday 10 points.
On the Timberwolves' side, Edwards scored 44 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and the man known as "Young Jordan" once again broke out to show his leadership temperament, but still failed to help the team win the victory. Compared to the Nuggets' more blossoms, the Timberwolves teammates have given him too little and too little help.
Downs finished with 13 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-18 shooting, and scored a double-double with an ultra-low efficiency. Gobert shot 3-of-5 and got 11 points, 14 rebounds and 1 block, which seemed to be a good double-double, but it was actually very embarrassing. With only 1 point and 7 rebounds in the first half, DPOY was completely blown up by the MVP on the opposite side, with no presence on the defensive end, and there were dazzling 5 turnovers and 5 fouls. Conley Sr. worked hard with 15 points and 9 assists, and Reed off the bench had 11 points and 4 rebounds.
During the game, the famous Perkins posted an angry message to Gobert, he wrote: "Gobert, don't go on it"! In a simple sentence, you can see how unhappy he is with Gobert's performance. I especially remember the series G2, Gobert did not play due to the birth of a child, and the Timberwolves made the defending champion lose face with a hearty victory. But after G3G4 Gobert returned, not only did he not help, but he was helpless in the face of the Nuggets' offense.
Maybe in the next game, Finch should really remove Gobert from the starter and replace Lee Kaier, who has a stronger ability to dominate the ball, so that the Timberwolves' offense will be more fluent, and the interior space will be larger, Towns can open up space on the outside, take away Jokic on the one hand, and create space for teammates on the other hand, at least on offense can match the opponent, not just rely on "young Jordan" to fight alone.