On May 13, 2024, Beijing time, in the Western Conference semifinals of the NBA playoffs, the Timberwolves ushered in the G4 battle with the Nuggets at home, the Timberwolves shocked the industry after defeating the Nuggets away from G1 and G2, many people said that they could sweep the Nuggets, and they never thought that the Nuggets who fought away in G3 rebounded strongly and defeated the Timberwolves. Timberwolves starters: Conley + Edwards + Madan + Towns + Gobert, Nuggets starters: Murray + Pope + Porter + Gordon + Jokic.
In the first quarter of the game, Madan tossed, Porter responded with a mid-range shot, Conley and Edwards scored 5 points in a row, the Timberwolves 7-2, Jokic and Gordon scored, Towns and Edwards responded, the difference was 6 points, Jokic and Murray chased the difference to 2 points, Edwards and Reed expanded the difference to 7 points, Gordon, Jokic and Reggie played a wave of scoring to exceed 5 points, Walker shot, Jokic responded with a whistle shot, and the Nuggets led 29-24 in the first quarter. Jokic had 11 points and four boards in the first quarter, and Edwards had 11 points and one board.
In the second quarter of the game, Holiday scored three points, the Nuggets led by 8 points, Reed made a layup, Braun, Holiday and Gordon played 9-0, and the difference came to 15 points, Conley throws, Holiday and Jokic respond, the difference is 16 points, Edwards, Reed, and Towns chase the difference to 9 points, Gordon and Jokic dunk, Edwards hit three points in a row, the difference is 7 points, and the Nuggets hit a wave of 8-0 in the last 20 seconds, creating a miracle, respectively, Pope three points, Porter counterattack dunk, Murray pressed the whistle and the backcourt was super far three, At halftime, the Nuggets led 64-49.
Jokic had 19 points, 6 boards, 4 assists and 3 steals on 9-of-15 shooting in the half, Gordon had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on 6-of-6 shooting, Murray had 7 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists on 3-of-5 shooting, Edwards had 23 points, 1 board and 2 assists on 9-of-12 shooting (3-of-4 three-pointers), Reed had 9 points and 2 boards on 4-of-4 shooting, and Towns had 3 points and 7 boards on 1-of-10 shooting.
In the third quarter of the game, Murray made a layup, the Nuggets led by 17 points, Conley and Edwards scored three points, Murray and Gordon responded with a mid-range shot, the difference was 15 points, Towns scored three points, the difference was 12 points, Murray and Gordon were three points after a pause, the difference was 18 points, Towns and Gobert chased the difference to 13 points, Gordon and Murray scored, Jokic was replaced for 4 fouls, Edwards scored in a row, the difference was chased to 11 points, Braun, Gordon, Murray expanded the difference to 17 points, Reed and Edwards chased the difference to 11 points, At the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets led 90-79. Edwards scored 14 points in the quarter and Murray had 12.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Conley threw and scored 9 points, Jokic scored 6 points in a row, with a difference of 15 points, Downs and Gobert chased the difference to 10 points, Braun scored three points, with a difference of 13 points, Madan and Conley scored, Gordon and Jokic responded with a difference of 12 points, Edwards and Gobert chased the difference to 8 points, Jokic and Braun expanded the difference to 12 points, Edwards and Madan chased the difference to 7 points, Jokic threw and scored 9 points, with 1 minute and 23 seconds left in the game, Edwards and Conley made 3 of 4 free throws, with a difference of 6 points. With 28 seconds left in the game, Jokic made a quick layup, Conley missed a three-point shot, the Nuggets stopped attacking, and the game ended, the Nuggets defeated the Timberwolves 115-107.
Jokic scored 35 points, 7 boards, 7 assists and 3 steals on 15-of-26 shooting, Gordon scored 27 points, 7 boards, 6 assists and 2 blocks on 11-of-12 shooting, playing a miracle performance and setting a playoff career shooting record, Murray scored 19 points, 5 boards, 8 assists and 2 steals on 8-of-17 shooting, Braun had 11 points and 2 boards, Holiday had 10 points and 3 boards, and Porter scored 4 points and 3 boards on 2-of-4 shooting.
Edwards set a playoff career scoring record with 44 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals on 16-of-25 shooting (5-of-8 from three-point range), while Towns had 13 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-18 shooting, Gobert 11 points and 14 boards, Conley 15 points, 2 boards and 9 assists, Maidan 11 points and 2 boards, and Reed 11 points and 4 boards.
In this game, the Timberwolves made 12 more free throws and 11 more rebounds, but they didn't expect to lose to the Nuggets in this situation, and the series between the two sides was 2-2 after this battle, and the Nuggets won 2 consecutive away games after losing 2 in a row at home, and the trend of the series reversed, and the Nuggets' hopes of advancing greatly increased.