On May 13, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Western Conference semifinals ushered in the fourth game between the Timberwolves and the Nuggets. If this game continues to play away from home, can the score be equalized?
There is no change in the starting points of the G4 game, the Timberwolves are still Conley, Edwards, McDaniels, Towns and Gobert, and the Nuggets start Murray, Pope, Porter, Gordon and Jokic.
The start was good, and as soon as the Nuggets got defensive intensity, the Timberwolves did not score in a sports battle for 4 minutes and 30 seconds
In the first quarter of the game, the Timberwolves were different from the previous game, the game started well, McDaniels threw and scored, Conley hit his first three-point shot, Edwards broke through and scored a layup, the Timberwolves played a 7-2 start, the Nuggets relied on Porter's mid-range shot to score 2 points, Jokic also scored a layup on the inside after two missed shots, Gordon was released, and the bottom corner three-point shot was made. The Timberwolves continued their offensive firepower, Edwards broke through to continue scoring, and then converted to a three-pointer for Towns to draw a foul and make a free throw.
The Timberwolves strengthened their defensive intensity in this game, especially Towns topped Jokic, giving him full physical confrontation, while the Timberwolves sped up on the offensive end and tore through the Nuggets' defense. After the Nuggets took a timeout, disrupting the Timberwolves' offensive rhythm, Gobert missed, Towns missed a jumper, McDaniels missed a three-pointer, Murray scored on a mid-range shot, and Jokic scored a basket and caused Towns to foul, but unfortunately missed the free throw. In the end, it had to be Edwards, who broke through and drew a foul on Murray to score on a free throw, and Reed hit his first three-point shot. But then the Timberwolves inexplicably lost power, the Nuggets Gordon completed the layup, Reggie also returned the three-point shot, Gordon converted the offense and scored two plus one, Reggie hit a three-point shot, Jokic caused a foul free throw and scored 1 point, the Nuggets overtook the score 12-0 in a wave, the Timberwolves scored 4 minutes and 30 seconds without a sports battle, and finally McDaniels scored 2 points in the middle of the shot, and the Nuggets led the Timberwolves 29-24 at the end of the first quarter.
Timberwolves strike iron, mistake! The Nuggets will not be soft, 8-0 in 20 seconds!
In the second quarter of the game, Holiday scored three points, Reed broke through and scored a layup, Braun received an assist from Gordon to complete a layup, McDaniels missed, and Holiday hit a three-point shot! Alexander Walker hit a three-point iron, Gordon singled to complete a layup, Lee Kyle missed a layup, converted offense Murray assisted Braun to complete a layup, and the Nuggets hit a wave of 12-2 offensive climax, and the difference came to 15 points, stopping the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves used a small lineup in this section, Downs Gobert and Edwards were not present, Conley did not attack, and the Timberwolves basically did not have much power.
After the Timberwolves timeout, Edwards and Gobert returned to the court, Conley scored on a breakaway layup, Conley scored one point on a foul free throw on Holiday in the defensive round, Conley missed a three-point shot, and Jokic singled Gobert to score on a step-back jumper. The Timberwolves used a three-center lineup, Gobert Towns and Reed were on the court at the same time, Reed scored four points in a row, Murray scored a pull-up jumper, and Jokic singled Reed to the basket to continue scoring. Timberwolves Edwards scored two three-pointers in a row, once chasing the score to 7 points, but in the last three rounds, Pope threw three points, Edwards made a mistake, Jokic steal and assist Porter to complete the dunk, and in the last 1.6 seconds, the Timberwolves made a service error, Murray steal and threw into the midcourt to press the whistle three-pointer, and the Nuggets played a wave of 8-0 in 20 seconds! At halftime, the Nuggets led the Timberwolves 64-49.
Edwards carried the Timberwolves' offensive banner, but unfortunately it was difficult to support it alone
In the second half, Murray scored 4 points in a row, and Conley finally scored three points! Edwards also hit a three-pointer, Gordon scored on a single step-back shot, and Downs also made a three-pointer! The Timberwolves hit three three-pointers in a row, and Malone called a timeout. After the timeout, Murray hit a three-pointer, Edwards and Towns missed, and Gordon also made a three! The difference has come to 18 points! Edwards misses the breakaway, and Towns completes the layup. Pope's three-pointer failed to help the Nuggets continue to play, and Gobert completed a dunk on the offensive offense, and also caused Jokic to foul and make free throws.
Then Murray continued to shoot three-pointers, and the only good news for the Timberwolves was that Jokic had 4 fouls with 7:14 left in the quarter! Unfortunately, the Timberwolves did not attack on this point, and continued to play for 2 minutes before replacing Jokic. Then the two sides continued to play iron, Edwards took the lead to break the deadlock, scored on the whistle, then scored three points, and scored a layup in the next round, when the Timberwolves were about to get up, Holiday responded with three points to help the Nuggets stabilize the situation. After the Timberwolves offense was powered off, Gordon broke through and scored a foul free throw, Murray hit a shot, and the difference was stretched again, and the Nuggets led the Timberwolves 90-79 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, Conley broke through the throwing and scored, Jokic returned to the court, and Gobert was fouled by Walker, who assisted in the defense, scored two plus one, and then scored three points, Towns broke through and scored a layup, Jokic missed three points, Conley assisted Gobert to complete the dunk, and the difference returned to 11 points, and Malone called a timeout. After the timeout, Jokic grabbed the rebound under the basket, faced Gobert and Towns packed, causing Gobert to shoot foul free throws and score, Gobert caused Gordon to foul free throws to score 3 points, Braun shot three points, the Timberwolves did not have much momentum to chase points, the best Edwards was still sitting on the court, and in the last 8 minutes, the Nuggets still led by 13 points.
After the timeout, Edwards returned to the court, McDaniels scored on a mid-range shot, Conley scored three points, Edwards also scored 2 points, the offense improved, but could not prevent the Nuggets, Gordon threw in the buzzer, Jokic could also score on an empty layup, Braun caused Conley to foul and score a free throw, the Nuggets took control again, and finally the Nuggets defeated the Timberwolves 115-107, rewriting the series score to a 2-2 draw, and the two sides will play the battle of Tianwang Mountain on the Nuggets' home court.
Full-time player stats
Nuggets: Jokic had 35 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists on 15-of-26 shooting, 1-of-5 three-pointers, Gordon had 27 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists on 11-of-12 shooting and 2-of-2 three-pointers, Murray had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Porter had 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Pope had 3 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, Braun had 11 points and 3 rebounds, Holiday had 10 points and 3 rebounds, and Reggie had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
Timberwolves: Edwards had 44 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 16-of-25 shooting and 5-of-8 three-pointers, Conley had 15 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists, Towns had 13 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-18 shooting and 1-of-4 three-pointers, McDaniels had 11 points and 2 rebounds, Gobert had 11 points and 14 rebounds, and Reed had 11 points and 4 rebounds.
Full game summary
Although the Timberwolves' offense has improved in this game, it still lacks integrity, and the Timberwolves will always use Towns and Edwards to face the opponent's strongest defensive point to play, Edwards is better, and can use various ways to score, but Towns can't, the feel is very poor, and many of them are reluctant to shoot.
The Nuggets continued their performance in Game 3, with a more holistic offensive aspect, better passing the ball and running off the ball than the Timberwolves, and more importantly, the Nuggets scored more points, with Gordon shooting 11-of-11 from the field at one point! It wasn't until the final quarter that he missed the shot, and Murray exploded in the third quarter, with substitutes Braun, Holiday and Reggie all contributing points. More importantly, the Nuggets' defense can always make the Timberwolves enter a scoring drought for a certain period of time, and with the advantage of the two sides, the Timberwolves have no chance to complete the reversal.
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