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NBA Western Conference Semifinals G4, Minnesota Timberwolves hosted the Denver Nuggets, the Denver Nuggets fell behind 1-2 in total, and at the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves led by 5 points at 29-24. In the previous two rounds, the main reason why the Nuggets lost was that their bench lineup was completely suppressed by the Timberwolves.
However, in today's game, the Nuggets' bench players showed good quality. Led by Jokic, they launched a wave of counter-attacks and successfully widened the gap to double digits. On the Timberwolves side, only Super No. 6 Reed is struggling to support him on the bench, and he seems to be alone.
Extend the feel! In this ball, Murray scored from the outside to Jokic, and Jokic scored a difficult goal in the face of Gobert and Reed's defense.
This ball Downs divided the outside line Reid, and Reed broke through the inside line and scored a dunk.
In the second quarter, Jokic led the bench and managed to widen the gap to 16 points. Today, the Nuggets' bench lineup was particularly eye-catching, hitting four of six shots from beyond the three-point line, contributing a decent amount of scoring firepower to the team. On the other hand, for the Timberwolves, only Reed on the bench is recovering points for the team with his individual ability. Obviously, the Timberwolves need to adjust their strategy and better play the role of the bench, in the second half, Jokic led the Nuggets to blossom inside and outside to extend the advantage to 18 points, Reed was dumb at the end of the quarter, and finally the Nuggets steadily maintained the advantage, and the Timberwolves struggled to catch up to no avail. The Nuggets beat the Timberwolves 115-107.
Timberwolves starters: Conley, Edwards, McDaniels, Towns, Gobert
Nuggets starters: Murray, Pope, Porter, Gordon, Jokic