In this season's Western Conference playoffs, the Timberwolves led by Edwards can be said to be a blockbuster, and the first round of the playoffs swept the Big Three Suns led by Durant, Booker and others, making Huazi countless fans overnight, and becoming the successor of Jordan, the god of basketball in the eyes of many fans, facing the defending champion Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals, the Timberwolves conquered the Denver Plateau in the first two away games, and saw the hope of reaching the Western Conference Finals, but after the series came to their home court, the Timberwolves suddenly became unable to play, let Jokic lead the Nuggets to win two games in a row, so that the two sides returned to the same running line, this game day, the battle of Tianwang Mountain started at the Nuggets home court, whether the Timberwolves can continue to perform bravely on this field, has become the biggest highlight of this game! Although Towns bottomed out, the Nuggets, under the leadership of Jokic, maintained the initiative for a long time, and finally won 112-97, with a big score of 3-2 to get the match point of the series!
With 200 million centers in military training, Jokic showed MVP dominance
Before the start of this game, Jokic received his third MVP trophy in four years at the home court of the Nuggets, after receiving the highest personal honor, Jokic must hope to lead the Nuggets to the top of the NBA again, after the game started, Jokic showed the fighting spirit and competitiveness that he did not have in the first few games, and he was full of firepower in the first quarter, educating 200 million center Gobert on the court, using footsteps and feints to greatly reduce the defensive deterrence of the French Tower.
Seeing that Gobert couldn't limit Jokic's play at all, the Timberwolves also adjusted their strategy in time and began to let the faster-moving Towns to mark Mr. Jokic, but the effect was still not good, in the crucial battle of Kings Mountain, Jokic was an unsolvable existence, fully showing the dominance of MVP, hitting 15 goals in 21 shots, contributing 40 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists and 2 steals. The super single point and smooth overall attack laid a solid foundation for the capture of Tianwang Mountain.
Edwards paid the price of growth, and the Timberwolves were in a desperate situation
In the last battle between the two teams, Edwards was still defeated, in the case of a collective downturn of his teammates, he carried the offensive banner of the Timberwolves alone, single-handedly scored 44 points, and came to the plateau away again, Conley's absence made Edwards top to the point guard position, in the face of the Nuggets' highly targeted defense, Huazi played not calm enough, and in the case of poor hand, frequent strong plays led to low efficiency, and only scored 18 points on 15 shots, paying the price for growth.
Although Towns was in a better state in this game than the previous game, he only scored 23 points in the fourth quarter, which was completely insufficient to fill the scoring gap left by Edwards, the team's first main offensive point, and the Timberwolves, who lost their head wolf, could only accept the end of the away defeat!
The Nuggets, who have won three games in a row, are only one win away from the Western Conference finals, and in the sixth matchup, the Timberwolves who return to their home court will definitely fight back with all their might, and whether Edwards can bottom out and drag the series into a tiebreaker, let's wait and see!