At 10:30 a.m. on May 15, Beijing time, the Timberwolves in the second round of the NBA playoffs Western Conference semifinals challenged the Nuggets away from home to the G5 Tianwang Mountain battle, and its starting lineup was Walker, Edwards, McDaniels, Towns, Gobert; The starting lineup of the Nuggets is Murray, Pope, Porter, Aaron. Gordon, Jokic.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Pope scored 2 points with a throw, McDaniels rebounded with a dunk and hit 2 points, Murray broke through a layup and counterattacked with 2 points, and Towns hit a 3-point shot from the outside, and the Timberwolves led 5:4 at the beginning! Towns continued to attack the basket and scored 2 points, Pope came back immediately and Taishan pressed back for 2 points, Gobert made two free throws to add 1 point, Jokic scored 2 points in the back shot, Walker drew his bow and shot 3 points from a distance and steadily entered the net, the two sides fell into the offensive mode, you go back and forth, the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by 2 points at the end of the first quarter, and Jokic scored 12 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in a single quarter.
The fight continued in the second quarter, Gobert came up and Popeye loved to dunk and dunk 2 points, and then he scored 2 points with one hand again, Edwards scored 1 point on a technical free throw, and the Timberwolves scored 5 points in a row to surpass the Nuggets 31:28. Braun made a foul and made one of two free throws to score one point, Gordon scored two points for a domineering dunk, and the Nuggets tied the score at 31:31. The two sides chased and killed each other, and the Timberwolves trailed the Nuggets by 6 points at 44:50 after the two quarters.
The first half ended: Jokic of the Nuggets had 19 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, Pope and Braun each scored 7 points, Murray had 4 points and 1 assist; For the Timberwolves, Towns had 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, Edwards had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Walker had 11 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 2 blocks, and McDaniels and Gobert each scored 5 points.
In the third quarter, Towns scored 2 points by throwing himself and grabbed a basket, Edwards made foul free throws and scored 2 points, Towns hit a 3-point shot from the outside again, and the Timberwolves scored 7 points in a row to surpass the Nuggets 51:50. Porter didn't show weakness and immediately hit a 3-point shot back with a long shot, McDaniels scored 2 points under the fast break basket, Gobert added 2 points with both hands, and Gordon also made a rebound and hit 2 points, 55:55 tied again! The two sides fell into a scuffle again, and the Nuggets expanded their lead to 14 points again at 88:74 in the third quarter!
The fourth quarter came to the tiebreaker! Gordon received the ball and scored 2 points, Reed was also unceremoniously slam dunk and hit 2 points, Gobert made a killing free throw to score 2 points, and Reed quickly hit the basket to score another 2 points, this time is an inside battle, the Timberwolves chased to 80:90. Pope only knows how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle eagle to score 3 points, which is very domineering! It was Pope who jumped high on the right side and crossed his eyebrows coldly to Qianfu to point a 3-point shot and scored twice, which is to kill the game! Jokic also scored 2 points to add the icing on the cake, and the Nuggets expanded to 18 points at 98:80! The two sides killed very fiercely in the last quarter, and finally the battle was over, the Nuggets sniped the Timberwolves 112:97 away again, and won three games in a row to win the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the strength of the defending champion should not be underestimated, Jokic was too domineering inside, and defeated the Timberwolves' three major inside lines, Downs, Gobert, and Reed, and the Nuggets led the match point 3:2 in the Western Conference semifinals series between the two sides, and the next game ushered in a life-and-death showdown!