On May 15, Beijing time, in the NBA Western Conference semifinals G5 - the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Timberwolves challenged the Nuggets away. In the previous four games, both sides won two away games, and the series is now a best-of-three series, with the winner of today getting the semi-final match point (Timberwolves guard Conley is absent today, and Walker is the starter).
In the first half, the Timberwolves shot 17-of-37 from the field and shot 46%, the Nuggets shot 21-of-41 from the field with a 51% shooting rate, the visitors trailed by six points at 44-50, Edwards scored only five points on 1-of-8 shooting in the half, Towns and Walker each scored 11 points, and Jokic of the Nuggets scored 19 points and eight assists on 7-of-10 shooting in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, the Timberwolves played a wave of 11-3 to overtake the score at 55-53, 4 minutes and 58 seconds Murray made 2 free throws and 2 hits after the Nuggets returned a wave of 19-8 offensive climax, the Nuggets 72-63 took a 9-point lead, after three quarters, the Timberwolves trailed by 14 points 74-88, Edwards scored 9 points and 3 assists on 2-of-4 shooting in the third quarter, and the Timberwolves shot 12-of-22 for the whole team, but their defensive end allowed the Nuggets to shoot 65%, and Jokic scored 16 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on 6-of-7 in this quarter.
Jokic hit a dunk in 7 minutes and 12 seconds in the final quarter, the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by 18 points 98-80, the Timberwolves chased the score to 90-101 in 4 minutes and 45 seconds, Jokic hit a three-point shot in 3 minutes and 9 seconds, and the Nuggets expanded the difference again 106-92, and the Timberwolves were unable to narrow the difference to single digits in the remaining time, and finally lost 97-112 away.
At the end of the day, the Nuggets won three in a row and secured a semifinal point (3-2 in the series), with Game 6 of the two sides in Minnesota.
Player stats and plus/minus:
Towns had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, shooting 10-of-19 from the field with a plus/minus of -17
Edwards had 18 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 steal, shooting 5-of-15 from the field, with a plus/minus of -12
Walker had 14 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, shooting 5-of-12 from the field and a plus/minus of -13
Gobert had 18 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, shooting 7-of-7 from the field and a plus/minus of -2
McDaniels had 9 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, shooting 4-of-9 from the field and a plus/minus of -18
Morris had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, shooting 3-of-6 from the field and a plus/minus of -7
Li Kaier had 2 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, shooting 1 of 2, and a plus/minus of -4
Reed had 7 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block, shooting 3-of-8 from the field and plus/minus -2
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Jokic had 40 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, shooting 15-of-22 from the field with a plus/minus of +21
Murray had 16 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 1 steal, shooting 7-of-14 from the field with a plus/minus of +11
Pope had 16 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, shooting 6-of-8 from the field with a plus/minus of +16
Gordon had 18 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, shooting 7-of-14 from the field with a plus/minus of +8
Porter had 6 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks, shooting 2-of-10 from the field and a plus/minus of +4
Braun had 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, shooting 4-of-8 from the field and a plus/minus of +11
Jackson had six points on 3-of-3 shooting and a plus/minus of +4
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