At 10:30 a.m. Beijing time on May 15, in the Western Conference semifinals of the NBA playoffs, the Nuggets and Timberwolves ushered in the battle of Tianwang Mountain. In the end, the Nuggets defeated the Timberwolves 112-97 at home, leading the overall score 3-2 to win the match point.
The Timberwolves had a 2-0 dream start in this series, and they were in the Denver Plateau, and now they have won 3 games in a row, and they have been forced to the edge of the cliff.
In this game, Mr. Yoo scored 40 points, 13 assists, 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block on 15-of-22 shooting, and Gobert, who broke the 4-time DPOY, also received the third MVP trophy of his career tonight, achieving his own night of glory!
In the first quarter, the two sides played back and forth, and the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by 2 points 28-26; At the beginning of the second quarter, during the period when Mr. Yoo rested, the two sides fell into a scoring drought for a long time, and did not score for 3 minutes, and Mr. Yoo immediately led the team to end the scoring drought, and at halftime, the Nuggets led by 6 points at 50-44;
At the start of the second half, in the third quarter, the Timberwolves played an 11-3 attack wave to overtake the score. It was Mr. Yoo who stepped up again, and the ghost passed the ball to connect the team, playing a wave of 23-8 offensive climax, and the Nuggets led to 14 points after the third quarter. In the last quarter, the Timberwolves continued to chase the score, but they had no choice but to ask the teacher to play like a divine help, and they were violent and unreasonable for three points, and directly defeated the Timberwolves. In the end, he won the victory and won the match point.
Statistics:
Nuggets: Jokic 40 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, the highest plus/minus in the game, as high as +21, Gordon 18 points and 10 rebounds; Murray 16 points; Pope 16 points.
Timberwolves: Towns 23 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Edwards 18 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, Gobert 18 points and 11 rebounds;