On May 15, Beijing time, in the battle of Tianwang Mountain in the Western Conference semifinals of the NBA playoffs, the Denver Nuggets sat at home to face the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Section I
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Pope hit a mid-range shot, McDaniels scored a dunk under the basket, Murray scored under the basket, Towns hit a three-pointer from the outside, and then scored 5 points in a row with a layup, Pope scored a layup, Jokic scored consecutive points under the basket, Walker hit a three-pointer from the outside, McDaniels also hit a three-pointer, and the Timberwolves led the Nuggets by 4 points at 15-11.
In the middle of the quarter, Jokic broke through the inside and hit a dunk, Porter scored from the middle distance, Edwards hit a three-pointer, Pope responded immediately with a three-point shot, Lee Kyle hit a jumper from the free throw line, Jokic made a strong attack on the inside and scored 2+1, and the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by 3 points at 24-21.
At the end of the quarter, Walker hit a three-pointer, Reggie broke through the interior to score four points in a row, and Towns scored an inside hook shot, and the first quarter ended, and the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by two points at 28-26.
Section II
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Gobert scored consecutive basket dunks, Gordon hit a dunk under the basket, the Timberwolves had three offensive fouls in a row, Morris hit a shot, Jokic scored inside, Gordon counterattacked and dunked, and the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by 2 points at 35-33.
In the middle of the quarter, Towns scored 4 points in a row from the middle range, Braun counterattacked and scored 4 points in a row to respond, Gordon received a wonderful pass from Jokey inside and scored a dunk, Morris broke through the inside to score, Braun hit a fast-break counterattack dunk to stop the Timberwolves, and the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by 4 points at 43-39.
At the end of the quarter, Jokic hit a three-pointer, Walker hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner to respond, Jokic hit a hook shot under the basket and Walker hit a breakaway shot to respond again, Murray broke through the inside and scored, and at the end of the half, the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by 6 points at 50-44.
At the end of the half, the players scored as follows
Section III
At the beginning of the third quarter, Don Downey scored five points in a row on a broken outside shot, Porter hit a three-pointer to respond, McDaniels hit a step-back jumper, Gobert hit a dunk to stop the Nuggets, and the Timberwolves played 11-3 to take a 55-53 lead.
After the timeout, Gordon hit a layup, Murray broke through to score a layup, Gordon counterattacked and received a dunk and hit again, Towns hit a breakthrough layup in response, Pope hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc, Murray hit a fast-break layup, and the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by 7 points at 64-57.
In the middle of the quarter, Gobert scored a basket, Jokic scored consecutive inside points, Edwards scored 2+1, Morris broke through and hit a layup to stop the Nuggets, and the Timberwolves chased the score to 70-78 and trailed by 8 points.
At the end of the quarter, Jokic hit consecutive baskets to make it 2+1, Gobert scored 4 points in a row, Reggie broke through the toss and scored, and at the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by 14 points at 88-74.
In the final quarter, Gordon scored a basket, Reed scored 4 points inside to respond, Pope hit two bottom corner three-pointers in a row, Jokic counterattacked and dunked to stop the Timberwolves, and the Nuggets led the Timberwolves by 18 points at 98-80.
After the timeout, Edwards hit a layup, Towns scored inside, Braun hit a three-pointer, Walker hit a three-pointer to respond, Jokic hit a three-pointer against Gobert's defense to end the game, and finally the Nuggets defeated the Timberwolves 112-97 at home, leading the Timberwolves 3-2.
The data at the end of the game is as follows