On May 15, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs West strong dialogue, Minnesota Timberwolves went to challenge the Denver Nuggets away, the main guard of the Timberwolves in this game Conley was absent due to injury, Walker replaced the starter, the starting lineup of the Timberwolves is: McDaniels, Towns, Edwards, Gobert, Walker. The starting lineup of the Nuggets is Pope, Gordon, Jokic, Pope, Murray.
Player performance rating for this match
Edwards (underperformance): Singled out Pope in the middle of the first quarter and hit a three-pointer, and finished with 4 free throws, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 1-of-4 shooting in the first quarter. In the second quarter, he did not score in the athletic battle, and finished the half with 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 turnovers on 1-of-8 shooting.
At the end of the third quarter, he hit a mid-range shot to make it 2+1, and in the fourth quarter, he scored a layup.
He scored 18 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal and 4 turnovers on 5-of-15 shooting in this game, and did not help the team much on the offensive end.
Towns (good performance): Hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner in the first quarter, then singled Murray to hit a layup, then hit a two-point hook shot to finish with seven points, two rebounds and one assist on 3-of-6 shooting in the first quarter. In the middle of the second quarter, he scored consecutive mid-range goals, and finished the half with 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal on 5-of-10 shooting.
In the third quarter, he came up to the basket and threw himself to grab a layup, then stepped back to hit a three-point shot, then hit a basket with the ball, and hit a hook shot under the basket in the fourth quarter.
He scored 23 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on 10-of-19 shooting from the field, and performed well on the offensive end in this game, with good scoring efficiency on the court.
McDaniels (Pass): Hit a catch-and-dunk shot at the beginning of the first quarter, followed by a three-pointer, and had five points and one assist on 2-of-3 shooting in the first quarter. He only took one shot in the second quarter, and finished the half with 5 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists and 1 block on 2-of-4 shooting.
In the third quarter, he broke through the inside line and hit a backward jumper, scoring 9 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks on 4-of-9 from the field.
Walker (passing): Hit a three-pointer from Downs midway through the first quarter, then hit a three-pointer and hit a three-pointer, finishing the first quarter with six points, one rebound and two assists on 2-of-3 shooting.
In the second quarter, he hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner, then broke through to a layup and finished with 11 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 2 blocks on 4-of-6 shooting at the end of the half. hit a three-pointer in the fourth quarter,
With 14 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks on 5-of-12 from the field, he was in good shape on the court in this game, his shooting touch was online, he played his own characteristics on the offensive end, and his defensive performance was also good.
Kyle Lee (Pass): Scored mid-range shots off the bench in the middle of the first quarter, and finished the game with 2 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal on 1-of-2 shooting.
He didn't play much time in this game, and he played a relatively comprehensive performance on the field, which played a certain role on the field.
Gobert (passing): At the beginning of the second quarter, he hit a 2+1 catch and dunk under the basket, and then hit a strong inside dunk again, and at the end of the half, he scored 5 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block on 2-of-2 shooting.
In the third quarter, Downs hit a dunk under the basket in a row, and then hit a layup inside.
7 of 7 in the game, 18 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, the game was finished well on the inside, but for Jokic's defense was not good, and Jokic was completely blown out.
Morris (Pass): Came off the bench midway to the second quarter and hit a mid-range jumper, then hit a breakaway jumper, finishing the game with six points, two rebounds and three assists on 3-of-6 shooting.
Reed (sluggish): 1 point on 0-of-1 shooting at halftime. In the fourth quarter, he hit consecutive inside dunks, and then counterattacked and broke through to hit a layup, scoring 7 points and 3 rebounds on 3-of-8 shooting.
Summing up the game
In this game, Edwards, the core player of the Timberwolves, did not find his form on the offensive end, and could only rely on Towns to support the team's offense, resulting in the Timberwolves being pressed and beaten by the Nuggets, on the other hand, Jokic played a dominant performance on the inside, unstoppable, Gordon and Pope also played well on the offensive end, and finally the Nuggets successfully won the battle of Tianwang Mountain at home, leading the Timberwolves 3-2.