On May 15th, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and today the Nuggets sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Timberwolves, before this game the series between the two sides played a big score of 2-2, who can win this victory will have one foot in the division finals, in this case, Jokic also showed his fangs, the first person in the league relied on the unsolvable dominance, and finally led the team to 112-97 to defeat the opponent and win Tianwang Mountain.
In this game, Jokic shot 15 of 22 from the field, 2 of 3 from three-point range, got 40 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, according to statistics NBA history playoffs so far, there are only two centers who have scored 40+ 5 times or more, one is O'Neal, the other is Jokic, and Mr. Jokic has only 0 turnovers in 13 assists in this game, saying that he is the most destructive center in the current offense, it is estimated that there is no doubt, he is more terrible than the emperor who can only attack.
"I can only smile at Jokic because he's the best in the league," said Edwards after the game. Timberwolves coach Finch was also impressed by Jokic's performance, he said: "He received the MVP today, Jokic played the best performance of the player at the time, we have nothing to do with him", just now we said that Jokic is the center with the most offensive threat in the current team, and the Timberwolves have the best defensive player in the league in the current team, and the strongest shield failed to limit the strongest spear?
It's really unlimited, Jokic is facing the best defensive player of the season Gobert this game, he shot a total of 9 shots and 8 shots, using various baskets to play Gobert, the opponent has no way to take him, Jokic is more inefficient when he changes someone else's defense, it can be said that Gobert was beaten into a toy by Jokic, and this is not the first game, since the beginning of the series, Jokic has used Gobert as an ATM, especially in the last three games.
In addition to this game, in the series G3, Jokic shot 10 of 18 from the field, 1 of 3 from three-point range and got 24 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks, and in the series G4, Jokic shot 15 of 26 from the game and 1 of 5 from three-point range, with 35 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, in the past 3 games, the Nuggets were able to win three games in a row, relying on Jokic's insoluble play, averaging 33 points, 9.3 rebounds, 10 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.6 blocks in the past three games.
It can be said that Gobert's defense has no effect at all, and during Gobert's absence, the Timberwolves won one game instead, perhaps from here we should know that Gobert is a side effect on the team when he plays, Gobert got 18 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks on 7 of 7 shots in this game, you may think he is very good if you look at the data alone, in fact, he has a plus/minus of -2 when he is on the court, and he loses points when he is present.
Gobert, the 4-time best defensive player, not only did not help the team on the defensive end, he also affected the team on the offensive end, because of his existence, the team space could not be opened, and it was difficult for Edwards to break through, and Huazi also struggled very much, scoring only 18 points on 5-of-15 shooting from the field, playing the worst game in the playoffs so far, perhaps through Gobert's performance in the playoffs this season, the Timberwolves should understand that they lost 10 for 1.
In the '22 offseason, the Timberwolves wanted to strengthen the roster because they made the playoffs in the 21-22 season, and the team wanted to continue to improve their strength, so they found the rebuilt Jazz, and the two sides hit it off, because the Jazz wanted to get rid of the garbage contract, and the Timberwolves took Gobert's 3-time DPOY as a treasure, so the deal was completed, and Connery also gave Aegie a 10-for-1 bargaining chip.
At the beginning, the Timberwolves sent Beverley, Beasley, Vanderbilt, Bolmaro, Kessler and 4 first-round picks and 1 first-round swap pick to get Gobert, after the deal was completed, the outside world agreed that the deal was a loss, because Gobert is an ATM, he defended well in the regular season, but in the playoffs, the defense is very poor, and he will become the target of the opponent's small player list.
In the regular season this season, Gobert once again played a dominant defense, helping the team achieve the third record in the West, and at the same time he was better at defending small players, able to pounce, I thought that this deal would eventually turn from a loss-making trade to a big profit, but in the face of Jokic, Gobert was beaten back to his original shape, although he can now prevent the small one, but he still can't prevent the top star in the same position.
Now there are many stars with Jokic's level of offensive ability, Embiid in the East, the Lakers' thick eyebrows and the King's Xiaosa, it can be said that Gobert can easily eat him alone, in this case, Gobert is still a premium contract, this deal has made the Timberwolves lose a lot, he is only suitable for playing in the regular season. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about Goebel? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.