On May 15, Beijing time, the Nuggets played against the Timberwolves at home, and the Nuggets successfully defeated the Timberwolves 112-97 at the end of the game. Since the Nuggets made this series 2-2, the Nuggets have become a more favored side in this series, and the Timberwolves are still missing Conley in the G5 game, so it will be more difficult for the Timberwolves to win, but the referee's blowing penalty in this series has also caused huge controversy, especially when Murray was only fined $100,000 for throwing things on the court, Gobert was fined $75,000 just for counting the money gesture, and Finch said directly: I want to see the details of the fine, if Gobert is fined 75,000 for the gesture, is it 10,000 for throwing a towel, and is it 15,000 for throwing a warm baby? (Ironically, Murray was not fined for counting money before, but was fined 100,000 yuan for throwing debris many times), so it is not unreasonable for the referee to be questioned.)
After the start of the first quarter, the two teams played fiercely, and at first relied on Towns and Walker Timberwolves to take the lead, but then Jokic exploded, Pope also began to hit three points, and the Nuggets also successfully completed the overtake, but fortunately Edwards was able to respond, so the Timberwolves only trailed by 2 points. Reggie helped the Nuggets hold the lead in the closing stages, and the Nuggets led by two points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, Gobert once helped the Timberwolves complete the overtake, but the follow-up game was chaotic between the two teams, the Timberwolves' bad offense was counterattacked by the Nuggets, and the Nuggets still led by 2 points after Gordon scored a dunk, and the Timberwolves relied on Walker to support in the next game, on the other hand, Jokic and Murray on the Nuggets side helped the Nuggets open the score, and the Nuggets led by 6 points at the end of the half.
In the third quarter, the Timberwolves completed a 7-0 comeback, Porter also hit a three-point shot at a critical moment, McDaniels hit a shot after Gordon suffered a big hat, and then Towns assisted Gobert to dunk and score, and the Timberwolves overtook the Nuggets by 2 points. After the pause, the Nuggets played a wave of 11-2, and although Edwards was able to score in the next game, the Timberwolves couldn't prevent Jokic at all, plus Murray was also able to score here, the Nuggets have been steadily suppressing the Timberwolves, and Jokic's offense exploded at the end of the game, and the Timberwolves trailed by 14 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of the game, Reid helped the Timberwolves chase 10 points, but in the next game, the Timberwolves continued to hit iron, on the other hand, the Nuggets Pope hit three points in a row, Jokic dunked and scored, and the Nuggets led by 18 points.
The Timberwolves played quite passively in this game, and the referee's blowing scale in this game was not conducive to the Timberwolves, not to mention that Edwards was directly restricted in this game, it can be said that Edwards played helplessly on the court, and at the end of the game Edwards got 18 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists in 5 of 15. Although Downs was in good offensive shape in this game, it was a pity that Towns had too many fouls, and Reed also had this situation here, so the Timberwolves had no power to resist at all, and at the end of the game, Downs got 23 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and Reed got 7 points and 3 rebounds.
As for Jokic in this game, Gobert is even more complete, although Gobert tried to prevent Jokic in this game, but Jokic is more and more courageous in the face of Gobert, all kinds of magical shots can be hit, it can be said that Gobert has completely become Jokic's toy, ESPN data shows that before entering the fourth quarter, Jokic shot 7 of 7 in the face of Gobert's main defense, and Jokic hit 40 points, 7 rebounds and 13 assists at the end of the game. After this game, the Nuggets can say that this series has lost its suspense, you must know that the Timberwolves have relied on their own defense until now, but the current Timberwolves have completely lost their previous defensive state, and the Timberwolves' offensive state is not good, so the Nuggets are likely to end the suspense of this series in the G6 game.