On May 15, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued today, and in a game that just ended, the Nuggets defeated the Timberwolves at home, won the battle of Tianwang Mountain, and also won the first home victory of this round of the series, leading 3-2.
In the first quarter and a half of this game, the two teams still played back and forth, and the score was always very tight; But starting in the second half of the second quarter, the Timberwolves' offense lost power, and the Nuggets played a wave of small surges to slightly open the score, and at the end of the half, the Nuggets led by six points at 50-44.
Yibian fought again, and the third Saving Keic turned on the invincible mode, scoring and assisting; The Timberwolves didn't shoot any three-point shots, and the Nuggets once again played a wave of climaxes to stretch the difference to double digits, and took a 14-point lead in the third quarter; In the fourth quarter, the Nuggets kept in control of the rhythm on the court, always maintaining a double-digit lead, and finally defeated the Timberwolves 112-97, leading 3-2.
In this game, Jokic once again showed a level higher than other players, beating Gobert, the best defensive player, to the point of self-isolation throughout the game, and blasted down 40 points, 7 rebounds and 13 assists. How outrageous Mr. Yue's performance is, here are a few data to tell you:
The stat of 1:40 is a new single-game high for Jokic in this year's playoffs, and the previous high was 35 points;
The 2:13 assists were the second-highest in a single game for Jokic in the playoffs this year, behind only the 14 assists against the Lakers G4, in which the Nuggets lost.
Stats 3: 40 + 10 assists. Jokic got 40+10 assists for the first time in this year's playoffs. In fact, in this year's playoffs, only Brunson has had 40+10 assists before.
Stat 4: Jokic became only the second player in history to have 40+10 assists and 0 turnovers in the playoffs; The first is Paul, who scored 41 points, 10 assists and 0 turnovers in the second round of the 2018 Rockets vs. Jazz G5.
Stat 5: After this game, Jokic's total assists in the playoffs came to 591, surpassing O'Neal and becoming the third-most assists center in playoff history, behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (767), Russell (727), and Chamberlain (673).
At this moment, do you want to line up to apologize to thick eyebrows? You must know that in the first round, many people criticized that the thick eyebrows couldn't prevent Jokic; And now with twin towers, the Timberwolves, who are the strongest in the league on the inside, can't guard Jokic. What's more, the thick eyebrows can at least blow up with Jokic on the offensive end.