On May 15, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Western Conference semifinals battle of Tianwang Mountain: Nuggets home vs Timberwolves. NBA officials announced before the game that Gobert was fined $75,000 for making a "count the money" gesture to the referee in G4. Timberwolves coach Finch expressed his dissatisfaction: "According to this standard, you will be fined 100,000 yuan for throwing a towel and 150,000 yuan for throwing a hot compress bag!" ”
The Timberwolves added to the woes and Conley missed the game with a sore right Achilles tendon. Timberwolves starters: Edwards, Alexander Walker, McDaniels, Towns, Gobert. Nuggets starters: Murray, Pope, Porter Jr., Gordon, Jokic. The Nuggets went from 2-0 down at home to 2-2, and Jokic showed MVP dominance.
In G1 and G2, Jokic averaged 24 points per game and shot only 42.1% from the field; In G3 and G4, Jokic averaged 29.5 points per game and shot 56.8% from the field. Speaking of today's game, just 3 minutes into the first quarter, Gordon committed 2 fouls, and the Nuggets replaced him with Holiday Holiday. The teacher fought and broke through the violent buckle of both hands, who said that pork belly can't fly?
Unexpectedly, Holiday played 4 minutes and 10 seconds on the court and also committed 2 fouls. Downs had seven points and two rebounds on 3-of-7 shooting in the first quarter when he limped after being knocked down by Pope and re-entered the court after a short break. At the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets led by two points at 28-26. Jokic played the full 12 minutes, scoring 12 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal on 4-of-6 shooting, and his performance was perfect!
At the beginning of the second quarter, Mr. Yoo was on the sidelines, and the Timberwolves didn't take the opportunity. Downs fouled back-to-back fouls and made a halfway point in the second quarter and made three fouls. Gordon was free of foul trouble and started the dunk show. Huazi pulled his hip today, scoring only 1 goal in the first 8 shots, including 0 of 5 two-point shots. In the last game, Huazi hit 44+5+5, with big ups and downs!
Murray's form wasn't much better, scoring just four points on 2-of-8 shooting at halftime. Porter Jr. was also crazy about iron, scoring 3 points and 5 rebounds on 1-of-6 shooting in the first half. At the end of the first half, the Nuggets led by six points at 50-44. Jokic finished with 19 points and eight assists on 7-of-10 shooting in the half, carrying the Nuggets on his shoulders. Relying only on the teacher himself, the Nuggets failed to open up the difference.
Towns scored 11 points and 5 rebounds on 5-of-10 shooting in the first half, and Towns scored 5 points and 1 assist in the second half, and the Timberwolves completed an 11-3 comeback. After training Gobert and Reed, the Nuggets returned an 11-2 run to take the lead again. Edwards finally woke up and scored on the breakaway twice, after he had never found a good way to break the bag.
With four and a half minutes left in the third quarter, McDaniels and Reed both had four fouls, and the Timberwolves were in trouble. Gobert was completely reduced to a toy, being played by a teacher who didn't know where the ball was. Mr. Yoo scored 16 points in a single quarter, 35 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists in the first three quarters, and the Timberwolves couldn't stand it. At the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets led by 14 points at 88-74!
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Pope fouled twice, and Mr. Yoo counterattacked and dunked, and with 7 minutes left in the game, the Nuggets led by 18 points. Pope made a big contribution on the defensive end today, limiting Edwards perfectly. The Nuggets were a little too relaxed, and the Timberwolves pulled back seven points in 2 minutes. The Nuggets deliberately pressed the clock, and Gordon and Yoo each scored a 24-second whistle.
In the last 3 minutes, the Nuggets pulled away to 14 points again, and the game lost suspense. At the end of the game, the Nuggets beat the Timberwolves 112-97. From 0-2 to 3-2, the Nuggets chased three games in a row and got the match point 3-2. Jokic shot 15 of 22, 40 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 0 turnovers! Look at this dominance, what is an MVP?
Netizens ridiculed: After chasing the dream of Green, another player who locked Gobert appeared! Finally, let's take a look at the stats of other players and tell us how you feel: