45 points fiasco! Jokic slashed 22 points and couldn't move, shooting 14 iron from 18 shots, and the Nuggets' second-leading pseudo-star was a real hammer

Achenggao

2024-05-17 11:11Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

On May 17, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and today the Timberwolves sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Nuggets, the Nuggets had already got the match point before this game, as long as they can win this game, the team will be able to advance to the Western Finals, and the Timberwolves will not give up easily, the veteran Conley also returned with an injury, his return ignited his teammates well, and finally the Timberwolves also won the opponent. Next, let's talk briefly about the game process, and then talk about the players' performance.

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At the beginning of the first quarter, Gobert scored an inside kill, and Jokic led the team to respond with a wave of 9-0 climax, Edwards and Jaden combined for 7 points in response, and then the game entered the time of the Timberwolves, led by Edwards, who led by 17 points in the first quarter. In the second quarter, thanks to the play of Jokic and Gordon, the Nuggets were once trailing by only 11 points, but then Edwards and Towns stepped up to score one after another, helping the team regain the lead and the Nuggets were already trailing by 19 points at halftime.

The Nuggets obviously wanted to play a counterattack to recover the score, Pope and Murray hit three points one after another, and Jokic also made consecutive interior kills, but the Timberwolves' offensive firepower was stronger in this quarter, Jaden seized the opportunity of the opponent to let go, and scored 8 points in a row to help the team extend the lead to more than 20 points, and the Nuggets trailed by 25 points at the end of the third quarter. In the final quarter, the Nuggets still let the starters play, but they didn't play a decent counterattack, and they could only call the gold back, and the Nuggets finally lost to the opponent 70-115.

The Timberwolves broke out in full force

This game Timberwolves seem to be back in the first two games of the series, they played a good defense and enthusiasm, the referee's blowing in this game is obviously looser than the previous three games, the past three games of various body hair blowing, such blowing penalties for the Timberwolves, a team with high physical confrontation intensity, this game at home The referee relaxed the blowing scale, and the Timberwolves also played aggressive.

Edwards was the key to the team's victory, he helped the team establish the lead in the first quarter, and the Nuggets' two chasing points in the second quarter were Edwards who stood up and scored to extinguish the opponent's counterattack, Edwards shot 8 of 17 from the field, 4 of 9 from three-point range and got 27 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Gobert was finally tougher than the past two games, scoring 8 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in this game.

Downs protected the rebounds very well in this campaign, which is the key to the team's victory, he won 4 frontcourt boards in this game, Downs got 10 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists on 4 of 10 shots in this game, Conley's return is also a good help to the team, his ability to control the court is too good, because of his existence, the Timberwolves did not mess up the rhythm when they were leading, and Conley got 13 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists on 5 of 9 shots in this game.

McDaniels seized the opponent's opportunity to let himself go, scoring 21 points and four rebounds on 8-of-10 shooting from the field and 3-of-5 from three-point range, while he also locked up Murray well.

Jokic was alone

Jokic did his best on the side of the Nuggets, he shot 9 of 19 from the field, 0 of 4 three-pointers got 22 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, the Timberwolves are very targeted, as long as Jokic gets the ball, we will sandwich, which also makes Jokic not get a better chance to play alone, Jokic does not have the dominant performance in the past three games, because Jokic was sandwiched, and his teammates also had the opportunity to vacate, so he also desperately fed his teammates.

As a result, his teammates did not seize the opportunity, and the vacant position did not enter, in this case, I thought that Jokic's second-in-command Murray could stand up and share the pressure for Jokic, but his play was quite spicy, and he was completely locked up by McDaniels, 4 of 18 shots, 2 of 7 three-pointers got 10 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, and gave the ball to Aaron Gordon, I think his statistics are also better than Murray.

Murray may have been overrated as a player, his two kills in the playoffs are indeed full of gold, but because of these two kills, everyone ignores his inefficiency, averaging 19.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game so far in the playoffs, such data is a gap compared to the top two, and his offense is still very inefficient, shooting only 39.2% from the field and 31.1% from three-point range.

It can be said that Jokic brought him to a height that does not belong to him, he does not have the strength of an All-Star, it is Jokic who uses an excellent covering wall to create an opportunity for him to shoot easily, in the face of top defense, he can't play the role of a star at all, a proper pseudo-star, if the Nuggets finally miss the championship this season, I don't know if they will change, now these two leaders are too late Jokic, this game is like Jokic is on the court 1 to 5.

If the Nuggets are to continue to dominate for years to come, they need to find a better helper for Jokic, and with that said, what do you have to say about the Nuggets right now? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.

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