Defeat by 45 points, Timberwolves 3-3 Nuggets! Standing and watching the game + leaving the court early Jokic is really angry

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2024-05-17 11:56Posted in Fujian Sports Creators

On May 17th, Beijing time, the NBA division semifinals continued, the Timberwolves with a big score of 2-3 behind sat at home to usher in the competition with the Nuggets series G6, for the Timberwolves, this is a life-and-death battle to go home if you lose, and the Nuggets still have the opportunity to return home in G7 to end the series, due to the obvious difference between the sense of urgency and despair between the two teams in the face of this game, the Timberwolves finally beat the Nuggets 115-70 in this life-and-death battle, chasing the big score to a 3-3 draw, and successfully dragged the series into a tiebreaker.

This result can be described as unexpected by everyone, no one expected that the life-and-death battle between the two teams would be a one-sided game, and there was more than 9 minutes of garbage time in the final quarter.

Jokic, who is the core of the Nuggets, obviously didn't expect this, and it is not difficult to see from his two details in the game that Jokic is really angry.

Detail 1: Standing and watching the game in garbage time

With more than 9 minutes left in the final quarter, the difference was stretched to more than 35 points, and the game lost suspense early, and then the two teams also switched to the bench.

As a result, the Nuggets bench lineup was not good, scoring only a measly 7 points in 9 minutes and 52 seconds of garbage time, plus the Nuggets only scored 2 points at the beginning of the quarter during the normal rotation, and the Nuggets only scored 9 points in the final quarter.

On the other hand, the Timberwolves not only rotated the main rotation and everyone was brave, but the garbage time lineup was also in hot shape, scoring 29 points in the final quarter and winning by 20 points in a single quarter.

This led to the fact that after the main forces of the two sides left the game, the score difference not only did not have the imminence of "politeness", but opened more and more, and once reached a terrifying 50 points.

Faced with such a situation, Jokic, who was originally sullen on the bench, left the bench directly and stood up, standing behind the rebound for a long time staring at what was happening on the court with a serious face.

Detail 2: With 10 seconds left in the game, Jokic left the court early

With more than 10 seconds left in the final quarter, the live camera was again directed at Jokic, who had already left the court early and walked to the players' tunnel.

Judging from the footage given at the scene, not only Jokic left the court early, but most of the main players of the Nuggets also left the court early before the end of the game and did not greet their opponents after the game.

It's no surprise that the defending champions of the Nuggets are ashamed to lose by 45 points in such a pivotal game.

According to the statistics after the game, 45 points is the largest loss margin in the history of the Nuggets in the playoffs, and only 70 points in a single game is the lowest score in a single game in the history of the Nuggets in the playoffs in the past 8 years.

The 45-point margin was also the second-largest win margin for any team facing elimination in NBA playoff history, behind only the 58 points set by the Lakers in 1956.

You know, Jokic has not been a very competitive player in his career so far, he sees playing more as a job, so he doesn't have too strong likes and dislikes, and raising horses is his real hobby.

Even after winning the championship last season, Jokic considered not participating in the championship parade in order to go home for horse racing as soon as possible, and this game really made Jokic angry.

The reason is also very simple, on the one hand, the score difference is indeed too big, and the game is too ugly to lose.

On the other hand, Jokic was almost isolated throughout the game, and in the face of the multi-point flowering Timberwolves, Jokic can be said to be invincible with two fists and four hands.

Jokic finished with a team-high 22 points and nine rebounds (five frontcourt rebounds) on 9-of-19 shooting, but only dished out two assists because his teammates couldn't score at all.

Five Timberwolves scored double-doubles in the game, eight scored at least eight points, and the Nuggets' highest score was Gordon's 12 points except for Jokic.

The second-in-command Murray was completely blown out by Edwards, only 4 of 18 shots in the game, only 10 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, with a game-low plus/minus of -32.

On the other hand, Edwards scored 27 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals in both offense and defense, and the plus/minus reached a game-high, terrifying +43.

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