With a 45-point win and a bang, the defending champions collapsed, four people are the key, and a little adjustment is too important

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2024-05-17 11:27Published in Shandong

Game 6 of the NBA playoffs between the Timberwolves and the Nuggets ended, and no one expected the trend of the game and the final score to be such a result, as the defending champions suffered the biggest loss in the playoffs in recent seasons, they scored only 70 points in the whole game and suffered a 45-point defeat. The Timberwolves helped Edwards fulfill what he put down, because after the G5 loss, Edwards said that we would tie the seven, and now the Timberwolves are using a hearty victory at home to tell the outside world that the Timberwolves are not as vulnerable as the outside thinks. With a 45-point win and a bang, the defending champions collapsed, four people are the key, and a little adjustment is too important.

Schedule review: At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Nuggets played a wave of 9:2 which was quite good, but this was also the only time they led in the whole game, and then the Timberwolves played a wave of 20:0 through excellent defense and rebounding and quick counterattack, completing the score in one fell swoop, and the Nuggets still did not recover significantly on the offensive end. After being limited by the Timberwolves, they tried to shoot more from the outside, but they were not able to reap the rewards, and the Timberwolves seized the opportunity to continue to widen the difference, and they trailed by 17 points at the end of the first quarter, which also laid the trend and result of the whole game.

In the last three quarters of the game, there was still no obvious recovery on the offensive end of the Nuggets, although Jokic tried to lead the team to chase points, and he also got 22 points-rebounds, but he lacked the support of his teammates, and he was constantly opened up by the Timberwolves. The opposite starting lineup, except for Gobert, all 4 people scored double-doubles, and the whole team blossomed more, and finally played more than 9 minutes in the final quarter of Game 6 of the series into garbage time, and both sides changed to a rotation lineup, and the Timberwolves still maintained excellent vitality at this stage of rotation, and continued to expand their lead in the final quarter to play a wave of 29:9, and his score was finally fixed at 115:70, and the Timberwolves won a 45-point victory at home. The defending champion Nuggets did not harvest the game in a wave in G6, but suffered a heavy defeat and collapsed.

The Timberwolves are of course key to their win, but there are also a few strategic adjustments that are crucial. First of all, let's talk about the adjustment of the Timberwolves on the defensive end in this game. Let Edwards go to defend Murray alone, and then McDaniels will stay on the inside at all times. Edwards limited him very well in the opening game against Murray, allowing Murray to shoot 0-of-5 from the first quarter and just hit one of 10 shots in the first half.

For Jokic, they implemented the package from the beginning of the game, and when Jokic got the ball inside, once he started to make moves, he would wrap the bag; As a result, Jokic struggled with the ball, his own offensive efficiency was not high, and at the same time, other players shrank the basket as much as possible to prevent the Nuggets from attacking inside. Forcing the Nuggets to try more outside shots, the Nuggets made 36 outside shots throughout the game, which was far more than their final average, while shooting a miserable percentage of shots.

In addition, on the Timberwolves side, Edwards maintained his efficient output, attacking while performing on the defensive end, and also did not miss 17 shots, hitting 8 shots, scoring 27 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and a plus/minus of plus or minus as high as plus 43. The other is the inside twin towers of Downs + Gobert, both of them got the last double-double rebounds, Downs 13 rebounds, Gobert 14 rebounds, and the team got 62 rebounds in the regular season; On the other hand, the Nuggets only have 43, they occupy a clear lead in rebounding, the number of rebounds between the two sides is already 15 at the end of the half, and the ratio of offensive rebounds is 11:4, the Timberwolves rely on the height of the interior to protect the rebounding ball is quite good.

McDaniels is another important player in the team. He also contributed on the defensive end, while finishing with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist on 8-of-10 shooting on the offensive end, with a high plus/minus. The Timberwolves, who bloomed more than the whole team, finally won a hearty victory at home, dragging the series to the tiebreaker.

For the Nuggets, the loss of this game and the performance of only scoring 70 points in the whole game is obviously unacceptable, they need to think about how to break the game in the near future, if they want to win the game, the Nuggets Jokic's play is crucial, of course, Murray also has to stand up and bear the pressure, do you think in the tie-break, who can win the final victory at the Nuggets' home court?

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