Nuggets 45-point defeat! The defending champions lost to the Timberwolves, and the tie-break came, with Edwards scoring 27 points

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2024-05-17 11:00Published in Shandong

NBA playoffs Nuggets ushered in a showdown with the Timberwolves G6, the Timberwolves were 2:3 behind before this campaign, this time back at home, they ushered in a life-and-death battle, winning can drag the series into a tie-break and lose directly out, which also makes the whole game Timberwolves play more proactive, offensive and defensive more aggressive, and finally they laid the foundation with the play of mobile phones, won the 6th game at home, and dragged the series to tie 7. Nuggets start Jokic, Murray, Porter Jr., Gordon, Pope. The Timberwolves started Edwards, Towns, Gobert, Conley McDaniels, and Conley, who was absent due to injury, returned.

The trend and performance at the beginning of the game were completely unexpected, after hitting the first shot, the Timberwolves were beaten by the Nuggets with a wave of 9:0, but then the Timberwolves scored continuously on the offensive end, and returned a wave of offensive climaxes, in just 5 minutes, they played a wave of 20:0, the most incredible thing is that after being beaten by the Timberwolves, Malone did not call a timeout, but called a timeout after the Timberwolves scored again after two rounds. After the timeout, although the Nuggets recovered on the offensive end, the overall efficiency was still not ideal, and they fell behind by 17 points at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Li Kaier hit two free throws, Murray broke through to the layup, Jokic also hit the Nuggets offensive end and began to recover, Jokic played a wave of small climaxes after 2+1, and once chased the difference to 11 points. Edwards hit both free throws, and the Timberwolves hit another wave of inside shots, instantly extending the lead to 19 points. The two sides were locked in a tug-of-war, and the Nuggets were in a situation where they were trailing to chase points, and at halftime, they were unable to close the gap, and the Timberwolves led by 19 points after McNeills hit a two-point shot from the buzzer.

After the start of the 3rd quarter of the game, there was still no obvious recovery on the offensive end of the Nuggets, McDaniels broke through the dunk and hit the Timberwolves' lead of more than 20 points, Gordon dunked in the air, Daniels hit a three-point outside line, Edwards stole and counterattacked a dunk in the air, and the Nuggets were directly called a timeout. After the pause, although the offense recovered, the team still relied more on Jokic and Gordon to bite the score, but after the third quarter of the game, their point difference was not narrowed, and they lost 6 points again in the third quarter, and they were already 25 points behind.

At the beginning of the final quarter, the Timberwolves, who led by a large score, seized the opportunity and played a wave of offensive climaxes again, playing a wave of 13:2 in more than three minutes, and the Nuggets were completely dumb on the offensive end. With Wohl, Alexander Walker's 45-degree three-point shot from the left, the Timberwolves' lead has come to 36 points. The Nuggets, who fell behind by a large score, chose to give up the game early and replaced the core players, and the Timberwolves also replaced the core players to give the rotation players more time, and finally they completed a big victory at home 115-70, and the score of the series came to 3-3, so that the first group of the next round of matchups appeared in the 7-7 matchup.

Back at home, the Timberwolves played an excellent start, they took a clear lead in the opening wave of foreign shots, and set the trend of the game, Edwards played efficiently, McDaniels became the presence of the odds, the whole team blossomed, and multiple points scored on the double to easily win the game. Other factors aside, the Timberwolves showed a defensive and aggressive offensive performance from the start of the game, with rebounding dominance and their overall shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage far exceeding the Nuggets. In the end, it was an easy victory.

For the defending champions, the Nuggets suffered a 45-point defeat by 45 points, which was unacceptable. The key to winning the 7th game of the series is still in Mr. Yue. In this game, Jokic can be said to be limited in the face of the Timberwolves, although he got 20+ data, but the efficiency is not high, and the efficiency of the other players on the team is not ideal, in the face of the Timberwolves' defense is forced to try to shoot through the outside many times, which is just not the Nuggets' regular offensive rhythm, and finally the team's overall state is sluggish, unfortunately losing the game by a large score. The series is coming up with a tie-break, which of them do you think will have the last laugh?

Nuggets stats: Jokic 22 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, Murray 10 points and 5 assists, Porter Jr. 8 points and 6 rebounds, Gordon 12 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Pope 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Timberwolves stats: Edwards 27 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, plus/minus +43, Towns 10 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists, Gobert 8 points and 14 rebounds, Conley 13 points and 5 assists, McDaniels 21 points, Reed 10 points and 11 rebounds.

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