On May 17, Beijing time, the Timberwolves defeated the Nuggets 115-70 at home, chasing the score to 3-3, and the two sides will enter the tiebreaker. This game was a one-sided game, the Timberwolves led by 17 points in the first quarter, 19 points at halftime, 25 points in the third quarter, and the Timberwolves went straight to garbage time with a wave of 13-2 in the final quarter, and the Timberwolves led by up to 50 points.
This Malone strategy has not changed, the whole team obviously slackened after playing a 9-2 offensive at the beginning, and soon the Timberwolves directly stopped the Nuggets with a small climax, and the offensive efficiency brought by Mike Conley's comeback Malone did not predict, the Timberwolves had one more ball-holding point/offensive launch point and directly liberated Edwards, of course, Huazi also burst out with terrifying concentration in the life-and-death battle, Huazi was 4 of 7 in the first quarter, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and got 14 points and 2 rebounds.
The Timberwolves' defense of Jokic has changed, no longer wrapping Jokic in advance, but strangling the connection between Jokic and his teammates, mainly to limit the play of Jamal Murray, Murray does not have a big heart and superstardom, 1 of 10 in the entire first half, he just couldn't step up when Jokic needed help the most, Jokic had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist in the first half, his connection with his teammates was completely gone, and the Nuggets were already behind by 19 points after halftime.
McDaniels was a super wonder in this game, hitting consecutive three-pointers in the bottom corner, cutting and dunking, he was 3-of-3 in the third quarter, got 8 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and played 8-of-10 in the third quarter, 3-of-5 from three-point range to score 21 points, second only to Huazi's 27 points. The Timberwolves still have a firm grip on rebounding, winning the Nuggets 14 rebounds in the third quarter, and Gobert finally doesn't need to take the blame for this game.
In the last quarter, the Timberwolves opened a wave of 13-2 and directly put the game into garbage time, Huazi only played 3 minutes in the last quarter to punch in, and Malone also replaced Jokic, Murray, Pope, Gordon, Porter and other core focus in advance to prepare for the tiebreaker, and the Nuggets lost this game.
Edwards was 8-of-17, 4-of-9 from three-point range, 7-of-8 from the free-throw line, and finished with 27 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 turnover, shooting 47.1% from the field. Murray was 4-of-18 + 2-of-7 from three-point range.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream