On May 20, Beijing time, the Nuggets played at home against the Timberwolves, and the Nuggets lost to the Timberwolves 90-98 at the end of the game. The Timberwolves showed strong defensive ability in the G6 game, not to mention that Jokic was uncomfortable in the game at this time, and other Nuggets players were not able to stand up to help Jokic. In the pre-game interview, coach Malone said that he was very sure that the Timberwolves would continue to double Jokic today, and in the G6 competition, the Timberwolves had achieved good results in the Jokic. So if the Timberwolves really execute such a strategy, then Murray's play will be key.
After the start of the first quarter of the game, the physical confrontation between the two teams was intense, so the offensive state of both teams was not good, but then Conley hit three points, McDaniels also played 2 + 1, Towns scored after the Timberwolves once led to 7 points, but then the Nuggets fought back a wave of 7-0, and the next game Murray's offensive outbreak directly helped the Nuggets complete the overtake, and the Timberwolves fell behind by 5 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, the Nuggets played a wave of 8-0, originally relying on Gobert, McDaniels and Lee Kyle Timberwolves once chased 5 points, but the follow-up Timberwolves offense began to play iron, Murray continued to score directly to help the Nuggets lead to 14 points, Towns finally helped the Timberwolves to chase the score, Edwards continued to play iron at the end of the stage, Jokic and Murray helped the Nuggets open the score, and the Timberwolves trailed by 15 points at halftime.
In the third quarter of the game, the Nuggets played a wave of 5-0, Towns assisted Gobert to dunk and score at the critical moment, and then McDaniels also hit a three-pointer, Jokic scored to stabilize the situation, and the Nuggets offense frequently hit iron, on the other hand, Edwards counterattacked and scored on the Timberwolves' side, McDaniels and Conley hit three points, and after Jokic made a mistake, Edwards counterattacked and scored a dunk, and the Timberwolves also chased the score to only 4 points. Towns helped the Timberwolves bite the score in the final stages, and Edwards also hit a three-pointer in the final moments, and the Timberwolves trailed by one point at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of the game, the Timberwolves completed the overtake under the play of Gobert and Conley, although Porter and Jokic responded later, but Edwards and Conley were also able to continue to score, and Jokic began to hit three points when the Timberwolves were about to open the score, but Gobert and Reed scored inside, and the Timberwolves led by 5 points. After the timeout, Murray scored on a shot, but Jokic was swept in the next game, and the Nuggets also made mistakes, Reed and Edwards helped the Timberwolves lead to 10 points, and finally the Timberwolves reversed the Nuggets to win the tiebreaker.
The Nuggets suffered a reversal that really surprised many people, you must know that in the third quarter of the game, the Nuggets once led to 20 points, it can be said that at this time many people thought that the Nuggets would win the tie-break, but in the next game, the Nuggets fell into a slump, Murray did not play so well in the first half, Jokic played very tired here, especially the frequent three-point iron on the outside made the Nuggets very passive, and finally Jokic was empty 34 points, 19 rebounds and 7 assists. Murray had 35 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. At the same time, Downs also really made a contribution in this game, the front Downs defended Jokic very successfully, and at the last moment Gobert committed 6 fouls when Downs came on the court, Downs scored at a critical moment to completely help the Timberwolves lock up the win, and Downs got 23 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists at the end of the game.
And Edwards' offensive efficiency in this game was not good, but in the second half Edwards still found some form, especially in the fourth quarter at a critical moment to hit three points is crucial for the Timberwolves, so when the Timberwolves win, Edwards is also excited to celebrate, after all, it is really not easy for the Timberwolves to complete such a reversal, and Edwards got 16 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists at the end of the game. The Timberwolves' reversal of the Nuggets is also a miracle in the NBA, after all, the Timberwolves once fell behind by 20 points in this game, and finally completed the reversal, which is also the biggest reversal in the history of the NBA.