On May 20, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Nuggets played against the Timberwolves at home in the Western Conference semifinals. The two teams drew 3-3 in the first 6 games, and both teams didn't feel good this time, and the Nuggets Murray stepped up to help the team take the initiative and establish a 20-point lead at most, but then the Timberwolves continued to chase points, and the final quarter directly overtook the score, and the Nuggets were powerless to return. In the end, the defending champion Nuggets suffered a 20-point reversal at 90-98 and were eliminated 3-4.
There was no retreat for the two teams in this game, and the two teams played very cautiously, but the feeling was not good, but fortunately, on the Nuggets' side, Murray finally stood up and hit three points in a row to help the team take the initiative. After that, the Nuggets maintained the lead, the Timberwolves have not been very good, Edwards is also in a sluggish state, unable to stand up to help the team break the wilderness, on the other hand, Murray is still in hot form, the point difference continues to widen, and the Timberwolves lead 53-38 at halftime.
In the second half, the Nuggets came up to continue to score points and directly established a 20-point lead, but then they were directly dumb, missed consecutive shots, and did not score a goal in 6 minutes, and the Timberwolves blasted out a wave of offense to close the score, and saw the hope of a reversal, and only 1 point was left after the third quarter. In the final quarter, the Timberwolves directly overtook the score, and luck came to their side, but fortunately, Jokic hit a three-pointer, Reed scored consecutive points, and Edwards scored three points to lead by 10 points. In the end, Towns made a dunk to kill the game, and finally defeated the Nuggets 98-90 and advanced to the Western Conference finals with a score of 4-3.
I really didn't expect that the defending champion was eliminated in such a way, and suffered a 20-point reversal, setting the largest reversal point difference in the tie-break. This time, it was completely up to Jokic and Murray to score points, and the other players were in a sluggish state, resulting in the final physical fitness completely unable to keep up, and the rebounds could not be protected. This time Murray scored 35 points, Jokic had 34 points, 19 rebounds and 7 assists, and the two played on the court for too long and finally couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all.
The Timberwolves showed tenacious resilience this time, trailing by 20 points without being defeated, and a direct wave of offense approached the point difference, and directly completed a big reversal in the final quarter. This time they relied on more blossoming, and all 6 players on the team scored double-doubles, even though Edwards only scored 16 points on 6-of-24 shooting, but all the helpers around him stood up, Towns scored 23 points and 12 rebounds, McDaniels scored 23 points, and Reed became a wonder soldier in the final quarter.