In the semi-finals of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are on the road, won 106:80 (28:20, 33:15, 21:25, 24:20) defeated Denver Nuggets basketball players.
Minnesota has a 2-0 lead in the 4-game series against the defending champion Nuggets. So far in the playoffs, the Timberwolves have won 6 games in 6 games.
The NBA champions, who have lost twice in front of their home crowd, find themselves in a very difficult situation as the series now moves to Minnesota.
In this match, “Timberwolves” resolved matters even before the break – after two quarters, the visitors led 61:35.
Anthony Edwards was once again solid in the ranks of the winners, who in 38 minutes scored 27 points (10/13 doubles, 1/4 triples, 4/7 penalties), 2 rebounds and 2 steals each, 7 assists, 4 times made a mistake and fouled 2 times.
Karl-Anthony Towns also scored 27 points for the Minnesota team, who also had 12 rebounds.
The guests, who showed iron defense, intercepted 11 balls and made 12 blocks against the opponents in this match.
Denver team star Nikola Jokic scored 16 points (5/12 doubles, 0/1 triples, 6/6 penalty), 16 rebounds, 8 assists, blocked shots, 4 fouls and 2 fouls in 39 minutes. .
It was a sad night for Jamal Murray, who hit just 3 of 18 shots and scored just 8 points. The player had a hard time keeping his emotions in check and after one of the episodes he threw a heat holding pillow onto the field.
Rudy Gobert, who had a son, did not help the Minnesota team in this match.
Timberwolves: Anthony Edwards (7 rpg) and Karl-Anthony Towns (12 rpg) 27 each, Naz Reid (4/8 trg. 4 blk) and Nickeil Alexander-Walker (4/7 trg) 14 each .
Nuggets: Aaron Gordon 20 (8/14 shooting), Nikola Jokic 16 (16 rebounds, 8 assists), Justin Holiday 13 (4/5 tr.), Michael Porter 9 (1/7 tr.) , Jamal Murray 8 (3/18 shooting, 13 rebounds).
“Long break”: the work of Lithuanian agents, Lithuanians raising the value of LKL, LKF’s ability to “buy” a high-level player, the longevity of basketball players, leaking information from clubs and the possibilities of 3×3 national teams
