Fantastic A. Edwards at the start of the series led to the victory against the NBA champions

Minnesota Timberwolves won the first game of the Western Conference semi-finals. Chris Finch’s underlings in a foreign arena 106:99 (23:25, 17:19, 33:27, 33:28) defeated the Denver Nuggets team and leads the series 1-0.

The second game of the series will also be played in Denver.

Minnesota Star Anthony Edwards had the best playoff game of his career tonight.

He scored 43 points in 42 minutes (14/22 doubles, 3/7 triples, 6/6 penalties), grabbed 7 balls, had 3 assists, a steal, blocked 2 shots, but lost the ball and was fouled once.

In the loss, Nikola Jokic scored 32 points and made 9 assists.

The score was tied at 84 as the Timberwolves won the stretch 18-7 to take the lead. Naz Reid scored 10 straight points during that streak. N. Reid scored a total of 14 points in the last quarter.

Nuggets: Nikola Jokicius 32 (9/16 doubles, 2/9 triples, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 7 turnovers), Michael Porter 20 (2/6 doubles, 4/7 triples, 6 ref.), Jamal Murray 17 (4/10 doubles, 2/4 triples, 4 rebounds), Aaron Gordon 9 (4/5 doubles, 6 rebounds), Christian Braun 7, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 6 (2/4 trg), Reggie Jackson 5, Justin Holiday 3 (5 rpg).

Timberwolves: Anthony Edwards 43 (14/22 doubles, 3/7 triples, 7 rebounds), Karl-Anthony Towns 20 (6/9 doubles, 2/4 triples, 4 rebounds), Naz Reid 16 (5/7 doubles, 2/4 triples, 4 rebounds), Mike Conley 14 (3/4 triples, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 turnovers), Rudy Gobert 6 (3/6 doubles, 13 rebounds), Nickeil Alexander-Walker 5 (1/5 triples), Kyle Anderson 2.