Jokic Scores 40 as Nuggets Shut Down Edwards in 112-97 Win Over Wolves, Taking 3-2 Series Lead
DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic praised his third NBA MVP grant by scoring 40 focuses and the Denver Pieces shut down Anthony Edwards in a 112-97 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. That put the ruling NBA champions one win away from the Western Meeting finals.
Jokic additionally had 13 helps and seven bounce back without any turnovers as the host group won interestingly this elimination round series. Aaron Gordon added 18 focuses and 10 sheets, and Jamal Murray scored 16. Edwards was held to 18 focuses on 5-of-15 shooting. Karl Anthony-Towns drove the Wolves with 23 places and Rudy Gobert scored 18. With their initial three-game series of failures of the time, the Wolves should snap their pallet Thursday night at Target Center to drive a Game 7 once again in Denver.
Jokic, who received his third MVP award from Commissioner Adam Silver during a pregame ceremony, scored 19 points in the first half, leading Denver to a 50-44 advantage at halftime. He added 16 focuses in the second from last quarter when the Chunks pushed their lead to 14.With 7:12 remaining in the fourth quarter, Jokic's dunk extended Denver's lead to 98-80. After the Wolves utilized a scaled down rush to pull to 103-92, Jokic nailed a 3-pointer at the shot clock bell over a defenseless Gobert, who as of late won his fourth NBA Cautious Player of the Year grant, to make it a noteworthy lead with a little more than 3 minutes left. After the Wolves crept ahead 55-53 right off the bat in the second from last quarter, Jokic helped on four sequential bins during Denver's 11-2 reactionfor a 64-57 lead that would stand the remainder of the way.
Jokic Scores 40 as Nuggets Shut Down Edwards in 112-97 Win Over Wolves, Taking 3-2 Series Lead
Edwards arrived at the midpoint of 33.3 places in the initial four rounds of the series and the Wolves were searching for another person to move forward. In spite of the fact that KAT did precisely that, Edwards missed eight of his initial nine shots, had five focuses at halftime and didn't find his shooting contact until the game had moved away from the Timberwolves. Timberwolves veteran point monitor Mike Conley was scratched not long before hint with a sensitive right Achilles. He was harmed when he missed a 3-pointer on the Wolves' last belonging in their misfortune on Sunday. Nickeil Alexander-Walker began in his spot and had 14 focuses and five helps.
Minnesota mentor Chris Finch said before the game that the Wolves were hoping to add to their pivot whether Conley played and he set aside some opportunity for Monte Morris after Denver's seat outflanked the Wolves' stores in Minneapolis. Morris scored six focuses. In his pre-game remarks, Finch likewise communicated alarm at the NBA fining Rudy Gobert $75,000 for bringing in a cash motion following a call by ref Scott Cultivate in Game 4.
