Game dominated by the Wolves who posted a break of 27-2 and already addressed the challenge in the 1st quarter. The beauty at the home of the Nuggets on Sunday
May 17, 2024 (changed at 10:45 am) – NEW YORK
We go to game 7. Minnesota wins its first home success of the series in the most important match so far and with its back against the wall it destroys the Nuggets, eventually winning with a surreal margin: 45 points, 115-70. A match without history in which the Timberwolves do what they want from the first to the last minute, also taking advantage of the very bad shooting evening of Porter Jr., Caldwell-Pope but above all of a truly dull Murray (4/18 from the field). Edwards takes care of playing the charge for a team that finds one of its leaders again, the veteran Conley absent in game 5, and shows surprising maturity by getting back on track at the right time after the three consecutive defeats.
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The home team knows well that it has no more wildcards to play in a series that has become very complicated after the two successes in Denver in the first two games and starts with a crazy intensity that the guests are unable to contain. Edwards attacks the basket, McDaniels starts producing and the T-Wolves excite a very hot crowd with an incredible 27-2 run in the first quarter. The reigning champions find no answers also because no one seems to give Jokic a hand in attack. Minnesota’s suffocating defense makes the difference, so at the end of the first quarter Denver only has 14 points on the scoresheet. Edwards and his teammates kept their foot on the accelerator even in the second half, arriving at the break ahead 59-40. The Minnesota fans couldn’t have asked for a better first half and to take away any hope of a comeback for the visiting team.
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The Timberwolves close the discussion at the start of the third quarter, arriving, with a triple from an excellent McDaniels, at +26 in the middle of the third period. The T-Wolves bench also makes a great contribution (36 points against 9 from Denver’s reserves) and the defense remains suffocating, everything is going well, therefore, for Minnesota who with superlative ease thus brings the series back to Colorado for the fascinating and decisive game 7, scheduled for Sunday. A fun and intense challenge couldn’t have a better ending.
Minnesota: Edwards 27 (4/8, 4/9, 7/8 TL), McDaniels 21, Conley 13. Rebounds: Gobert 14. Assists: Conley, Towns 5.
Denver: Jokic 22 (9/15, 0/4, 4/4 TL), Gordon 12, Murray 10. Rebounds: Jokic 9. Assists: Murray 5.
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