The image is worth its weight in gold. There are eight minutes left to play in Denver and Minnesota is in the game, only led by one point (95-94), when Rudy Gobert gets carried away against the referees after being penalized for a fault on the rebound, a stroller in the back of Nikola Jokic. He received a technical foul and a teammate had to take him by the shoulder to calm him down. Not just any teammate: Kyle Anderson, the one he kicked at the end of the regular season.
The Wolves will not stay in contact for long after this episode, finally overtaken by the success of Michael Porter Jr (13 and his 16 points in the 4th quarter) and Jamal Murray (40 points in total), the lieutenants of the great organizer of the Nuggets, the Serbian Jokic (27 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists). This defeat (122-113) puts “Minny” up against the wall since the last qualifier from the West is down 2-0 before going to Minnesota for Game 3 on Friday.
For Denver, the lights are green, even if coach Michael Malone had little taste of his team’s performance after returning from the locker room. “They shot 80% in the third quarter. 80%! It means that we did not defend “, he regretted. An air pocket that allowed Anthony Edwards (41 points), Rudy Gobert (19 points at 7/11, 9 rebounds and 4 assists) and the Wolves to go from -15 at halftime (64-49) at +3 (80-83, 35th). It now remains to achieve this over 48 minutes.
2023-04-20 05:36:28
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