Published on May 13, 2024 at 8:22 a.m. – updated on May 13, 2024 at 8:42 a.m. Aurélien Canot
Carried in particular by a still lunar Jamal Murray and an equally monstrous Aaron Gordon, Denver equalized at 2-2 Sunday evening against Minnesota by winning on the Wolves floor in match 4 (115-107). The reigning champions thus regain home advantage. Indiana also recovered to 2-2 after crushing New York at home (121-89).
Everything has to be redone between Indiana and New York in the East as well as between Denver and Minnesota in the West. Indiana and Denver, both trailing 2-0 after the first two games, reset the scorers on Sunday evening in Game 4. The Nuggets won for the second time in a row (115-107) over the Minneapolis floor to equalize against the Wolves and at the same time regain home advantage before a match 5 which will once again send the two teams to the floor of the reigning champions. The Pacers, for their part, pulverized (121-89) the Knicks at home two days after having beaten them with difficulty (111-106) in a game 3 which could have allowed the New Yorkers to take off. Instead, here is Tyrese Haliburton (20 points during this meeting) and his teammates who returned to the heights before also visiting the 2nd in the Eastern Conference of the regular season in Game 5 of the series. Hoping for the Knicks that they will have recharged their batteries, because on Sunday, like a dead Jalen Brunson (18 points on 6 out of 17 shots), New York never posed the slightest problem to sparkling Pacers.
Murray’s basket from elsewhere
Denver had more difficulty dictating its law to the Wolves with Rudy Gobert (11 points, 14 rebounds) recently named best defender in the league for the fourth time. The title holders were, however, able to rely on a completely recovered Nikola Jokic (35 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists) and decisive at the end of the match (16 points in the last quarter) but especially on Aaron Gordon and Jamal Murray , the two men of the evening, to resist Minnesota and a still stratospheric Anthony Edwards (44 points on 16 out of 25 shots, including 5 out of 8 three-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 assists). Murray, author of 19 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds, once again made the difference with some brilliant actions, including this completely crazy basket scored from his own half at the buzzer of the first half. Gordon gave him one of his best career copies (27 points on 11 of 12 shots, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks). If the three strong men of the Nuggets set the bar this high in the next meetings, the Wolves have something to worry about.
2024-05-13 14:12:01
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