Nikola Jokic had 28 factors, 17 rebounds and 12 assists to steer the host Denver Nuggets previous the Minnesota Timberwolves 112-109 on Tuesday night time, closing out their first-round Western Conference playoff collection in 5 video games.
Jamal Murray scored 35 factors, Bruce Brown and Aaron Gordon had 14 every and Michael Porter Jr. grabbed 10 rebounds for Denver. The top-seeded Nuggets are headed to the Western Conference semifinals for the fourth time in 5 seasons.
Anthony Edwards put up 29 factors, Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 factors and 11 rebounds and Rudy Gobert had 16 factors and 15 rebounds for the eighth-seeded Timberwolves. Nickeil Alexander-Walker completed with 14 factors and Taurean Prince added 13 factors.
The recreation was tied at 102 when Jokic took over within the closing 1:30. He hit two free throws, scored off of his personal miss and transformed a three-point play to make it 109-104 with 28.1 seconds left.
Mike Conley hit a 3-pointer and Edwards sank a putback round two free throws by Brown to make it 111-109 with 3.4 seconds left. Jokic break up a pair of free throws with 2.5 seconds left, and Edwards missed a 3-point try on the buzzer.
Murray opened the fourth with a 3-pointer to place Denver forward 80-77, and the lead grew to 5 earlier than Prince hit a 3-pointer, Gobert transformed a three-point play after which tied it at 86 on a dunk with 8:34 left.
Porter hit his first 3-point try after lacking his first 5 after which had a steal that led to a Brown layup and a 91-86 lead.
Minnesota minimize the hole to some extent, the Nuggets went again forward by 5 however a three-point play from Towns made it 97-96.
Porter sank one other 3-pointer after a Gordon offensive rebound to provide Denver a 100-96 lead with 3:35 left. Towns missed a 3-point attempt on the different finish earlier than Gordon’s dunk pushed the result in six.
The Timberwolves responded to tie it at 102 with 1:46 left.
Minnesota led by 15 early however Denver rallied to take a 48-47 lead into halftime. The Nuggets went up by 4 and the Timberwolves held a five-point edge within the third quarter, however the groups had been tied at 77 heading into the fourth.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
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