BelgradeNugget wrote:This is from the most important game these teams played in the regular season. Game 80 for both teams, that decided 1-3 positions in the west ( we all know Denver lost that 1st in the west losing to Spars, but that is another story)
Game was played in Denver, KAT didn't play so result is not important here, something else is reason I brought it here
https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401585792
Jamal Murray added 20 points in 27 minutes and Michael Porter Jr. scored 18 for the Nuggets, who pulled away by holding Anthony Edwards without a bucket in the fourth quarter. Edwards led Minnesota with 25 points but was a non-factor in the fourth as Denver's reserves put on a show featuring Peyton Watson's six blocks and Christian Braun's rim-rattling dunks.
Edwards said Jokic kept blocking his way to the basket, so he had no choice but to dish and his teammates' shots just weren't falling: “He’s just there, so there’s nowhere for me to go," Edwards said.
We knew what this game was going to determine,” Edwards said. “If we won it, we knew we were going to possibly be the No. 1 seed, and if we lost it, we knew they’d possibly be the No. 1 seed. I think we cared before but now that we lost we can’t do nothing about it.
Denver find a way to slow Edwards down. On the other end of the court
Scoring 41 points to go with 11 rebounds and seven assists, Jokic made 16 of 20 shots against the NBA's best defense while being guarded most of the night by the league's top defender, Rudy Gobert, along with Naz Reid.
Twolves played the night before and traveled to DEN (Granted DEN also play the night before away). They were out of gas by the 4th qtr. Also been without Towns for a while. I think you will see a much higher energy Twolves team this time around and won't see Jokic scoring 40 pts.