Nuggets and Timberwolves Tangle in Potential Elimination Game
The Denver Nuggets take on the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center on Thursday night in Game 6 of their Western Conference semifinal-round series. The Nuggets lead the series, 3-2.
The Nuggets (7-3 postseason) have roared back after alarming back-to-back home losses to open the series, with their latest success a 112-97 win in Game 5 at Ball Arena on Tuesday night. Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 40 points, supplementing them with 13 assists, seven rebounds, two steals and one block. Aaron Gordon generated an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double that included five assists and one steal. Jamal Murray and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope posted matching 16-point, four-assist, one-steal tallies, with KCP adding five rebounds. Christian Braun furnished 10 points, five rebounds, two assists, two blocks and one steal.
The Nuggets will list Murray (calf) as questionable for Thursday's game.
The Timberwolves (6-3 postseason) are now in a position that seemed highly improbable after the first two games of the series, namely, on the brink of elimination. In Minnesota's third consecutive defeat Tuesday, Karl-Anthony Towns led the T-Wolves with 23 points, adding six rebounds, four assists and two steals. Rudy Gobert generated an 18-point, 11-rebound double-double that included three rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Anthony Edwards matched Gobert's scoring and added nine assists, four rebounds and one steal. Nickeil Alexander-Walker turned in 14 points, five assists, two rebounds and two blocks.
The Timberwolves will list Mike Conley (Achilles) as questionable for Thursday's contest.
Thursday's game marks 10th meeting between the teams since the start of the regular season. The Nuggets have won five of the first nine games.
The Nuggets (7-3 postseason) have roared back after alarming back-to-back home losses to open the series, with their latest success a 112-97 win in Game 5 at Ball Arena on Tuesday night. Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 40 points, supplementing them with 13 assists, seven rebounds, two steals and one block. Aaron Gordon generated an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double that included five assists and one steal. Jamal Murray and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope posted matching 16-point, four-assist, one-steal tallies, with KCP adding five rebounds. Christian Braun furnished 10 points, five rebounds, two assists, two blocks and one steal.
The Nuggets will list Murray (calf) as questionable for Thursday's game.
The Timberwolves (6-3 postseason) are now in a position that seemed highly improbable after the first two games of the series, namely, on the brink of elimination. In Minnesota's third consecutive defeat Tuesday, Karl-Anthony Towns led the T-Wolves with 23 points, adding six rebounds, four assists and two steals. Rudy Gobert generated an 18-point, 11-rebound double-double that included three rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Anthony Edwards matched Gobert's scoring and added nine assists, four rebounds and one steal. Nickeil Alexander-Walker turned in 14 points, five assists, two rebounds and two blocks.
The Timberwolves will list Mike Conley (Achilles) as questionable for Thursday's contest.
Thursday's game marks 10th meeting between the teams since the start of the regular season. The Nuggets have won five of the first nine games.