MVP who overwhelmed the best defender... NBA Denver defeats Minnesota with '2 wins, 2 losses'

Denver wins 115-107... Jokic, 35 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists

National Basketball Association (NBA) regular league Most Valuable Player (MVP) Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets) dominated 'Defender of the Year' Rudy Gobert (Minnesota Timberwolves), leading Denver to two consecutive wins.

Denver won 115-107 in the 4th game away game against Minnesota in the 2023-2024 NBA Playoffs (PO) Western Conference 2nd round (4 wins out of 7) held at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA on the 13th (Korean time).

Denver, who lost the first and second games held at home, smiled in both games and showed the power of the defending champion. 온라인카지노

Denver, which won 57 wins and 25 losses in the regular league, advanced to the PO as 2nd place in the West and is playing the 2nd round after beating the LA Lakers (7th place, 47 wins, 35 losses) 4 wins and 1 loss in the 1st round.

Minnesota, ranked 3rd in the West with 56 wins and 26 losses, had strong momentum by defeating the Phoenix Suns (6th place, 49 wins, 33 losses) with 4 consecutive wins and then winning both of the first 2 games against Denver, but the mood sank due to consecutive losses.

Now, the two teams will move to Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado again on the 15th to play the fifth game.

In this day's game, Luka Jokic, who won MVP for the third time in his career on the 9th, shined the most.

Jokic, who won MVP three times in the past four seasons, once again solidified his reputation as having the best skills among active players by overwhelming Gobert, the 'best defender'.

Jokic, who played for about 40 minutes, scored 35 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals, and recorded a field goal success rate of 57.7%.

Center Gobert, who won the Defensive Player of the Year award, struggled to stop Jokic, but it didn't work out as intended.

At the end of the game, with Karl-Anthony Towns in charge of primary defense, Gobert, who was positioned under the goal, even came up with a strategy of assisting defense, but was unable to stop Jokic.

Jokic exploded with 16 points in the fourth quarter alone, repeatedly breaking the momentum of Minnesota, which was chasing.

Guard Jermall Murray, who consistently had opportunities for mid-range and 3-point shots thanks to Jokic's solid screen, also did his part by recording 19 points and 8 assists.

Among the forwards, Aaron Gordon played very well.

He scored 27 points with a field goal success rate of 91.7% (11 of 12), allowing Denver to win despite the poor performance of shooter Michael Porter Jr., who scored only 4 points.

In Minnesota, young guard Anthony Edwards, who has been compared to Michael Jordan, the best player in NBA history due to their similar playing style, appearance, and physique, scored 44 points.

However, Edwards' performance faded as Gobert and Towns were unable to control Jokic, who was furious inside and outside.

In the Eastern Conference, the Indiana Pacers lost games 1 and 2 to the New York Knicks, but balanced the series by winning 121-89 in games 3 and 4.

Indiana achieved a comfortable victory with even performance, with six players scoring in double digits, including ace Tyrese Haliburton (20 points).

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