On May 15, Beijing time, "What's a 0-2 home lag?" In the NBA Western Semifinal G5, the Denver Nuggets defeated the Timberwolves at home to win the battle of Mount Tianwang, and successfully won the match point one step away from promotion. Jokic became the number one winner. Before the game, he received his third regular season MVP trophy, and ran through the Timberwolves Twin Towers in the whole game. He scored 40 points, 7 rebounds and 13 assists, contributing to his strongest offensive performance in this year's playoffs, and also won the home fans' call for MVP.
It is worth mentioning that Jokic has scored 40+points in his first playoff game this year, which is also his first playoff game this year with 35+points in two consecutive games.
In the first four games of the series, Denver once lost two consecutive home games with a total score of 0-2 in adversity, and the public opinion also criticized Jokic and Denver. However, Jokic then led the Nuggets to win two consecutive away games, successfully catching up to the total score of 2-2, which is also to regain the home advantage again.
Now before the game of Mount Tianwang, Jokic received his third MVP trophy of the regular season. He calmly accepted the award amid the cheers of the home fans. No doubt Jokic will remain focused on the game.
Jokic showed a strong desire to attack in this battle. He started the continuous attack mode early to easily crush the interior defense of Goebel and Downes. Jokic played 12 minutes in the first quarter of the game, contributing 4 out of 7 and 4 out of 5 free throws. In particular, he once made a breakthrough in the double handed smash, scored 12 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, and led the team to a weak lead of 2 points with the combination of attack and pass.
Jokic continued to give a strong performance in the second quarter. He only played for 7 minutes and 36 seconds in the second quarter, but again contributed 7 points and 4 assists. Thus, he effectively got 19 points and 8 assists in the first half, and continued to crush the team led by the Timberwolves to expand the 6-point lead.
Unexpectedly, Jokic once again opened the crazy scoring mode in the third quarter. He almost missed 6 out of 7 in the third quarter and kept making foul free throws. Jokic scored 16 points and 4 assists in the third quarter, which exploded the inner defense of the Timberwolves. He also scored 35 points and 12 assists in the first three quarters, which is still unstoppable.
Jokic continued to lead the team to expand the leading edge at the end of the quarter, which was also the first time he scored 40+points in this year's playoffs. He led the Nuggets to defeat the Timberwolves successfully, and also successfully defended the home court to win the match point, which was only one victory away from the western match, perfect interpretation of MVP style.
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