Westbrook and Murray don’t find out

Los Nuggets They turn negative again by losing at the Timberwolves’ home by a slim margin, three points, in a day in which the champion team for just a year and a half is once again showing seams that are difficult to correct. Well-known, powerful rivals, who served a complete menu and tasty dessert.

The match at the Target Center was resolved with a 119-116 score. An arduous battle in which the locals prevailed. This comes from afar: the tie that both played last April in the Western Conference was turned upside down in the seventh, with an epic comeback at home by the Wolves who later lost to the Mavs. Jokic and company do not forget. They, the classics, were good: 26 from Jokic and Porter, respectively, and 31 from Gordon. They took out their claws. Others did not do so much. But as a whole they failed again against Minny’s team, as they led by seven points with two and a half minutes remaining and were surpassed once again. They did not score again. They withstood a couple of triples, one from Alexander-Walker and another from Anthony Edwards, and between him and Gobert on the personnel line they turned the tables. Precisely when the Olympic champion in Paris (author of 29 points with 7/14 in triples) was at ease with Russell Westbrook or Jamal Murray in front of him (between them, 3/15 in shots) as primary defenders, he was part of a problem that seems endemic in Denver.

Los Timberwolves They have raised some doubts after the bad debut against the Lakers or how they lost to the Mavericks, although they are fine-tuning the rotation after the transfer of Towns disrupted their preconceived ideas. Randle, the substitute, is still getting the hang of all his teammates, but he is already emerging.

Edwards is one of the players with the greatest projection in the League, without a doubt, he is going to stardom without stopping at the stops. That is why the plan that Malone and his assistants drew up for him is less understood. Westbrook and Murray are dependent on defense: the first, on how his day is and that his failures in attack do not add more weight in his mind; the second, that his physicality does not penalize him more than necessary since he has never stood out for protecting the rim. Christian Braun tried to support the Timberwolves outside in some actions, but he had other tasks. It was precisely from the Kansas guard that it was the play of the game, a two-handed blow to the face of Rudy Gobert who was stung by it and organized a small scuffle. The Frenchman, controversies aside, left Jokic’s effect in the decisive actions to nothing, especially avoiding the triple in the right corner that would have forced overtime, and closed the account with two free throws.

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