{"id":433762,"date":"2023-04-22T02:13:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T06:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=433762"},"modified":"2023-04-22T02:15:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T06:15:23","slug":"nuggets-edge-out-timberwolves-120-111-for-comfortable-3-0-lead","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/nuggets-edge-out-timberwolves-120-111-for-comfortable-3-0-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets edge out Timberwolves 120-111 for comfortable 3-0 lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Denver Nuggets came out victorious 120-111 in their Game 3 of the first-round playoffs against Minnesota Timberwolves\u00a0to make it a sweeping 3-0 overall on Friday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One more. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BringItIn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BringItIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jgs2xjlv3c\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/jgs2xjlv3c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets\/status\/1649627871630053378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nNikola Jokic was once again at peak form as the Serb nestled 20 points, along with 11 rebounds and 12 assists. He also achieved his seventh career triple-double.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to give them life,\u201d said Jokic after the game, \u201cWe wanted to be the aggressor. We wanted to punch them first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Porter Jr. scored 25 points, while Jamal Murray added another 18 points, along with 9 assists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProud of the group,\u201d Nuggets coach Mike Malone said. \u201cThey handled their business like they\u2019re supposed to, like mature teams do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edwards had an impressive game for the Timberwolves as he bagged 36 points to raise his tally in the series up to 95. Karl-Anthony Towns had 27 points, while Rudy Gobert added another 18, along with 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the Minnesota team played well, but mistakes in defense and some rushed decision in attack cost the the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur decision-making on offense just kind of let us down,\u201d head-coach Chris Finch said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  id=\"_ytid_31641\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0m2QICI0j-8?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;controls=1&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/0m2QICI0j-8\/maxresdefault.jpg\" title=\"\"><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Denver Nuggets came out victorious 120-111 in their Game 3 of the first-round playoffs against Minnesota Timberwolves\u00a0to make it a sweeping 3-0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":433764,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16736,17266,18959,18958,17159,16737,18724],"news_category":[16706],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"The Denver team put out a well-managed, disciplined performance","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/433762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/433762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433762"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=433762"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=433762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}