{"id":482788,"date":"2024-05-07T02:26:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T06:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482788"},"modified":"2024-05-07T02:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T06:26:25","slug":"dominant-timberwolves-beat-nuggets-106-80-for-2-0-lead-in-series","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/dominant-timberwolves-beat-nuggets-106-80-for-2-0-lead-in-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominant Timberwolves beat Nuggets 106-80 for 2-0 lead in series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Timberwolves extended their playoff winning streak to six games with a dominant 106-80 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a><\/a> in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series. Karl-Anthony Towns and <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/anthony-edwards\/\">Anthony Edwards<\/a> were the main men on the court, scoring 27 point each, while Towns also secured 12 rebounds to bolster Minnesota&#8217;s frontcourt presence.<\/p>\n<p>Despite missing center Rudy Gobert, who was absent for the birth of his first child, the Timberwolves showcased their depth and resilience to outmatch the reigning NBA champions. With a commanding 2-0 series lead, Minnesota heads back to Minneapolis for Game 3 with confidence and momentum on their side.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THAT\u2019S TWO. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jcjCYwgJE4\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/jcjCYwgJE4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timberwolves\/status\/1787712285286228351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even in Gobert&#8217;s absence, the Timberwolves stifled Denver&#8217;s offense, holding them to a season-low point total. Jamal Murray struggled with just eight points on 3-for-18 shooting but contributed a career-high 13 rebounds, while <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\">Nikola Jokic<\/a><\/a><\/a> posted a double-double with 16 points and 16 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Gordon led the Nuggets with 20 points, supported by Justin Holiday&#8217;s 13 points off the bench. However, Denver&#8217;s efforts fell short against Minnesota&#8217;s suffocating defense and balanced scoring attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chuck: \u201cThis series is a wrap. Minnesota is better than the Nuggets. They don\u2019t have an advantage anywhere. \u2026 They\u2019re gonna sweep the Denver Nuggets. Period.\u201d \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wt4aqexO1n\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Wt4aqexO1n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT\/status\/1787707962385146110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Naz Reid and Nickeil Alexander-Walker chipped in 14 points each for the Timberwolves, underscoring their depth and versatility. With their sixth consecutive playoff win, Minnesota solidifies their status as a formidable contender in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4ut5gMzZLgY?si=pRJPHxcpTn1GHYZP\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Timberwolves extended their playoff winning streak to six games with a dominant 106-80 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482789,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16736,17159],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17859,18338],"acf":{"announce":"The reigning champions are in big trouble in their semifinal battle","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\/482788"}],"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\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482791,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482788\/revisions\/482791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482788"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482788"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}