{"id":483280,"date":"2024-05-20T02:27:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T06:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=483280"},"modified":"2024-05-20T02:27:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T06:27:19","slug":"timberwolves-come-from-20-points-down-to-oust-nuggets-in-game-7","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/timberwolves-come-from-20-points-down-to-oust-nuggets-in-game-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves come from 20 points down to oust Nuggets in Game 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves made a stunning comeback to overcome a 20-point deficit and defeat the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> 98-90 in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal series. This victory propels the Timberwolves to the Western Conference finals for the first time in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Karl-Anthony Towns led the Timberwolves with 23 points and 12 rebounds, while Jaden McDaniels also contributed 23 points. Despite a tough shooting night, <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/anthony-edwards\/\">Anthony Edwards<\/a> added 16 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists, playing a crucial role in dismantling the Nuggets&#8217; defense.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Timberwolves COME BACK from 20 down to ELIMINATE the Nuggets and ADVANCE to the WCF!<\/p>\n<p>THE BIGGEST G7 COMEBACK EVER \ud83d\ude31 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AFnagFKmTS\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/AFnagFKmTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bballforever_\/status\/1792382202300535186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rudy Gobert was instrumental in the fourth quarter, scoring eight of his 13 points, including a pivotal 12-foot turnaround jumper that extended Minnesota&#8217;s lead with 7:43 remaining.<\/p>\n<p><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\/\"><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><\/a><\/a> delivered an impressive performance for the Nuggets with 34 points, 19 rebounds, and seven assists, and Jamal Murray added 35 points. However, Denver&#8217;s offense faltered in the final 22 minutes, managing only 32 points as they struggled against Minnesota&#8217;s staunch defense. This marks the second time in six seasons that the Nuggets have lost a Game 7 at home.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">good series, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@nuggets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uhxhEN7v4T\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/uhxhEN7v4T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timberwolves\/status\/1792393156434039201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves, seeded third, will face the fifth-seeded <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday night in Minneapolis. Minnesota&#8217;s last trip to the conference finals was in 2004, when they won a Game 7 against the Sacramento Kings.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kja7OuYz5Qs?si=HHpd_dKsRDItzUWf\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves made a stunning comeback to overcome a 20-point deficit and defeat the Denver Nuggets 98-90 in Game 7 of their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":483281,"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 out of the playoffs after blockbuster drama","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\/483280"}],"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=483280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/483280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":483283,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/483280\/revisions\/483283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483280"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=483280"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=483280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}