[Highlight] Nikola Jokic plays his best defense of the night, running back after a made Jaden McDaniels basket to meet him face-to-face
Ayo Dosunmu sets new career high off the bench to lead Timberwolves to a 3-1 lead: 41 MIN | 43 PTS | 13-17 FG | 5-5 3PT | 12-12 FT
[Charania] Minnesota’s Donte DiVincenzo has been diagnosed with a torn right Achilles tendon, sources tell ESPN. His season is over with a lengthy recovery. Devastating blow for the Timberwolves starting guard.
Jaden McDaniels on being confronted by Nikola Jokic: “I don’t know what he said, to be honest. I just seen someone that was as big as hell.”
Better view of Jokić v. McDaniels: Gobert first to separate them
[Post Game Thread] The Minnesota Timberwolves (3-1) Defeat the Denver Nuggets as Ayo Dosunmu Detonates with 43/4/2 and 5⁄5 from 3 and a new career high!(1-3), 112-96.
Ayo Dosunmu’s 43 Points on 96.5% TS% is the Third Most Efficient 40+ Point Game ever in the Playoffs.
[Highlight] Jaden McDaniels scores the layup instead of running out the clock, Nikola Jokic runs all the way from the other side of the court to face him, bumps him, as McDaniels grabs Jokic’s jersey, a kerfuffle ensues.
Nikola Jokic and Julius Randle get ejected from the game. Full incident.
[Injury] Slow motion replay shows Anthony Edwards hyperextending his knee:
Ayo Dosunmu: “I was heartbroken, this is for them. Ant. Donte. They mean so much to the organization. I’m sending them prayers, I hope for a speedy recovery, I hope they’re fine. But this game, personally, was for them.”
Megan Thee Stallion calls out Klay Thompson: “Cheating, had me around your whole family playing house… got ‘cold feet’ Holding you down through all your HORRIBLE mood swings and treatment towards me during your basketball season”
[Injury] Devin Booker gets tripped by Lu Dort on the backdoor cut and hobbles to the locker room (with replays)
[Highlight] Ayo Dosunmu goes for the three… BANG!
[Lowlight] Scott Foster confuses Jalen Johnson’s shoe colors with OG Anunboy’s and calls out of bounds on OG, who was actually inbound (with a replay)
[Injury] Donte DiVincenzo goes down with a non-contact injury early in the first quarter, was able to walk off into the locker room
[Injury] Donte DiVincenzo leaves the arena in a wheelchair.
[NBA] Slow-motion sequence of LeBron James stealing the ball from Reed Sheppard and hitting a clutch, game-tying three-pointer
Jaden McDaniels on talking to Anthony Edwards at half time: “I just told him we’re going to win for him and we’ll handle business… I didn’t even ask him what happened or nothing, I just told him we were going to win the game”
Nikola Jokic with another abysmal fourth quarter: 4 points on 0/6 FG, 4⁄4 FT, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 turnover and one foul
SGA drops 42/4/8 on 90%TS in a MVP statement game as OKC goes up 3-0 on the Suns with a blowout win
The number 8 seed Orlando Magic are 2-1 on the First seed Detroit Pistons, and it doesn’t feel like it is upset, the matchup feel more like 4 vs 5 game.
Ayo Dosunmu ends his night with the 2nd highest scoring playoff game from a player off the bench in NBA history
[Slater] Nikola Jokic said “I don’t regret” going after Jaden McDaniels in the closing seconds: “Because he scored after everybody stopped playing.” Asked if he felt it was an unwritten rule to let the clock run out: “Yeah.” He said it wasn’t about firing his own team up.
Japanese crowd reaction to Lebron’s game-tying three
Lakers coach JJ Redick on the feeling of winning games on the road. “Just the feeling you get, of people hating you… and then the opportunity to silence them. But also kind of ruin their day… You just got to embrace it.”
Nikola Jokic in the 4th quarter: Game 2: 2 points, 1⁄7 FG Game 3: 6 points, 1⁄3 FG Game 4: 4 points, 0/6 FG 2⁄16 (12.5% FG) in the last three 4th quarters combined.
[Highlight] Ayo Dosunmu receives ‘MVP’ chants, as he hits two later free throws to give him 41 points in the game
There was a fight on and off the court, at the same time, at the end of the Timberwolves-Nuggets game.
[Injury] Ant now injured after an attempted block and awkward landing. Has to be helped off
The Oklahoma city Thunder now joins the Los Angeles Lakers as the only teams to go 3-0 this playoffs. They are one win away from completing a sweep in the first round.
[Highlights] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander picks the bad pass from Devin Booker and finishes the fastbreak layup on Booker, gets fired up, telling his bench: “I don’t need that!”
Then strips Booker in mid-court and finishes with the fastbreak dunk, and then scores the long turnaround jumper over Brooks
[Guillory] Durant’s absence on the bench as his teammates fought tooth and nail to save the season only feeds into some of the negative narratives surrounding Durant and the Rockets all year.
David Adleman’s response to the Wolves giving him bulletin board material has been some of the worst coaching I have ever seen
Nikola Jokic, 3-time NBA MVP, has made 23 out of 68 (33 FG%) shot attempts since Game 2 against the Minnesota Timberwolves
[Uthayakumar] Nuggets have been held to under 100 points in B2B playoff games for the first time since May 2024 in the second round against Minnesota.
Just a reminder: Nuggets wanted the Wolves
[Highlight] Paolo Banchero gets the shooter’s bounce on the dagger 3
[Post Game Thread] The Orlando Magic (1-1) defeat the Detroit Pistons (1-1), 113-105.
[Injury] 79 seconds into the game, Donte DiVincenzo slips and holds his achilles area, calls the medical staff (with replays) He limps to the locker room, Chris Finch came to hug him on the way, his teammates escort him in support, the crowd shows its support.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Dillon Brooks calling him frail in the previous game: “Shoutout Dillon”
Naz ‘Naz Reid’ Reid in the win: 17⁄9 on 7⁄13 FG and a game high +/- of +14
[Highlight] ‘Wolves in 5’ chants breaks as the Minnesota Timberwolves takes a 3-1 lead over the Nuggets
[Inside the NBA] Rudy Gobert joins Inside the NBA after the Timberwolves take a commanding 3-1 series lead
[Highlight] Ayo Dosumnu (43 PTS (13⁄17 FG), 4 REB) scores a career-high and the 2nd most points off the bench in any Playoff game in NBA History to help Minnesota take a 3-1 lead in their series over Denver.
Anthony Edwards needs assistance to the locker room after falling down in significant pain and hurting his knee:
SGA joins Terry Porter and Dirk Nowitzki as the only players to miss 3 or fewer shots while scoring 40+ points in a playoff game
Nuggets gave up a certified bucket in MPJ to get Cam Johnson who is averaging 10 points in this series on 52% TS and 18% from beyond the arc
[Post Game Thread] The New York Knicks (2-2) defeat the Atlanta Hawks (2-2), 114-98.