Game 1 Timberwolves Beat Nuggets 106-99, Anthony Edwards Scores 43 Points

Anthony Edwards, a Minnesota guard, who is dominant in the postseason. (photo: x @Timberwolves ·)

JAKARTA - Minnesota Timberwolves surprised Denver Nuggets with a 106-99 win in Game 1 in Denver on Saturday night May 4 or Sunday morning WIB. This victory gave Timberwolves the home advantage in the West Region semifinals and had a chance to take a 2-0 lead in Monday night's 2nd game, May 6.

Timberwolves have started this playoff season with five consecutive wins - all a convincing win. Minnesota was a team that carried out a good strategy at the end of the game on Saturday night, which forced Nuggets to make the mistakes they usually made against their opponents.

However, Denver did not panic ahead of what could be considered a game to be won at home on Monday night.

"Maybe sweeping the playoffs won't be as beautiful as when we look back on memories," said Nuggets defender▁bilang Jackson.

While Timberwolves drove smoothly through a postseason, Nuggets had to fight hard to win in the first half. On Saturday, they met a known opponent, one of which made Nikola Jokic only managed to score 11 shots from 25 attempts and detain most of the Nuggets players.

Now the responsibility lies with Nuggets to make adjustments and monitor Jamal Murray's calf injury. Murray hasn't thrown the ball well in six playoffs, but he doesn't use that as an excuse.

Everyone has a leg injury. Everyone is playing through something at this time of the season, "said Murray, who scored 17 points in Game 1. My calf injury is no different from anyone in this team.

One of the players who had no trouble was Anthony Edwards, a Minnesota guard, who became dominant in the postseason. He scored 25 points from Timberwolves in the first half of Game 1, and scored a total of 43 points, and has scored 119 points in the last three playoffs. He was admired by Jokic.

"Honestly, he's a special player. I have great respect for him. He can do everything on the pitch," Jokic said of Edwards. You have to give him an award, how good and talented he is.

When Denver doubled defenders on Edwards, he was able to find an open team-mate and scored a shot. Naz Reid scored 14 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, including two important 3-point shots.

"The whole team, we trust each other," said Edwards. It doesn't matter at the end of the game who takes the shot.

Minnesota proved their courage early and late Game 1. Timberwolves opened the 18-4 lead in the first six minutes and used an 8-0 attack at the end of the fourth quarter to stay away.

Timberwolves also respects Jokic's talent, and it can be seen from how much attention the defenders paid to the MVP twice. Timberwolves played big players like Rudy Gobert, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Reid to Jokic and sent him a double team when he was in the paint area.

Jokic scored 32 points, but he had to work hard to achieve it. "Against the best players in the world is always fun," Edwards said of dealing with Jokic. Against the best team in the world is always fun.