The Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets are engaged in a heated and entertaining battle in the second round of the NBA Playoffs, led by two of the biggest names in the league Anthony Edwards and Nikola Jokic.
Which team looks better poised to take an up-and-down series that is tied 2-2 after four games?
The Denver Nuggets defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 115-107 on Sunday, May 12, to even their best-of-seven series at 2-2. Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets to victory on the road, scoring a team-high 35 points on only one made three-point basket, with 16 of his 35 points coming in the fourth quarter.
Jokic and the Denver Nuggets evened up their second-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves at two games apiece with a 115-107 victory in Sunday’s Game 4 in Minnesota.
During the day of the announcement of the 2024 MVP winner, a member of the illustrious TNT Inside the NBA crew, Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, made it clear to the winner of the award, Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic, that he thought Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a more deserving awardee.
The Denver Nuggets have come back from the dead. Written off by many after the Minnesota Timberwolves ran out in dominant fashion to a 2-0 series lead in their second-round matchup in the 2024 NBA playoffs, the Nuggets showed why they are the reigning champion.
The Denver Nuggets stunningly tied up their second-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, following a 115-107 win in Game 4. The Nuggets had been written off by many after they went down 2-0 and after this win on Sunday, head coach Michael Malone sent out a message by bringing up Rudy Tomjanovich's iconic quote.
Jokic put on a clinic in Denver's Game 4 win over the Timberwolves.
The Denver Nuggets have responded in force to a 2-0 series deficit against the Minnesota Timberwolves, taking a pair of road contests to wrest back home court.
Nikola Jokic finished with 35 points, seven rebounds and seven assists as the Denver Nuggets held on for a 115-107 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinal series in Minneapolis on Sunday night.
Minnesota had weathered a Denver run and got Game 4 to a seven-point game. Then the Nuggets scored eight points in the final 20 seconds.
After Nikola Jokic won his third MVP this week, many have started debates about the star’s name in the all-time list. Despite joining the elite company of players with three MVPs in their careers, some members of the NBA community are still not ready to consider the Joker one of the greatest centers in NBA history.
If the Nuggets fail to win the NBA championship this year, after just doing so last season, the drought will extend to a record-setting nine years without the MVP winning the championship in the same season.
Gilbert Arenas doesn’t think Nikola Jokic should’ve won the 2024 NBA MVP award. In fact, Arenas doesn’t even consider the Joker a first option, which, by his assessment, should disqualify someone from winning the award.
The feud between NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal and NFL Hall-of-Famer Shannon Sharpe has escalated to new heights with the release of a diss track by Shaq aimed at Sharpe. In the diss track, Shaq delivers blistering verses, mocking Sharpe's achievements and questioning his credibility as a sports analyst.
For six months, NBA teams battle each other to get home-court advantage. In the Nuggets-Timberwolves series, that's been meaningless. After the Wolves blew out the Nuggets in Denver in Game 2, Denver returned the favor in Minneapolis in Game 3.
Nikola Jokic recorded 24 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists as the Denver Nuggets dominated in a 117-90 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinals series on Friday in Minneapolis.
Shaq is obviously entitled to his opinion. Gilgeous-Alexander also had an MVP-caliber season and finished second in MVP voting behind Jokic.
When Nikola Jokic joined Shaquille O’Neal and the NBA on TNT crew to celebrate his third NBA MVP award, he wasn’t anticipating being subtly slighted by arguably the NBA’s most dominant player ever.
For Shaquille O’Neal, what fans think does not make much of an impact. However, when a compatriot in the media talks about anything negative, he does have a tendency to talk trash back.
On Wednesday, it was announced that Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has been named the 2023-24 MVP. It is the third time in the last four seasons that the 29-year-old has received this hardware.
Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic has been one of the top players in the NBA for years. However, when his career first started, no one expected him to be anything close to the player he has become.
Shaquille O’Neal managed to steal some of the spotlight away from Nikola Jokic after Wednesday’s MVP announcement.
Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has been selected as the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the third time in four years.
Nikola Jokic would like to clone himself to battle the Minnesota Timberwolves
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