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07:40Закран аппарал.
07:41But you're my player available for a limited time.
07:43Ball over everything.
07:45Jokic now in this series is 20 for 20 from the free throw line.
07:50The best ever for a player in an NBA playoff series for an entire series.
07:5535 for 35.
07:56That was Jack Sickmund with Milwaukee back in 1987.
08:00His Jokic remains perfect.
08:05We're at the midway point of the third.
08:07Denver back up by six.
08:08Ларгест lead in the game has been seven
08:16Sumo
08:17Fires away connects on another three. I owe the sumo now with 24 points
08:24Right now you've got to give the sumo the same treatment you give Anthony Edwards
08:29He's that important to what Minnesota is doing offensively
08:32You cannot get caught at this point going under screens or being lackadaisical
08:37Defensively because this is the hot hand on the perimeter. You see right here. So basic ball screen
08:42Hardaway's back. They had a zone look at the start of that possession that is just too easy
08:47For a guy that's rolling like the sumo is tonight
08:51So four fouls on Conley and all here in this third quarter is Hardaway will shoot
08:59The bones Highlands gonna come in kindly will sit down
09:04Hardaway eight points off the bench
09:08And and look you don't want to overreact
09:12But Io is seven for nine four for four from three and six for six from the free throw line
09:18at some point in time
09:19Especially coming off last game. You have to give him the attention that he has earned and deserve
09:25You got to start trying to figure out a way to cut off that water
09:28All right, I say it's time you overreact
09:30It's because you don't have Anthony Everest or even DiVincenzo who can give you some scoring pops right now
09:36This is about the sumo and Randall
09:39McDaniels a drive tries reverse can't get it ball deflected out right to Nasri
09:45Diagonal pass Highland way outside hard away can't control it McDaniels grabs it
09:52He fires away
09:54He fires away
09:55And Jokic throws it ahead the sumo deflects it out of bounds on the Hardaway at the back of his
09:59head
10:01It's gonna be Denver ball but Hardaway shaken up when he fell
10:08Man, I mean he really hits his head here hard off the ground after the deflection
10:18He's gonna stay in the game
10:21Hit there in the upper body as well, too, which didn't let him brace himself
10:27Now this is again. This game is a physical hard-fought defensive game. Denver has one turnover the entire game
10:36Right now a five-point lead
10:38Murray sneaks inside trying to get it to Jokic popped away. There's a turnover Highland goes down and lays it
10:44up and in
10:46Only the second turnover but a costly one and the lead is cut to three and so important against this
10:52team. They've got speed in the open floor
10:55Go bear deflects it hot the sumo who else throws it down the sumo dynamite here in Minneapolis timeout Denver
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11:25Turnovers are gonna get this building rocket careless right there after the drug great hands by Minnesota, but this pass
11:32by Christian Brown
11:33You've got to leave Jokic
11:34More to the sideline so he can seal off catch it with his right hand instead. It's a deflection
11:41Those are the two easiest buckets that Minnesota has gotten in this half and now this building's into it
11:47We've been informed out that ABC news
11:50Again, just to let you know where we're going
11:53Program wise may interrupt the coverage for a special report coming up so you can continue watching the game
11:59On ESPN while we're away. There was a double technical
12:03Nas Reed and Tim Hardaway
12:05Hit with the double tech milk. You don't shoot on a double technical but each player now has one so
12:10a second one would be automatic ejection
12:13As Denver's lead has been cut to one then close throughout largest lead in the game is seven
12:18Jokic and Randall one-on-one Randall a punch strong groove down low Murray fakes shot clock at five McDaniels
12:25on him
12:25Puts up the three-pointer short rebound Jokic throws it back up top
12:30Jokic now 18 points ten boards nine assists
12:35Hardaway finds Jokic joke it's inside and a blocking foul called on the sumo crowd doesn't like it
12:41But he did not give Jokic any room to move
12:45And change direction got to give up one step. That's the rule. They have to have one step in order
12:51to be able to change
12:53It's close
12:58And he's moving a little bit as well, so the sumo picks up his second foul
13:04I believe that bitch still has his challenge, right? Nope. No Jeff pitches out of town
13:10They lost a challenge early there in the numbers one assist away from a triple-double
13:15More importantly just a different player than he was and this is what we expected
13:19It was perhaps the worst playoff performance ever for Nikola Jokic in game three on Thursday night
13:26But he came out aggressively and efficiently to start
13:29We have to address this because it was his worst performance. It was a tough performance if you have
13:3727 and 15
13:40It is it like is that your worst game is how great he is his coach thought it was
13:45No coaches are always curmudgeon coaches are always grubbers were great the impact was all is not there the efficiency
13:52Which is what we always talk about with him?
13:56Nas Reed with eight to shoot Spencer Jones moving his feet and deflects it good defense from Jones once again
14:02Here's Bruce Brown Brown on the drive shot block
14:06McDaniels sluts it off the backboard Hardaway can't hit long rebound out to Murray
14:15Now McDaniels on Jokic Hardaway comes free fires away at three
14:21Randall grabs his sixth rebound
14:24They've got a great job on Hardaway jr. In this series 0 for 4 from 3 tonight
14:29And only four attempts per game when he was getting up 7 plus in a regular seat
14:34Oh, what a drive from Randall crossover and banks at home
14:38Randall's got 10 of his 13 here in this third quarter
14:44Brown is open floats it up can't get at the fall. Nas Reed comes away
14:53The sumo
14:56Ireland fires away and comes up short
14:59Where the adrenaline is flowing out there right now
15:03Jokic back up top
15:05crowd wanted to travel on Jokic
15:12Murray looking for an opening
15:15Cannot get it to fall
15:17While Murray now 7 of 19 from the field he has 19 points 5 assists
15:22The spin move from Randall
15:25And throws it out of bounds and nowhere to go
15:29And this block McDaniel times it great job by aisle not fouling head at the rip
15:38And then here off the defense turning into offense off the block Randall going right at
15:44Jokic and that left-handed
15:46Just aggressiveness just puts the defenders on their heels
15:52Coming up on two minutes remaining here in the third
15:57And a foul dangerous pass
16:01And free throws now both teams in the penalties we go to lisa
16:05Damn, I remember we saw aaron gordon go back to the nuggets locker room. He missed game three because of
16:10left cap soreness
16:12Trying to play through it tonight
16:14I am told that he is good to go then he should be returning to the bench shortly
16:18And will be good to go back into this game
16:21All right, listen, he's played 20 minutes so far as hard away misses the free throw
16:25nine points and a rebound for gordon
16:29Darren shannon comes back in again shannon did not play the first three games of the series
16:34Saw some time five minutes in the first half and has only shot a three-pointer mcdaniels will sit
16:43Hardaway had the most threes off the bench in the nba during the regular season
16:48One of the reasons he signed here in denver
16:51David adamant told him when they talked on the phone to recruit him you've got the green light
16:56You got the green light and you got the ultimate quarterback in yoke
16:59Beating you the ball and the way they play this is a shooter's dream
17:03Nasri falls down he got tripped and he will shoot free throws with 202 left here in the third
17:12This is what we've expected this type of physical back and forth these two teams they've played in the playoffs
17:18three of the last four years
17:21And then you throw in the regular season games and it's now 30 games they've played against each other
17:27Familiarity breeds contempt
17:38Outcoming schedule for this series game five monday back in denver it's going to be on peacock and nbc and
17:44then a game six
17:46thursday of minnesota game seven
17:49Next saturday at denver obviously those if necessary minnesota trying to take a 3-1
17:55commanding lead nuggets trying to even things up
17:58And you talked about it legs earlier the paper nuggets are hitting four less threes than they did in the
18:04regular season tonight
18:05They're shooting 26 percent five of 19. It feels like for them to win this game
18:11They're gonna have to hear from tim hardaway jr. He's just too important to their offense
18:17Dan johnson throws it a ride all of a sudden a few turnovers here in the third quarter. That's four
18:21now for dinner
18:22It's still a great number
18:25Bones highland kyle anderson nasri julius randall and terence shannon out there from minnesota
18:31Reed banks it in off the glass with his off hand
18:35Reed with 15 points most he's had so far in the series
18:39A two-point t wolves lead
18:43Jokic wanted a foul
18:49Stolen by highland randall all alone
19:00This place is bonkers right now
19:05Jokic wanted a foul
19:07Final minute third quarter
19:09Cam johnson pulls up shot no good read snatches the rebound
19:15T-wolves playing without their starting backcourt edwards and divincenzo out with injuries
19:22Fighting back here in the third
19:30Highland long three-pointer
19:35Hardaway pushes finds cam johnson layup
19:39No good, but a foul
19:43Right now denver needs to play with a little bit more physicality
19:46I like some of the drives. I like some of the aggression
19:49You know, they've upped their free throw numbers from five in the first half to 14 here in this third
19:55quarter
19:56Tell you what right now
19:57This has been a tough stretch here for denver to close this quarter
20:00Because you know you're going to get yokich getting his blow at the start of the fourth
20:04They were not able to finish this quarter
20:06Offensively with him on the court getting quality shots and he's not getting it in the same spots
20:11He was the beginning of the game
20:14That's it tonight seven points
20:20So sumo comes back in kyle anderson
20:23We'll take a rest
20:25Chris finch without his two starting point guards have had to mix and match on his substitutions
20:34And as Lisa reported aaron gordon expected to come back
20:39Of course
20:42Denver is without
20:44He's out
20:45Watson Watson a key player really came into his own this year
20:50But he has not played in the series yet
20:54About a four second different shot clock and game clock no fouls to give both teams been in the penalty
20:59for a while
21:01The sumo drives almost taken away and a reach-in foul
21:07Spencer jones does not like the call
21:10He'll pick up the person
21:12His second
21:14Sumo now like he's getting now aggressive with that handle
21:17He's not just hunting spot-up shots. He is feeling it right now. He gets any space. He's attacking 25
21:24points off the bench
21:26In game three 26 more points off the bench here in game four. We still have a quarter to go
21:33two free throws here
21:35Tomorrow afternoon a pair of pivotal
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21:51So many times over the years
21:54Key playoff runs are spurred on by midseason acquisitions
21:58And the sumo
22:01Emerging as a playoff star for minnesota here in the first round he's got 28 points
22:06And it's a four point tewolves lead
22:11Jokic can't hit and that will end the third
22:16Nikola jokic close to a triple double
22:18Denver's led by as many as seven
22:21minnesota short-handed their backcourt out with injuries
22:24But io the sumo another brilliant performance. We head to the fourth quarter. He's got 28 and minnesota's up four
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22:47No anthony edwards, but they've got you got julius randall. You've got nazry. We've got you
22:5228 points off the bench just what's feeling good about your offense right now just trying to be aggressive
22:58Trying to get to the paint make the right place. This is a huge game for us
23:02So we're trying to lock in and finish it off
23:03What do you guys have to do in this fourth quarter to get this one down to starting limit limit
23:09their um
23:09Second chance point and limit the early thousand we'll be all right
23:15All right, lisa
23:18Also an excellent game off the bench seven of ten from the field. He's got 17 this equals the largest
23:23lead
23:24for minnesota
23:27Murray get side shot block but a foul
23:33The sumo will pick up the personal
23:36His third and turning that over and trying to dunk that really is what earned that foul he flips that
23:42I think that shot is getting blocked from behind and minnesota's off and running
23:47Jamal murray had the best regular season of his career career high and scoring and assist
23:52Finished second in the voting for clutch player of the year made his first all-star team
23:57But it's the playoffs where throughout his career. He has raised his game in the postseason
24:02This is his 82nd playoff game
24:04He's averaging almost 24 points per game in the playoffs and it's nuts
24:08We've seen him hit game winners come back from down 3-1 multiple times
24:13When an nba championship, it was almost surprising that he had never been an all-star
24:18But he even talked about his approach this season was that get ready from the start not to build up
24:24into the season
24:25Might be the biggest four minutes or so of their season while they wait for yokich to get back
24:30On the court jamal murray is going to be the driving force for their offense right now
24:34You know all randall the driving force on that play through the foul
24:39Say the foul came before the shot attempt murray picks up his third so a side out
24:45Right now it's murray bruce brown spencer jones aaron gordon back in and tim hardaway
24:53That's what he said
24:53Connelly to read read three-pointer in and out that one half way down and brown the rebound
25:06Mcdaniel's back on murray did such a sensational job on him in game three part away a three-pointer
25:11Off the mark fight for the rebound jones knocks it loose, but it's picked up by minnesota
25:16here's randall
25:18Spins nearly lost it almost lost it a second time mcdaniel's inside and a foul on hardaway
25:25That was almost a broken play but randalls with a bullet pass and free throws from mcdaniel's
25:36Mcdaniel's who said playing denver motivates me he's the one that called them the bad defenders
25:42his coach says he's the orneriest competitor
25:45that they have
25:48and one thing i like about what
25:50uh adam said he said he might be quiet in the media doesn't talk much but he's not quiet on
25:55the
25:56court so his team wasn't really surprised to hear the things he was saying well in this particular
26:01series he's the soft-spoken outspoken veteran
26:06Meanwhile minnesota's hit 19 consecutive free throws they missed their first one of the game
26:12but haven't missed since
26:15connelly on murray
26:18here comes the double team murray gets away from that still gets off the shot and banks at home
26:23how do you do that no idea how he got through there because you had a double team waiting for
26:29him on the block
26:29he spun right into it able to step through maintain balance and finish
26:36the sumo's played 32 minutes already
26:40jokic is off the bench ready to come in
26:42the sumo shot blocked by jones nazry chases it down though back up top mcdaniels
26:48mcdaniels in the paint
26:49and gets it to go
26:51hardaway thought he had it blocked but mcdaniels
26:55with the field goal his third
26:59back to a six-point lead
27:04for smothering defense mcdaniels
27:06lays it up and in he's got 30 and the nuggets need another timeout largest lead of the game
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27:43the defense has been sensational for the minnesota chamberwolves and mike collie's only played 16 minutes
27:49in this series prior to tonight 14. look at that contest perfectly timed on tim hartemann jr and then
27:56this reads as jamal murray is forced into that spin the loose ball and this looks like a four by
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28:03relay team handed off the baton no white jersey in sight as the timberwolves converted if you want to
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28:17remaining
28:19the first eight point lead of the game by either team murray drives inside
28:24fakes layup blocked by gobert
28:30two blocks for rudy gobert to go along with 11 rebounds
28:35conley and reed play catch
28:38conley the floater with his offhand shot won't go yokich
28:41lost it out of bounds 14 back on the clock for the t-wolves denver's got to be a little
28:49smarter i don't
28:49like that decision by jamal murray rudy gobert standing right there he had a release pass to yokich at the
28:55top of
28:55the key you've got to make sure you have quality possessions
29:01the sumo using the screen drives inside spins tied up up top to mcdaniels four on the 24.
29:09mcdaniels has to put it up forces it up shot no good gobert the rebound back out connelly three-pointer
29:15putts it in
29:1911 point lead
29:25yokich
29:28hands off christian brown kindly guarding him
29:34one-on-one yokich inside can't get at the tip misses gobert another rebound
29:46the sumo pulls up jumper backs it home he's got 32 it's at the sumo tsunami here in game four
29:5613
29:57point lead this stretch looks exactly like what minnesota did to them in game three another block but
30:04he's got a foul
30:11and then conley
30:14after the offensive rebound by rudy at the no look the veteran knocking it down
30:22and then io taking his time getting downhill the bench points is 65 to 16.
30:34murray hits the first we go to lisa well mike just an update dante di vincenzo out after going down
30:40with a non-contact injury very early in this game espn sham sharani and now reporting that di
30:45vincenzo has been diagnosed with a torn right achilles tendon ending his season and his playoff run
30:53it just it just makes you want to throw up he has had such a wonderful year he's in such
30:57a great place
30:58here in minnesota with him and his family talked to him before the game playing with so much joy
31:05connelly fakes connelly fires can't hit yokich could not control the rebound
31:11minnesota ball a huge loss for the two wolves without dante di vincenzo
31:16kind of their energizer buddy great three-point shooter tough defender
31:22and a guy that plays every night he hadn't missed a game the entire season this is what this time
31:29of
31:29year is what these guys live for to compete in the postseason so we're all sick to get that
31:35news about dante di vincenzo gobert could not hold on
31:44the sumo thought about a three now's reed the spin drives on cam johnson gets inside that shot won't
31:50go go bear the rebound and the follow
31:57timeout denver the wolves are howling here in the target center
32:05what a turnaround minnesota's defensive pressure and their work on the glass extending their lead
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32:30he is picking up the slack your starting backboard is out and what do you do io shows up and
32:37has 32
32:37points so far here in this game he is 20 for 28 in his last two games he is picking
32:46up the slack and
32:47carrying this minnesota temple wolves team well his performance in game three was one of the great
32:52bench performance in t-wolf's playoff history and he stopped that here just two nights later
32:57he's still plenty of time remaining a 13-point advantage for minnesota with seven minutes left to play
33:05johnson has it poked away jokic
33:09hurry sets the screen jokic goes right at gobert can't get of the fall nos read another rebound but
33:14throws it away johnson inside and brown christian brown that is foul
33:25he'll shoot free throws 13th foul and reed picks up his second for jokic he's been much more effective
33:34in the mid-range against gobert these drives he just has not been able to finish over the outstretch arm
33:40to
33:40Rudy gobert what a first round this has been in these 2026 nba playoffs and tomorrow afternoon a pair
33:47game fours for you cabs raptors we've got to start at one eastern then at 3 30 trev lasers host
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33:54ernie kenny charles and jacks will kick off the coverage at noon
34:00it all started with the play in the play and had some unbelievably dramatic games and we're seeing more of
34:06that here in the first round
34:0911 point minnesota lead
34:14round pressures connelly
34:20connelly's back to the sumo
34:23the sumo the floaters up it's good
34:27jokic throws it stolen by connelly
34:31connelly on the drive gobert
34:34slapped out of bounds
34:37and still minnesota ball
34:40well the sumo continues to attack right here just a lot of space
34:44not a ton of ball pressure by denver and it's allowing him to turn a corner get into gaps
34:49see the number of these floaters gobert a three-pointer
34:53oh my goodness this place would have exploded to sumo
34:58in and out and yoke it's the rebound
35:01they would have needed to repair this roof if rudy gobert made that shot
35:07brown fake and a foul
35:11three fouls on nas reed brown back to the free throw line
35:16six oh three remaining
35:19minnesota without anthony edwards without dante di vincenzo they're starting backcourt
35:25playing with such grit and toughness and have a 13-point lead
35:29how you think if he makes these two free throws right you cut it to 11 plenty of time left
35:35the problem is
35:36everything on this end of the floor right now is such a struggle for denver they have missed the nuggets
35:41it's 14 of their last 15 shots from the field and for the game they're under 40 percent
35:53crowd fired up
35:55for a possible playoff victory
35:57and possible chick-fil-a sandwiches if he misses this
36:14boy talk about silencing
36:16over chicken these people are hungry
36:21we're at the midway point here in the fourth connelly gobert reed mcdaniels and the sumo
36:32three-point launch off the mark jokic with his 13th rebound
36:37he's got 20 points nine assists but his team is down by a dozen
36:43back up top to murray mcdaniels quickly closes
36:48murray finds some space and nails the three tough shot from murray he's got 28
36:53and then a quick timeout from chris finch and that cuts it to nine
36:58the denver nuggets are trying to close this thing
37:02trying to get it a little bit closer make it a game
37:05you got to get your hand up on jamal murray that's just too easy for the young fella
37:19let's check out who's making it look easy brought to you by booking.com legs
37:23well i'll tell you what rudy gobert is not making it look easy for the denver nuggets
37:27in the half court the activity off the dribble with his hands and then
37:30see how he always has high hands against jokic to try to take away those little set shots
37:36what an impact rudy gobert particularly in the second half bones highland is in
37:42hands off mcdaniels gobert
37:45consumer pulls back out shot clock at six looks for an opening thought about a three mcdaniels on
37:51the drive shot clock winding down off balance jumper way off rebound brown
38:03jamal murray pulls back up top yokich
38:07nuggets
38:08with championship pedigree trying to come back and even the series ball knocked out of yokich's hands
38:13hardaway corner three is up side of the backboard gets his own rebound kicks it back out to murray his
38:18three-pointer that won't go batted off the backboard but a whistle and a foul
38:25and we'll go the other way johnson picks up his third johnson's shaking up on the play
38:32and ledge you said it they're going to need something from tim hardaway jr
38:36right now he's 0 for 6 from three they're shooting six for 24 25 from three do you know what
38:43the three
38:43point line does for them it helps relieve that pressure because then they get a little bit
38:47closer the rotations are different and it's easier to get downhill randall goes right at johnson leans in
38:55layup no good gobert's tip misses yokich comes out of the pack get close to traveling and then throws it
39:01away
39:03the relentless defense of the timberwolves taking its toll and sometimes yokich i think is in too much of
39:10a hurry to advance it with the dribble in traffic what's the rush secure the rebound let the traffic
39:16clear and then get the ball to a guard get up and get into your set i don't think that
39:21was a very good
39:22decision right there risk reward wasn't there all deflected out of bounds but last touched by randall
39:27by the way the nuggets only have eight turnovers david allemand's team can't afford anymore they're down
39:34nine as we approach four minutes remaining they have eight turnovers but seven of them are in the second
39:39half where minnesota took control of the game jamar murray sees an opening drives falling away bang
39:45shots good over gobert and a 30-point game for murray third time of the series he's hit 30.
39:52what a shot don't know how he found that angle over gobert
39:59highland
40:02mcdaniels makes his move goes at yokich left-handed hook shot can't get it to go brown the rebound
40:09nuggets with some stops now here comes murray
40:17yokich right back
40:20yokich and gobert one-on-one seven on the 24. yokich spinning turning leaning flips it up
40:28shot no good mcdaniels the rebound
40:33he has not scored in the fourth quarter all for four from the field
40:41randall wants a screen
40:43now he's gonna go one-on-one with murray
40:46vaccine stolen by brown
40:50brown in the front court kicks it out cam johnson a three too strong and the sumo with the rebounders
40:57were under three minutes remaining and the three-point shot just has not been a part of this series
41:02for denver and a night they desperately needed it six for 25 now
41:08the sumo crossover drives gets inside lamp he banks it home
41:14and a whistle and a timeout a playoff star has been born and his name is ayo dosumu
41:21he's got 36 points
41:26most points he's ever scored in the nba and he's doing it in game four hey minnesota you found one
41:32and his name is ayo doing big things early
41:49two and a half romantic fourth quarter a nine-point lead from minnesota back here on
41:53abc and ayo dosumu having the game of his life what impresses you most about what he's doing
42:00it's like the variety for me it's the variety you knew he was a good catch and shoot player
42:06but what he has shown tonight with the mid-range the floaters the ability to turn the corner off
42:11the drives and then the consistency with that jump shot he's done it every way you want and what i
42:17love
42:17is that players that don't get an opportunity to play in the postseason this is really his
42:22introduction to the nba playoffs and his performance so far has been so impressive
42:29and johnson gets it and a backcourt violation
42:35more tenacious defense from minnesota
42:41that's the difference between the two teams right now and the perimeter defensively for minnesota
42:46nothing is conceded not even a simple entry pass to the wing julius randall up denying
42:51forcing that ball to go across half court cam johnson to step on that line
43:01the sumo to mcdaniels
43:04finds the foul line jump shot well short randall the rebound shot clock still moving
43:09down to six randall wants it has cameron johnson on him backing in shot clock winding down randall across the
43:17lane
43:17won't go yoke it's the rebound
43:21under two to play round drives ball knocked out of bounds minnesota ball
43:34the veteran connelly getting 19 important minutes with the injuries to edwards and d vincenzo
43:47the sumo drives at jokic double team comes back five on the 24 the sumo puts up a three
44:04and a foul away from the ball
44:1040 brilliant minutes 39 points he's five for five from three-point range and this is that pound the
44:18gavel moment for the sumo right here eyes up tim hardaway jr and he knew where that was going to
44:26end up as soon as he let it go the second round pick who was acquired back in february from
44:32chicago
44:35with a masterpiece there was a story in the chicago sometimes joe cowley wrote it
44:42that the sumo when he was with chicago he started a journal before the season wrote in it every day
44:48and one entry he wrote every single day it was we will make the playoffs thinking it was with the
44:53bulls
44:54well he's in the playoffs i don't know if one of the entries was i will be a playoff star
45:03he has been so impressive mike legs you know this players always want to be on these stages
45:10and we've seen it around the league you've seen cj mccollum jalen brunson you've seen orlando
45:16you've seen the detroit pisses players making big plays big moments
45:25120 remaining 10-point lead mcdaniels brings it up connelly
45:34and minnesota wisely taking as much time off the clock on the possessions crown crowding
45:41jokic with the foul
45:49that's the 14th foul first in the last two minutes
45:56well take it side out jokic picking up his third well i said in the first half when you saw
46:03the two
46:04starters go out anthony everett's divincenzo they needed to give the sooner anthony everett's
46:08treatment defensively when i said that rj i didn't know he'd put up anthony everett's numbers in this
46:14game but that's exactly what he has done mcdaniels foul there by brown free throws with 102 remaining
46:23a chance to increase the lead to a dozen
46:27minnesota missed their first free throw of the game they've made 19 in a row since then mcdaniels is two
46:33for two
46:45no problem for mcdaniels who's one of the stars in game three nas reed sits down robert back in
46:56the chant of wolves in five is starting they hold on they'll be up three games to one
47:02with a series going back to denver
47:07two big free throws there from mcdaniels
47:10they have now hit 20 consecutive from the line and 20 of 21 for the game make that 21 of
47:1522
47:19lead back to a dozen marita johnson
47:24one finds jokic
47:26gobert crowds and won't give up the three
47:29gobert good defense again this time jokic gets off the three can't get at the fall
47:33knocked out of bounds
47:36and it's going to stay denver ball
47:4045.1 remaining
47:45reset the shot clock to 14.
47:47and this is going to be a tall task now for denver as they get ready for a game five
47:53trying to figure out
47:54how to get their offense going against this timberwolves defense
47:59jokic misses
48:02will rebound the mcdaniels the crowd celebrating the sumo foul by brown
48:15the next man up mentality on full display here in minneapolis led by this young man
48:31and chance of mvp
48:35for ayo desumu
48:4440 points
48:45the game of a lifetime
48:47legs what was the number we said after halftime
48:5040 was the number you said is it like you put a question mark like is this gonna be a
48:5540 point night
48:57part of it was because with anthony edwards out with dante di vincenzo out as the player that had it
49:03going that had a rhythm it was going to take a 40 point night or it was going to take
49:08a burst from someone
49:09and this is the largest lead of the game gobert
49:12fouls jokic
49:14and minnesota on the verge of going up three games to one
49:19what a turnaround in the series denver so impressive of game one they went at home
49:23game two they start off looking so impressively up by 19
49:28but these timberwolves turned it around had a big comeback victory in game two in denver
49:32dominated thursday night in game three and with their starting backcourt
49:37sent back to the locker room with serious injuries including the achilles tear for dante di vincenzo
49:43his team once again showing their tenacity and their resiliency
49:50and i don't know how many guys have scored 40 in a playoff game for the minnesota
49:54to timberwolves but it's a short list and now he's on it
49:58timeout called the t wolves a magnificent performance here in game four
50:12of the sumo 25 points thursday night in game three and now because of the injuries
50:19career high 41
50:22and the ball knocked out of bounds
50:26minnesota will win this one and take the commanding three games to one league
50:33of course going forward
50:35you don't know anthony edwards obviously di vincenzo is done for the season not sure about
50:40anthony edwards's injury
50:46the sumo dribbles it out of trouble he gives it to randall
50:52and jones with the foul
50:54it's one of the greatest performances in timberwolves playoff history by io desumo
51:00the only other players to score 40 or more in a playoff game for minnesota edwards has done it five
51:07five times sam cassell did it twice and i don't think either of those players did it off the bench
51:13that's what makes it so impressive
51:16when you think about it from 2004 to 2021
51:21minnesota went to the playoffs one time in 17 years now they've been the fifth consecutive year
51:27under chris finch including the last two western conference finals
51:33they've never made an nba finals
51:38as the sumo continues to hear the mvp chants
51:42a 43 point masterpiece
51:49and there's the final rebound an inspiring victory for the minnesota timberwolves
51:57in a contest that will be forever known as the io desumo game
52:01jokic and mcdaniels
52:03and there's the final rebound an inspiring victory for the mvp chants
52:03and the players square up players trying to break it up there's still 1.3 remaining
52:11curious randall furious
52:14coaches referees everybody security trying to separate the players
52:26you hate to see this game end this way these two teams again they've had some some rough tough physical
52:33battles it's the third time in four years it's become one of the the top rivalries in the nba
52:49so jokic clearly upset that mcdaniels tried to score and took exception with that
53:23play we'll be under review for potential hostile
53:25there are unspoken rules in every sport in football in baseball in basketball there are unspoken rules
53:31and here's the key thing to look to how many players left the bench
53:41well the league office is going to have a lot of film review over the next couple of days
53:48and you got to remember too jade mcdaniels is the same guy
53:52that called out the denver nuggets entire roster practically the other day and said they're all bad
53:58defenders to determine that both jokic and randall will be ejected for their unsportsmanlike conduct
54:04after the main basket
54:07so anybody joining in usually gets thrown out obviously jokic and mcdaniels where the key starts but now
54:15again with nugget players coming off the bench how will the nba handle this and my thing is look
54:22the minnesota players because it happens in front of their bench basically on their bench
54:27to me they're if you're a peacemaker if you're trying to diffuse it you have to be very very careful
54:34with how you kind of reprimand both sides
54:41jokic right away when he saw him take the layup went running down to confront him
54:49i don't think these teams like each other very much
54:52and mcdaniels is certainly not the favorite in the denver locker room
54:58and that'll do it it ends with some bad blood
55:02with that one overshadow the spectacular performance from ayo desumo
55:07this story it's one of the reasons we fall in love with sports to see a young man
55:12in the biggest game of his life play the best game of his life
55:16and a 3-1 series lead now for the two wolves one win away from advancing to the second round
55:26so a couple of key things looking forward to game five will there be any punishment for players
55:31leaving the bench or for the altercation also the injury to anthony edwards how serious that knee injury is
55:40a lot to sort through between this situation the injuries
55:45let's go to lisa salters
55:47ayo nikola yokich obviously did not like the fact that jayden
55:51took that last layup both guys ejected what what did you think about that i'm riding with my teammates
55:56like i stayed i'm riding with mcdaniels 100 right or wrong i'm riding with him
56:02now let's talk about you 39 points off the bench i know this is a team game but what does
56:08this moment
56:09mean to you it means a lot like i said i'm i'm blessed to be in the playoffs i'm blessed
56:13to be able
56:13to play um postseason basketball um it's it's a joy of mine and um but like i said it's a
56:20dream as a kid
56:21and my bad 43 points that's fine but we talked about this this morning you said this was this opportunity
56:27was what you dreamed of as a kid how so i mean that's what you play the game for you
56:33play the game
56:33for moments like this games like this i'm excited i'm blessed and i thank the lord how you doing
56:41there was a time in this game i know where it looked like denver was going to try to make
56:47a run
56:47and then you took control what were you saying to yourself just trying to be consistent um just
56:53going along with the game trusting the work that i put in trusting my teammates and doing whatever it
56:58took to get the win first dante went down then anthony edwards just how did that shift
57:03your mindset on what you needed to do i was heartbroken you know this is for them and dante
57:08they mean so much to the organization um i'm sending them prayers i hope for a speedy recovery i hope
57:14they're fine but this game personally was for them now you go to denver with a chance to close it
57:19out
57:20on the road how do you repeat this kind of performance we know um they're going to be fighting
57:25what they're seeing on the line we got to come out and dig even deeper and um try to close
57:30it out
57:31congrats to you on this performance all right lisa the 26 year old one of four kids from chicago
57:37with a game he'll never forget it's the second most points off the bench in nba playoff history
57:43downtown freddie brown back in 1976 the only one to score more
57:50as the sumo with 43 points and three games to one lead now from minnesota they've won three in a
57:57row
57:58after losing game one in a game that ended unfortunately with an altercation
58:08all mcdaniels had to do was dribble it out instead he decided to put a layup yokich
58:13and there you see players leaving the bench area for the denver nuggets you see some of the coaches
58:18trying to hold them back but they see nikola yokich their guy surrounded by minnesota timberwolves
58:25and there's no way you're going to stop them from going to support their teammate
58:30so it'll be very interesting to see what happens again the league office with a lot of work to do
58:42as minnesota with as we said before an inspiring victory
58:48so here's the western conference now we now have the timberwolves the thunder
58:55and the lakers all one win away from the second round spurs lead the blazers two games to one
59:00coming up next inside the nba ernie charles shack and jalen rose filling in for kenny in the studio
59:06and they'll break down the game they'll break down the altercation
59:12as only they know how to do so you want to stay tuned for that for sure for our producer
59:18phil dean
59:19our director mike schwab of course for legs rj and lisa mike free and saying thanks to our entire abc
59:25the playoffs continue tomorrow doubleheader at 1 and 330. as toronto and cleveland then the spurs
59:31and the blazers we say good night from minneapolis and thank you for watching the nba on abc
59:38home of the nba final sports center coming up next on espn but let's go to atlanta and inside the
59:44nba
59:44state with ernie
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