Nikola Jokic scored 41 points and powered the Denver Nuggets past Minnesota and into sole possession of first place in the tight Western Conference playoff race with a 116-107 win over the Timberwolves. Jokic made 16 of 20 shots against the NBA’s best defense while being guarded most of the night by the league’s top defender, Rudy Gobert.
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic shoots goes as Minnesota Timberwolves guard Monte Morris, front right, and forward Kyle Anderson defend during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Denver. Minnesota Timberwolves guard Monte Morris grestures after hitting a 3-point basket against the Denver Nuggets during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Denver.
“Nikola always embraces the physicality. He never shies away from it,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “Rudy Gobert is going to be a Hall of Fame player one day. Rudy Gobert is going to be regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation. And it just speaks to how great Nikola is. I don’t think anybody in the NBA can guard Nikola 1-on-1.”
Edwards said Jokic kept blocking his way to the basket, so he had no choice but to dish and his teammates’ shots just weren’t falling. The defending NBA champion Nuggets are a best-in-the-West 33-8 at home — where they parlayed the No. 1 seed last year into a 10-1 playoff record on their way to winning the franchise’s first NBA title.Denver and Minnesota split their season series 2-all, and the Nuggets need to finish ahead of the Thunder and the Wolves, who have the better division winning percentage and therefore the tiebreaker, to earn their second straight No. 1 seed.
“We knew what this game was going to determine,” Edwards said. “If we won it, we knew we were going to possibly be the No. 1 seed, and if we lost it, we knew they’d possibly be the No. 1 seed. I think we cared before but now that we lost we can’t do nothing about it.”
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