Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander waxed lyrical about the team’s mean defence in the playoffs following their 117-95 win over the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference semifinals series at Paycom Center on Tuesday night. The top-seeded Thunder held the Mavericks to below 40% shooting from the field and below 35% from the 3-point line. They forced them to 15 turnovers while also edging the...
Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray has been fined for his improper conduct in their Western Conference semifinals Game 2 defeat to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night. The 27-year-old was fined $100,000 for “throwing multiple objects in the direction of a game official during live play,” the league announced on Tuesday via Joe Dumars, the NBA Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations. Murray, who...
Minnesota Timberwolves center Ruby Gobert has been named the 2023–24 NBA Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY), the league announced on Tuesday night. Gobert, who missed Minnesota’s Western Conference semifinal Game 2 win over the Denver Nuggets due to the birth of his son, claims the award for the fourth time in his 11-year NBA career. Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert is the recipient of the...
Two-time MVP Nikola Jokic is optimistic about the Denver Nuggets chances of overturning their current 2-0 deficit in the Western Conference semifinals against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The defending champions fell at home 106-80 to the Timberwolves, who had the best defence league-wide in the regular season, but Jokic is hopeful they can dig deep and achieve their goal of progressing to the Conference Final. "I mean...
The battle between the second-seeded Denver Nuggets and the third-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves has not gone as many would expect, as the defending champions have relinquished homecourt advantage after losing back-to-back games at home. Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns both finished with 27 points each to lead the Timberwolves to a resounding 106-80 blowout victory over the Nuggets in their Western Conference semifinal series Game 2 at...
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