#3 TIMBERWOLVES at #2 NUGGETS | FULL GAME 7 HIGHLIGHTS | May 19, 2024
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The Minnesota Timberwolves outscored the Denver Nuggets 60-37 in the 2nd half as the Timberwolves beat the Nuggets in Game 7, 98-90 and advance to the Western Conference Finals. Jaden McDaniels (23 points, 6 rebounds), Karl-Anthony Towns (23 factors, 12 rebounds) and Anthony Edwards (16 factors, 8 rebounds, 7 assists) combined for 62 factors in the triumph, while Jamal Murray (35 factors, 4 3pt. FG) and Nikola Jokic (34 factors, 19 rebounds, 7 assists) integrated for 69 for the Nuggets in the losing effort.
Minnesota’s 20 factor resurgence was the largest in a Game 7 in the play-by-play age (1997-98), passing
Cleveland Cavaliers, 18 factors vs Magic (R1, 2024).
Minnesota reaches the Western Conference Finals for the very first time since 2004 when they faced the Lakers (2-4). This is the only various other time Minnesota has made it to the Western Conference Finals.
This is the 27th time that a team defeated the safeguarding champions after shedding to them the postseason prior. Most just recently, the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers in the 2017 Finals (4-1) after shedding to them in the 2016 NBA Finals (3-4).
Karl-Anthony Towns joins Kevin Garnett (2003-04) as the only Timberwolves to go total 200 factors and 100 rebounds in a playoff run.