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MVP second battle!

11:18am, 14 May 2025【Basketball】

On May 8, the Nuggets and the Thunder continued to play in the second game, with the Thunder starting: Jaylenway, Homgren, Haltenstein, Dortmund, and Alexander! The Nuggets start: Porter, Gordon, Jokic, Braun, Murray!

At the beginning of the first quarter, Murray made an advanced shooter, Dortmund made a three-pointer, Chett assisted Hart to receive the dunk, and Alexander also came to counterattack the dunk, and the Thunder made a 7-0 wave. Porter made a free throw and Gordon stopped the bleeding, but the Thunder opened the outside three-pointer again and stopped the Nuggets 18-9. Back at the game, Alexander made another foul and free throw. After Jarinway made a three-pointer, Shanzi still led by 14 points in the mid-range shot. But the timeout no longer works. Alexander scored 5 points in a row, and Dortmund scored a three-pointer and led by 20 points. Westbrook asked the teacher to come forward and suffered a technical foul. The Thunder made a big splash and scored 45 points in the first quarter, leading 45-21 in a single quarter with a 24-point lead.

In the second quarter, the two teams began a battle against each other. Wallace and Jaylenway scored consecutively, but could not lose three-pointers from the outside. After leading 57-30 to 27 points, the Nuggets called for the fourth timeout to exchange for the appointment with Teacher and Murray. Caruso's steal counterattack continued to expand his lead, Murray stopped the bleeding with three-pointer, and Westbrook made a layup with a counterattack. The Thunder's three-pointer continued, Homegren hooded Gordon with two hoodies at the basket, and Wallace counterattacked and scored a score of 29 points. Murray scored another three-pointer, and the Thunder called for a timeout. Back to the game, Wiggins became the surprise and scored consecutively, and the teacher finally made three points. Alexander's three-pointer response score difference reached 30 points. After Harten's tip-in, the Thunder intercepted and counterattacked. Alexander dunked Jay Levitra to lead 34 points, and there was no suspense in the victory or defeat. After Jokic made a three-pointer, Westbrook made a free throw and Chet made a foul on the buzzer. At the end of the half, the Nuggets fell behind by 31 points 56-87.

The second half changed sides and the Thunder continued to bombard the game in the third quarter, and the score difference was 40 points, but Murray and Porter made a three-pointer and asked the teacher to make a throw-in. The Nuggets returned to a small climax and chased to 30 points. But the Thunder's offense is still stable, and the score gap continues to widen. Then he challenged Teacher Yo to make a foul, and Westbrook hit Jerinway in the nose, causing the latter to bleed. The Nuggets also challenged Jokic for a foul but failed, and then asked the teacher to cover another foul and graduated with 6 fouls directly. At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder led by 48 points 124-76.

The Nuggets surrendered directly in the last quarter, and the game completely became garbage time. After both sides came back, the Nuggets recovered a little point and entered a forced timeout after 90-133. But after the timeout came back, Thunder continued to chase and fight, and the score difference was 50 points.

In the end, the Thunder slaughtered the Nuggets 149-106 at home, and tied 1-1 in the series. Let’s take a look at the specific performance of the players!

Thunders were bloody and swept the Nuggets

The Thunders were full of firepower in the first quarter today, scoring 45 points in a single quarter and scoring 87 points in the first half. 87 points also set a new half-time scoring record for the playoffs, leading the opponent by 31 points.

The score difference was 48 points after the three quarters, and the fourth quarter was directly reduced to garbage time. In the end, the Thunder defeated the Nuggets at home and won the points. In the second match of

MVP, Alexander defeated Jokic

the second match of new and old MVPs, Alexander defeated Jokic today. In the first half, he made 6 of 8 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers and 5 of 5 free throws, and has scored 18 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists, leading the team to lead 31 points.

Alexander's firepower in the third quarter was even more terrifying, with 16 points in a single quarter! Lead the team and lead the Nuggets by 48 points! Then I checked in for three sessions and got off work.

In the whole game, he played for 30 minutes, made 11 of 13 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 11 of 11 free throws, scored 34 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, plus or negative value +51!

plus-negative value +51 also set a new high for NBA playoff players to playoffs.

Jokic graduated with 6 fouls in three quarters

Jokic was also very tired today. In the first half, he made 5 of 12 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 3 of 5 free throws, and scored 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal. The plus and negative value was -26.

He suffered consecutive offensive fouls in the third quarter, and he graduated with 6 fouls in the end in the third quarter. In the whole game, he played 32 minutes, made 6 of 16 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 3 of 5 free throws, and scored 17 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Westbrook is still desperate, although he has a big defeat, Westbrook is still full of passion and plays very hard. In the first half, the Young Master made 4 of 9 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws, and scored 15 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

In the whole game, Westbrook played for 22 minutes, made 5 of 11 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 8 of 10 free throws, and scored 19 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.