Thunder beat the Nuggets 92-87 and tied 2-2! In this battle, these 6 stars revealed their true colors

On May 12, the NBA divisional semi-finals continued, and the Nuggets ushered in a G4 battle with the Thunder at home. In the first three series of the two teams, Gordon defeated the Thunder in G1 and the Thunder in G2 and defeated the Nuggets with 43 points under the leadership of Alexander. When he came to the Denver Plateau, the Thunder and the Nuggets were in a stalemate, and the score difference was still not widened. Although Jokic scored 20 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists in a comprehensive data, his mentality was unbalanced throughout the game, and he made 0 of 3 points, 10 shots, and made 8 mistakes, which made a very embarrassing game. If Porter hadn't scored 21 points with injury, Gordon would have played the role of the key again, equalizing 3 points in shooting percentage, making great contributions to top defense and positioning. In addition, Murray also returned to the basic level. The Nuggets used 4 players and 20+ of the whole nation to protect their home victory, otherwise Jokic would have become the sinner of the loss of G3.

In contrast, Alexander, who has always been able to get whistles in the regular season, faces tightening the scale of calls at the Nuggets' home court. Without many free throws, Alexander's threat of holding the ball and killing is not great, and even his performance in the G3 game is far inferior to Jay Levitra. At the critical moment of the final quarter, Alexander chose to believe in himself in a bad situation and made a blacksmith in a row. He did not hand the ball to Jay Leonard, who was feeling hot. In the whole game, Alexander made 7 of 22 shots, scored 18 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists. After the game, Alexander showed a strange smile in the face of the ridicule of home fans. Although the Thunder's strength is higher than that of the Nuggets, once the game enters a critical moment, the Nuggets' experience and stability will be better. Therefore, the G3 battle is an embarrassing battle for Alexander and Jokic. Jokic needs to stabilize his mentality and improve his efficiency, and Alexander is the same.

The first quarter started, and the Nuggets had no offensive state at the beginning of the game. In the first 6 minutes, Braun only relied on his empty cut and dunk to break the scoring drought. The two teams collectively failed to get accurate on the outside and frequently made irons. Alexander continued to hit the inside and caused damage, scoring 9 points in a single quarter, helping the Thunder to end the first quarter with a 23-14 lead. Gordon made a mid-range shot in the second quarter, finally ending the Nuggets' 8-minute goal drought. The Thunder once widened the score difference to 10 points, but soon got into foul trouble, and the Nuggets gradually approached the score by relying on free throws. Before the end of the half, Jokic hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer and the Nuggets chased the score to 43-49.

The Nuggets suddenly broke out from the outside, and Braun, Murray and Gordon made three consecutive three-pointers, once overtaking the score. But the Thunder responded quickly, Westbrook hit a key three-pointer and regained a 6-point lead. In the crucial fourth quarter, the Nuggets fell into a scoring drought again, scoring only 4 points in the second quarter. Thunder substitutes Carson Wallace and Aaron Wiggins made three consecutive three-pointers, turning the situation around in one fell swoop. Alexander scored consecutive mid-range shots to expand his advantage. Although Jokic struggled to support it in the inside, Murray missed a key three-pointer, and Gordon's three-pointer before the end of the game was unable to make a comeback. In the end, the Thunder defeated the Nuggets 92-87 and tied the series to 2-2.

①, Jokic, the first round of hand-to-hand combat with Zubac was very good at Jokic. Although Jokic could still score 42+22 epic data in the G1 game, he seemed to be inadequate from G2. His mentality was unbalanced on the court, and some additional actions appeared at the same time. Jokic played well in the first three quarters of today, but he was completely invisible at the critical moment of the final quarter. Jokic contributed 27 points and 23 rebounds in the whole game, but did not stand up to take over the game in the final quarter, which was enough to see that he could not stand the physical fitness.

②, Westbrook, the poor bench lineup has forced the Nuggets to bet on Westbrook's shooting percentage in every game. Westbrook's performance in this year's playoffs is generally good. As for G4 alone, Westbrook is indeed the biggest reason for losing today. Jokic used his personal lethality to create enough open 3-point opportunities for Westbrook, but Westbrook made 22 of 12 shots, 2 of 9 shots, and scored 6 points. The Nuggets lost 20 points on the court. The offensive end is not good, and the defensive end is also bad.

③, the Thunder gave the Nuggets enough opportunities today, like Jaylenway scored 32 points in the G3 game, but today they made 2 of 13, 0 of 3 points and 5 points, scored 10 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, and their efficiency was very average. With Jaylenway's unstable performance today, playing under Rockets head coach Uduka would probably not get too many opportunities, but the Thunder gave him enough trust and power.

④, The Thunder played poorly today. Although they won in the end, it was the credit of Caruso, Wallace and Wiggins, what was Alexander doing at the last moment? All kinds of missed the ball and made mistakes, causing the Thunder to finally get dead, and they are in the lead with their heads hanging down, without any energy. Physical fitness should be the Thunder's biggest advantage in this round of the series, but it showed the opposite state. If it weren't for the Thunder's huge advantage on the bench, with the performance of Jaylenway and Alexander, the Thunder would probably have explained this game again.

⑤, Gordon is really a top blue-collar worker. He didn't get much ball rights today. He made 5 goals with 10 shots and 3 of 3 points and 7. He hit another 3 points at the critical moment of the last quarter, narrowing the gap to 3 points at one point. Gordon scored 15 points in the whole game and scored 16 rebounds, including 7 frontcourt rebounds and 6 assists. Gordon deserves more shots.

⑥, Porter, this has always made the Nuggets dilemma. Although his shoulder injury has reached the standard of injury, if Porter is on standby, no one can replace him. He can only fight with injuries. This also led to his very sluggish form. Although G3 scored 21 points and was a hero to win, he made 1 of 7 shots today, only 3 points. When the series reached this point, the Nuggets were trapped in the rotation lineup, Jokic was also exhausted, and Alexander and Jaylenway on the opposite side also exposed their unstable characteristics. To be honest, the two sides may have a tiebreak battle.