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The Denver Nuggets are more than just about Nikola Jokica and Jamal Murray. On Sunday night, Aaron Gordon showed everyone why. Gordon was a one-man wrecking crew against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 4 of their second-round encounter in the playoffs.
Gordon was near-perfect in the game, as he finished with 27 points on 11/12 shooting from the field. He knocked down both his attempts from behind the arc and went 3/3 from the free throw line against the Timberwolves, who had no solution to their Gordon problem.
Minnesota Timberwolves Head Coach Want Team to Slow Down Aaron Gordon
After Game 4, Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch said that Minnesota has to do a better job defending against Gordon.
Via Dane Moore of the Blue Wire:
Chris Finch on Aaron Gordon, who was 11/12 from the field:
“We gotta go back to guarding him a little more honestly.”
Well, good luck with that. With Jokic and Murray still around, it’s not going to be an easy task for the Timberwolves to contain a red-hot Gordon, who has averaged 20.0 points on an insane 72.7 field goal percentage in the last three games in the series.
Nevertheless, the Timberwolves really have to put up a much better effort defensively going forward if they are to prevent a total collapse in the series after going up 2-0.
Game 5 is set for Tuesday night back in Denver’s home at Ball Arena, with Minnesota looking to stop the bleeding and regain momentum.
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