What do the Timberwolves have to do to unseat the defending champs?
The Timberwolves will appear in the Western Conference Semifinals for the first time since 2004, tipping off Game 1 vs. the Nuggets Saturday at 6 p.m. in Denver.
But if there is one team designed to at least slow down Jokic, it would be the Timberwolves. Minnesota has three bigs – Rudy Gobert, Karl Anthony-Towns and Naz Reid – to throw at him and give him different looks all game. Keep in mind that Minnesota was also without Jaden McDaniels in last year's playoffs, and he's a long defender who could help make things difficult for Jokic.Jamal Murray is one of the best playoff performers of the last 10 years, but his game is built around offensive shot-making. He has had a negative defensive box plus-minus every single year of his career in the regular season and Mike Malone has done a terrific job of hiding his struggles on that end of the floor.
It will be imperative for the Wolves coaching staff to get Murray in unfavorable positions guarding Edwards. Caldwell-Pope has been an impressive perimeter defender his whole career, especially in the playoffs. Therefore, both Conley and Edwards making Murray uncomfortable on defense will be a major key in this series.Towns just completed one of the best playoff series of his career. He averaged 19.3 points and 9.5 rebounds and only 1.8 turnovers per game on 53.1% shooting from the field.
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