Nikola Jokic was the only one who showed up for the Nuggets with 27 points, 15 rebounds and three assists. But the fact that he shot 7-of-26 from the field simply tells how the Timberwolves completely contained him.<\/p>\n
Upon the defensive masterclass imposed by Minnesota in Game 3, the Serbian superstar subsequently tallied the worst shooting night of his NBA Playoff career ever for Denver.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n The massive credit certainly belongs to Rudy Gobert for locking down Jokic away. But as a team, the Timberwolves deserve praise for playing a great collective defense to clamp not just the three-time MVP.<\/p>\n Throughout 48 minutes of the wire-to-wire Minnesota victory, Denver particularly shot an awful 34.1 percent from the field as a team (28-of-82) and was bricking their shots from beyond the arc with an atrocious 25 percent three-point rate (8-of-32).<\/p>\n Star guard Jamal Murray was held down to just 16 points, registering a brutal 5-of-17 marks from the field and missing all five of his threes.<\/p>\n After this all-time playoff low for them, anticipation is off the charts on how Jokic and the Nuggets can respond heading to Saturday’s must-win Game 4.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thank you for being with us! Subscribe to BN+ and browse ad-free.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n If you like our content, please click here<\/a> and add us as your preferred source. It helps us a lot, and we are committed to delivering you the very latest basketball news.<\/p>\n ![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bn-plus.png\")
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