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Nuggets 2-2 Thunder, can they still break through the away game? Su Qun: What I see is different from you

6:02pm, 16 May 2025Basketball

The Western Conference semi-finals were very tragic, and the showdown between the Thunder and the Nuggets was also unexpected. As a historically strong team that won 68 wins, the Thunder team led the G1 score but was defeated in the last moment. The G2 Thunder went wild and beat the Nuggets by 43 points. After returning to the Nuggets' home court, the Thunder's G3 held the advantage again, and was dragged into overtime at the last moment, and finally suffered a defeat. When it came to G4, the two sides staged a blacksmith battle. In the end, the Thunder defeated the Nuggets 92-87, rewriting the big score to 2-2. Can the Nuggets still break through when they play in the Battle of Tianwang Mountain? Su Qun: What I see is different from you.

For the Nuggets, they struggled to play in the regular season this year, and even fired the championship head coach Ma Long at the end of the season. In the final stage of the regular season, the Nuggets also fought every game, and finally won 50 wins and achieved fourth place in the Western Conference. In the first round, he fought the Clippers for 7 games without being favored. Although I experienced two crushing defeats, I won the key battle, won the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, won the tiebreak battle, and finally advanced thrillingly.

The second round faced the Thunder team that swept the Grizzlies 4-0 in the first round, and the outside world was also optimistic about the Thunder. But the Nuggets have always had the advantage from starting 1-0, leading 2-1, and now tied 2-2. In the past 3 games, the team, Joe Kic, has been completely lost. In the second game of the series, 6 of 16 shots were made in the whole game, 8 of 25 shots were made in the third game of the series, and 7 of 22 shots were made in the fourth game of the series. As the first in the league, Jokic shot only 39% from the second round and made 23 turnovers at the same time. Such performance is obviously unqualified.

But the Nuggets teammates are very powerful. Gordon has transformed into a god of war and has won many finals in the playoffs. Murray is also the top second in command, and Westbrook is transformed into the sixth man. Although Porter Little is not effective at any time, he is still trustworthy at critical moments. The Thunder have regained their home advantage, and the Nuggets' subsequent games will inevitably be difficult.

In this regard, the commentator Su Qun gave his own insights. Su Qun said after the game: "The Thunder team can play 2-2 when they are behind 1-2. Today, they rely on three points to win. The first point is to go up the body, the second point is not to hit Jokic, and the third point is to be better than you. If the Thunder team's three points do not change, then the Nuggets can compete with the young Thunder with experience. So you are watching the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, and I see the tiebreaker battle."

In Su Qun's view, the Nuggets have richer experience. Although it is not easy to break through away games, they will at least not lose easily. The game will be in the tiebreak. However, from the Nuggets' perspective, there is indeed a gap between them on both offense and defense and the Thunder. The biggest problem now lies in physical strength. Fighting 11 high-intensity games in 20 days is a huge expense on Nuggets players. There is also a must-win game afterwards, so from the perspective of schedule and home court advantages, the Thunder undoubtedly have a greater chance.

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