Minnesota’s big men play Jokic physically. Even if he powers through Towns or Reid, Rudy Gobert rotates over to contest Jokic’s shot. He has two options: chuck from beyond the arc — 3-of-13 in this series, with 2-of-9 coming in Game 1 — or focus on moving the ball. On Friday, nine assists led the game and sparked the blowout. In Denver’s best game of this postseason, Jokic still scored only 24 points. He needed 25 shots to get to 32 points in Game 1, which effectively served as a lesson that his shots are just going to be inefficient in this series. Jokic shooting 26-of-56 (46.4%) through three games is not an accident.
Total PicksDEN 147, MIN 46
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