DENVER — Jaden McDaniels took maybe his most notable shot after Minnesota’s 119-114 playoff win at Denver in Game 2 on Monday night time.
The Timberwolves ahead just about labeled all the Nuggets’ gamers as bad defenders. Thrown in there have been All-Stars Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray.
“Go after Jokic, Jamal, all the bad defenders,” mentioned McDaniels, who had 14 factors and three assists. “Tim Hardaway [Jr.], Cam Johnson, Aaron Gordon, the entire crew, simply go at them.”
So they’re all bad defenders?
“Yeah, they’re all bad defenders,” McDaniels added.
The Timberwolves overcame a 19-point deficit to even the first-round collection, which shifts to Minnesota for Game 3 on Thursday night time. Anthony Edwards led the way in which with 30 factors regardless of taking part in on a sore knee. He additionally had 10 rebounds.
“They don’t got people that can defend the rim,” McDaniels mentioned. “We’re still more athletic than them and just got to be able to finish when we do.”
Jokic had 24 factors and 15 rebounds — all on the defensive finish — whereas Murray scored 30 factors. But Denver’s dynamic duo shot a mixed 2-of-12 for 4 factors within the fourth quarter. Murray had an opportunity to tie the sport with a 3-pointer within the closing seconds however elected to tug up for a 2-point shot as a substitute.
He missed.
“I was happy he took the two points,” Edwards mentioned. “I thought he had a good look at a 3 when he first came off but yeah, he took the 2-pointer. I guess if he made it, we would have been in a free throw situation. But yeah, I’m kind of happy he took the 2-pointer.”
Murray mentioned he “didn’t make enough shots tonight.”
“That’s really about it,” he added. “We all could have played better. It’s not all on one person, that’s just the way the game goes sometimes. They played hard as well. It was a good game. I thought we had the game in our hands, but we just didn’t make enough shots, in my opinion.”
