Denver– jaden mcdaniels Took perhaps his most notable shot following Minnesota’s 119-114 playoff win in Denver in Game 2 on Monday night.
The Timberwolves forward labeled pretty much all of the Nuggets’ players as worse defenders. there were all-stars thrown in Nikola Jokic And jamal mare.
“Go after Jokic, Jamal, all the bad guards,” said McDaniels, who had 14 points and three assists.tim hardaway [Jr.], cam johnson, Aaron GordonThe whole team, just go to them.”
So are they all bad protectors?
“Yeah, they’re all bad defenders,” McDaniels said.
The Timberwolves also overcame a 19-point deficit in the first-round series, which shifts to Minnesota for Game 3 on Thursday night. Anthony Edwards Despite playing despite knee pain, he led with 30 points. He also had 10 rebounds.
“They couldn’t find guys who could protect the rim,” McDaniels said. “We’re still more athletic than them and we’ve got to be able to finish when we do.”
Jokic had 24 points and 15 rebounds – all on the defensive end – while Murray scored 30 points. But Denver’s dynamic duo shot a combined 2 of 12 for four points in the fourth quarter. Murray had a chance to tie the game with a 3-pointer in the final seconds, but he decided to go for a 2-pointer shot instead.
He missed.
“I’m glad he got two points,” Edwards said. “I thought he had a good look at the 3 when he got down the first time, but yes, he took the 2-pointer. I think if he had made it, we would have been in free throw situation. But yes, I’m glad he took the 2-pointer.”
Murray said he “didn’t make enough shots tonight.”
“That’s really about it,” he said. “We all could have played better. It’s not all down to one person, that’s how the game goes sometimes. They played hard too. It was a good game. I thought we had the game in hand, but in my opinion, we didn’t make enough shots.”
