Jaden McDaniels calls Nuggets 'all bad defenders' after Timberwolves rally to win Game 2
DENVER (AP) — Jaden McDaniels took perhaps his most notable shot after Minnesota's 119-114 playoff win at Denver in Game 2 on Monday night. The Timberwolves forward pretty much labeled all the Nuggets' players bad defenders. Thrown in there were All-Stars Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray.
“Go after Jokic, Jamal, all the bad defenders,” said McDaniels, who had 14 points and three assists. "Tim Hardaway (Jr. ), Cam Johnson, Aaron Gordon, the whole team, just 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 series, which shifts to Minnesota for Game 3 on Thursday night.
Anthony Edwards led the way with 30 points despite playing on a sore knee. He also had 10 rebounds. “They don’t got people that can defend the rim,” McDaniels said.
"We’re still more athletic than them and just 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.