The Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night hosted a game at Target Center for the first time in 17 days — this time with a 2-0 lead — as their Western Conference Semifinals series with the Denver Nuggets shifted to Downtown Minneapolis.
After the Wolves put together a 106-80 throttling of the defending champions on their home floor, Nuggets Head Coach Michael Malone said pregame that his entire group owned the Game 2 loss, and that injuries to guards Jamal Murray, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Reggie Jackson were no excuse for his team’s effort. Malone added that he would be “shocked” if his team came out with a similar effort in Game 2.