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Why Mike Conley Was the Best Part of Timberwolves-Nuggets Scrap in Game 4
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Why Mike Conley Was the Best Part of Timberwolves-Nuggets Scrap in Game 4

SI·Tom Dierberger·7 months ago
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All eyes are on the NBA league offices Sunday in the aftermath of the late-game skirmish between Nikola Jokić and Jaden McDaniels in the Timberwolves’ 112–96 win over the Nuggets on Saturday night.

In the closing moments of Game 4 at Target Center, Wolves forward Jaden McDaniels—who has let the Nuggets know all series long exactly what he thinks about them—decided against dribbling the clock out and instead banked in a wide-open layup with 1.3 seconds left to turn a 14-point win into a 16-point win. Jokić, who has played below his personal standards all series, wasn’t having it and got in a shoving match with McDaniels and multiple Timberwolves players .

It was a chaotic scene to end a very entertaining game highlighted by Ayo Dosunmu’s 43-point flurry.…

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