The Denver Nuggets are labeled as a team full of bad defenders by Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels after a heated Game 2 Minnesota win.

After a full slate of playoff games over the weekend, three more series rolled on Monday with a handful of Game 2 matchups.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves are still standing. The Timberwolves rallied out of an early 19-point hole to knock off the Denver Nuggets 119-114 at Ball Arena on Monday night to even their opening-round playoff series.

Well, that was a wild half of playoff basketball.The Denver Nuggets raced out to a 44-25 lead and appeared to be cruising to a 2-0 series lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves Monday night. But the Timberwolves punched back with a 39-25 advantage in the second quarter by repeatedly attacking Denver’s interior defense and almost went into halftime with the lead.

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch said after the team’s Game 1 loss in the 2026 NBA Playoffs to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night that Denver star Jamal Murray getting 16 free throw attempts was a “head-scratcher.

The Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series on Saturday afternoon.