Timberwolves take 2-0 lead on Suns behind 25 points and ace defense from Jaden McDaniels

— Jaden McDaniels scored 25 points for a career best in the playoffs and spearheaded another stifling defensive performance by the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 105-93 victory over the Phoenix Suns to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series on...
Apr 24, 2024, 04:56 am - AP

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  • Kevin Durant misses 16-foot jumper
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Devin Booker misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
  • Mike Conley makes 1-foot two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Kevin Durant misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaden McDaniels misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Jaden McDaniels assists)
  • Kevin Durant misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Anthony Edwards misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Grayson Allen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bradley Beal assists)
  • Bradley Beal misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Devin Booker misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes 2-foot hook shot (Kevin Durant assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Rudy Gobert makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bradley Beal misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes 1-foot two point shot (Devin Booker assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Devin Booker misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rudy Gobert makes layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Kevin Durant makes pullup jump shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving floating jump shot
  • Devin Booker misses running pullup jump shot
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Devin Booker makes two point shot
  • Naz Reid misses driving layup
  • Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Jaden McDaniels assists)
  • Devin Booker makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Devin Booker misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving layup
  • Eric Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Eric Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bradley Beal misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Eric Gordon makes 1-foot driving dunk (Bradley Beal assists)
  • Naz Reid misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Eric Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Bradley Beal misses dunk
  • Monte Morris makes two point shot
  • Mike Conley misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Eric Gordon misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Bradley Beal misses driving layup
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes layup (Eric Gordon assists)
  • Monte Morris misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bradley Beal makes layup (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Mike Conley makes 5-foot two point shot (Rudy Gobert assists)
  • Bradley Beal makes driving layup (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels misses two point shot
  • Jaden McDaniels misses tip shot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes dunk
  • Bradley Beal makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Mike Conley makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Kevin Durant makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Grayson Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Mike Conley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Kevin Durant makes 9-foot two point shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Drew Eubanks makes 2-foot dunk (Bradley Beal assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monte Morris misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Mike Conley makes 25-foot three pointer (Jaden McDaniels assists)
  • Devin Booker makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes technical free throw
  • Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Mike Conley assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels misses two point shot
  • Drew Eubanks makes 1-foot dunk (Devin Booker assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Kevin Durant makes 12-foot two point shot (Royce O'Neale assists)
  • Mike Conley makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Drew Eubanks misses 9-foot hook shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Mike Conley misses two point shot
  • Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bradley Beal misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses driving layup
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Rudy Gobert misses tip shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses 6-foot hook shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant misses driving layup
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses layup
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 1-foot driving dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Kevin Durant misses driving layup
  • Mike Conley misses driving layup
  • Bradley Beal makes two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes hook shot (Bradley Beal assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 2-foot two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Bradley Beal misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Kevin Durant misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Bradley Beal makes 22-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
  • Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Devin Booker makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Naz Reid misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 1-foot dunk
  • Devin Booker misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Naz Reid makes two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Kevin Durant misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bradley Beal misses driving layup
  • Eric Gordon misses driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses layup
  • Kevin Durant misses 19-foot jumper
  • Anthony Edwards makes 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 3-foot two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Kevin Durant makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Bradley Beal assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 22-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Drew Eubanks makes dunk (Kevin Durant assists)
  • Anthony Edwards misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Edwards misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bradley Beal makes driving layup (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Mike Conley misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving floating jump shot (Mike Conley assists)
  • Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
  • Rudy Gobert makes 2-foot dunk (Mike Conley assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 1-foot layup (Rudy Gobert assists)
  • Bradley Beal misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Mike Conley makes 23-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes driving layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 1-foot two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Drew Eubanks makes dunk (Devin Booker assists)
  • Drew Eubanks misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three pointer (Bradley Beal assists)
  • Bradley Beal misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Mike Conley misses driving floating jump shot
  • Devin Booker makes two point shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Mike Conley makes technical free throw
  • Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Eric Gordon makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Mike Conley misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant makes 15-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kevin Durant misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses tip shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Drew Eubanks misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Monte Morris misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan McLaughlin misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Nassir Little makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Wendell Moore Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nassir Little makes 11-foot two point shot
  • Nassir Little misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
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