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05/06 23:02 CDT Jamal Murray tosses heat pack, Michael Malone screams at
officials as Nuggets frustrated in Game 2
Jamal Murray tosses heat pack, Michael Malone screams at officials as Nuggets
frustrated in Game 2
By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer
DENVER (AP) --- Nuggets guard Jamal Murray lost his cool on the bench and
tossed a heat pack onto the court.
Denver's frustration was on full display in the first half of Game 2 on Monday
night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Wolves applied the pressure and
the defending champion Nuggets lost their temper, trailing by as many as 28
points in the second quarter.
Sitting on the bench, Murray was seen on video tossing a heat pack toward the
court after layup by Karl-Anthony Towns. There wasn't a call on Murray, but a
warning from the public address announcer to the crowd not to throw objects
onto the floor.
The Timberwolves issued a warning of their own: They're a force to be reckoned
with as they try to take a 2-0 lead in the second-round series. This after
sweeping Phoenix in the first round. Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves
flustered Murray and the Nuggets at every turn.
Denver's opening half was filled with missed shots and aggravation. Nuggets
coach Michael Malone was so irate at a no-call after Towns bulldozed through
Murray for a layup that he ran onto the court and began yelling at referee Marc
Davis. That sort of demonstration in the regular season would've drawn Malone
at least one technical and possibly an ejection. But there was no whistle.
The officials let both sides play and the physical Wolves took advantage. In
the second quarter, they held the Nuggets to six field goals and six turnovers,
and Denver was lobbying for calls on nearly every trip down the floor.
Minnesota came at the Nuggets in waves and didn't give them a moment of peace.
The Timberwolves were missing center Rudy Gobert, who was back in Minneapolis,
where his fiancee gave birth to the couple's child early Monday.
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