Initial observations from the Nuggets’ win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3 of their first-round Western Conference playoffs matchup.
Timberwolves media couldn’t stop whining on Twitter late Friday about phantom Nikola Jokic traveling calls. What about phantom fouls on the NBA MVP? Or Rudy Gobert’s attempts at defending him? Home cooking on the home court happens, but the free-throw disparity Friday night bordered on the absurd. While Minnesota fans shouted, “Refs, you ” for the hundredth time with 4:46 to go in a five-point game, the T-Pups had gone to the stripe 31 times to Denver’s seven. It still wasn’t enough.
After three quarters, Brown had put up a plus-12 on Minnesota and his third quarter helped the visitors weather Jokic’s absence after the he got whistled for his fourth foul halfway through the quarter. Credit to Tim Connelly for getting this franchise back up off the mat and setting up foundational pieces in Jokic and Murray. And yet another high-five for Connelly’s successor, Calvin Booth, who inserted such savvy pieces — Brown, Christian Braun, KCP — to finish off an NBA title contender.
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