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Tim Capurso

Timberwolves Player Had Simple Reason for Shoving Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

McDaniels was assessed a flagrant 1 for his fourth quarter shove of SGA. | Screengrab Twitter @BleacherReport

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels's frustrations seemed to boil over in the fourth quarter of Thursday's 118-103 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals.

With 6:14 remaining in the game, Gilgeous-Alexander brought the ball up with McDaniels defending him closely. As the two players approached half-court, Gilgeous-Alexander hooked his left arm around McDaniels's left arm, a move that the Timberwolves player immediately pleaded for to be called a foul.

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