Saturday night was a disaster for the Nuggets on numerous levels.
Despite their first-round playoff opponent, the Timberwolves, losing two of its most important players to gut-punch injuries in the first half of Game 3, Denver rolled over and lost in Minnesota to go down 3–1 in the series. The defense, called out by the opponents throughout this series, allowed Ayo Dosunmu to score 43 points to win the day. The night ended with an ugly dust-up featuring the Nuggets’ star player, as Nikola Jokić got in the face of Jaden McDaniels after the Wolves defender scored with 1.3 seconds remaining and the game well in hand.
