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And yet they still beat the Denver Nuggets in this winter go home game for Denver,

110 to 98. And David, the nuggets with their backs against the wall trying to come back from down 3-1, they didn't even control a lead in just a couple ties in the second half against Minnesota

and this short-handed crew.

And that's kind of been the story of the series, David.

I mean, the Timberwurst just simply wanted it more throughout the entire series.

Jade McDaniels calls out the entire Nuggets crew by name that they cannot defend.

And he drops 32 points on 52% shooting what an improbable win

for Minnesota when you look at the series of who everyone predicted to win but then also the

injury front for for Minnesota and they still got this one done how surprised are you by this

outcome uh pretty surprised honestly just given the injuries specifically, like without your top

score, without one of your best players, one of the best players in the league,

and Anthony Edwards and a couple other key contributors in DeVicenzo and DeSumo,

Minnesota really didn't have, I thought, as much of a chance of being this consistent

and this good, but their defense

really stepped up. McDaniels, as you pointed out, was incredible. I think he's been such a great

story so far in the first round of the playoffs, and he's been incredible. His production was

phenomenal. And they just showed a real identity, a real grittiness that we've seen from them in the

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