Issues bought chippy between Anthony Edwards and Jamal Murray’s after the Nuggets Sport 4 win over the Timberwolves Sunday and Edwards has spoken concerning the change.
The Nuggets beat the Timberwolves 115-107 for the second time on Minnesota’s residence courtroom, regardless of Edwards’ 44-point effort.
After the sport was executed, an change between Edwards and Murray was caught on digicam as the 2 crossed paths over the courtroom.
Ant had some phrases for Jamal Murray postgame 👀
(by way of @nba @nbaontnt) pic.twitter.com/ZHVaoEUPhn
— Basketball Eternally (@bballforever_) Might 13, 2024
It’s not one hundred pc clear what was mentioned, however Edwards appeared to be baiting Murray when reporters requested him about it.
“I simply instructed his ass, ‘we love that, preserve speaking that, that’s what we like.’ No less than, I adore it,” Edwards mentioned postgame. “He didn’t say nothing again, however I’m fairly positive he heard me. They heard me. We dwell for that.”
Ant has been considerably of a hero for the Timberwolves this collection, after the Wolves went up 2-0 early.
This was largely due to Edwards averaging an enormous 33.3 factors in 4 video games.
However defending Murray and Nikola Jokic actually aren’t happening and not using a combat.
After going 3-18 from the sphere in Sport 3, Murray has averaged 21.5 factors and gone 19-38 from the sphere.
Whereas Jokic completed Sunday evening’s win with a team-high 35 factors, seven rebounds and 7 assists. This yr’s league MVP is averaging 26.8 factors within the collection v Minnesota.
The T-Wolves have put themselves in a harmful place dropping a sport on their residence courtroom in Minnesota, because the subsequent sport will likely be on Denver’s residence courtroom at Ball Area.
Nevertheless, Minnesota appear to thrive there, because the workforce received the primary two collection opener video games there.
Denver is trying to develop into simply the fifth workforce in NBA historical past to win a collection after happening 2-0 to start out the collection at residence.
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