NBA: Timberwolves Topple Nuggets 113-96, Lead First Round 2-1

(Central News Agency, Minnesota, 23rd, Combined Foreign Reports) Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels led the team with tough defense, and substitute Ayo Dosunmu scored a team-high 25 points, holding the Denver Nuggets' field goal percentage to a season low at home, leading the team to a 113-96 victory in Game 3 of the Western Conference first-round playoffs. Reuters reported that the Timberwolves took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, with Game 4 continuing in Minnesota on the night of the 25th. McDaniels contributed 20 points and 10 rebounds for the 6th-seeded Timberwolves, while Anthony Edwards added 17 points. Due to being tightly guarded by McDaniels for most of tonight, Jamal Murray shot only 5 of 17 from the field, missing all 5 of his three-point attempts, and scored only 16 points for the Nuggets. The team's overall field goal percentage was only 34.1%. Although Nikola Jokic scored a game-high 27 points and 15 rebounds, he shot only 7 of 26 from the field and made only 2 of 10 three-point attempts.