The Denver Nuggets lost 119-114 to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of their first-round NBA playoff series at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday night, April 20, 2026.

“Gotta take that one on the chin. That’s on me,” Christian Braun said of his missed free throw late in Game 2.

Rudy Gobert made everything hard. He turned every trip into the paint into an episode of “Naked and Afraid,” uncomfortable, awkward and desperate. Even for Nikola Jokic.

Timberwolves wing Jaden McDaniels said Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and the Nuggets are “all bad defenders” after Denver’s Game 2 loss Monday.

The first half of Game 2 alone belonged in the annals of classic Nuggets-Timberwolves battles.

Chris Finch suggested the Timberwolves should “start flopping” on Monday night after Nuggets star Jamal Murray took 16 free throws in Game 1 of the NBA playoffs.