With the Timberwolves up 110-96 and there being under five seconds, Jaden McDaniels had a chance to run the clock out. Instead, the sixth-year forward took an open layup to add salt to the Nuggets' wound.

The Timberwolves’ Jaden McDaniels has repeatedly rubbed the Nuggets’ face in it during the opening-round playoff series between the two rivals. On Saturday night, at the end of a frustrating 112-96 Denver loss in Game 4 that gave Minnesota a commanding 3-1 series lead,

Nikola Jokic and Jaden McDaniels’ rivalry already drew major attention during Game 1 of the Denver Nuggets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves first-round playoff series. But the tension between the two escalated even further in Game 4,

The Denver Nuggets are on the brink, but Nikola Jokic isn’t backing down. He won’t do it from the scoreboard, and certainly not from the moment that defined Game 4. In the closing seconds of Denver’s 112-96 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves,

Jaden McDaniels has repeatedly rubbed the Nuggets’ face in it during the opening-round playoff series between the two rivals. On Saturday night, at the end of a frustrating 112-96 Denver loss that gave Minnesota

Ayo Dosunmu scored a career-high 43 points, stepping up after leg injuries to Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo with the highest-scoring playoff performance by a reserve in 50 years, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Denver Nuggets 112-96 on Saturday night.

Jokić took great exception to Jayden McDaniels taking a layup with 1.3 seconds remaining and sprinted the length of the court to confront him about it, nearly causing a fight in the process. While he may have been trying to send a message about the unwritten rules of basketball,

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels fired up a fight at the end of Game 4 against the Denver Nuggets.