Minnesota Emerges Victorious in gritty Game 2 over Suns for 2-0 series lead

This is a true statement: the Minnesota Timberwolves have a 2-0 series lead over the Phoenix Suns!

Statistics:
Minnesota:
Starters:
J. McDaniels 25 pts 10-17 FG 2-4 3PT 3-4 FT 8 REB 3 AST 1 STL
R. Gobert 18 pts 6-8 FG 6-7 FT 9 REB 2 AST 3 STL 1 BLK
K. Towns 12 pts 3-7 FG 1-4 3PT 5-5 FT 8 REB 1 AST 1 STL
M. Conley 18 pts 7-13 FG 3-6 3PT 1-1 FT 4 REB 2 STL
A. Edwards 15 pts 3-12 FG 2-6 3PT 7-8 FT 5 REB 8 AST 3 STL 1 BLK
Bench:
TJ Warren 0 pts 0-0 FG 1 REB 2 min
L. Garza 0 pts 0-0 FG 2 min
N. Reid 5 pts 1-5 FG 0-3 3PT 3-4 FT 2 REB 
M. Morris 2 pts 1-4 FG 0-3 3PT 11 min
J. McLaughlin 0 pts 0-1 FG 0-1 3PT 2 min
N. Alexander-Walker 10 pts 4-10 FG 1-4 3PT 1-1 FT 2 REB 5 AST 1 STL
W. Moore Jr 0 pts 0-1 FG 0-1 3PT 2 min

Game Summary:
Minnesota came out of the gates swinging for the fences as they say. Wolves opened the game on an 8-0 run before Phoenix took a timeout. Things got dicey from there. While the Wolves still led at the end of the opening frame, they had gone ice cold from the field and were only shooting a measly 32% from the field and 18% from 3. Fortunately for them, the Suns were somehow shooting the ball even worse. 
In the 2nd quarter, things continued to stay cold for Minnesota and they gave up the lead. They managed to only be down 1 at the halftime break.
Something seemed to change a little bit in the 3rd quarter, as the Wolves dominant defense became smothering and the offense started to find its footing a little bit and Minnesota went into the final frame with a 7 point lead.
In the 4th quarter, Minnesota started with a 10-0 run that broke the game open and was fairly smooth sailing to the end. The Wolves would go on to win by 12 behind Jaden McDaniels' game-high and career playoff high 25 points!

Injury Report
Kyle Anderson was available for tonight's win over Phoenix, but Chris Finch elected to sit him. I would expect Kyle to play at some point in Games 3 and 4.

Up Next
Now the series shifts to Phoenix. Wolves and Suns are back in action on Friday for Game 3 at 9:30 PM CT.

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