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01:04And just a reminder that Toronto shot 48% from long range in game one got to a spot and
01:11hit the pull up Donovan Mitchell
01:16Mitchell is locked in and with 10-0-3 left in the third quarter the lead is elevated to 12
01:22timeout Toronto
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01:39The Toronto Raptors had the fourth best scoring margin in the third quarter in the regular season
01:44But in game one Cleveland outscored them
01:4736-22 opening up with a 9-0 run on Saturday and they've nearly replicated that in terms of an
01:56opening quarter run
01:577-1 in the first two minutes
01:59Hence the quick timeout there by Darko Ryakovich and Toronto has to steady the shift because this is a spitting
02:06image of the first game
02:08Ingram and Ingram is on the board he's had to patiently wait
02:13And miss a lot of shots that are Brandon Ingram wheelhouse shots a ton of mid-rangers
02:19But even on that he had three Cavalier defenders contesting that shot
02:23I mean they are just converging off some of these non-shooters and making life a really really difficult for
02:29Ingram everywhere on the floor
02:31Mitchell a little space and then a spin late dish Mobley no good on the three make boomerang back to
02:37him but Barrett beat him to it
02:40And Barrett secures his sixth rebound of the game and now Ingram
02:45He is out of the starting gate back-to-back trips down the floor with Brandon Ingram hitting shots for
02:52the Raptors
02:53Isn't it funny how confidence works see one go down and all of a sudden that transition three a totally
02:58different animal
03:00And then right back at you Evan Mobley
03:04Mobley one of his last eight from three to end the regular season but his shot it made a couple
03:09here in the playoffs
03:13Does bear it in the paint?
03:16Well if you are a coach this is how you want your team to respond to a timeout with what
03:21Toronto's done
03:22Especially on the offensive end last three times down
03:25Mitchell they're just gonna have to figure out the riddle of stopping easier said than done the triumvirate of
03:31Mitchell Harden and don't forget about Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell has shown us at all three levels in this
03:37game tonight. Just how potent he is
03:40Ingram two in a row but missed that one
03:44Mitchell keeps a live dribble
03:46Heels back waits for help
03:51Harden drifts right off the screen looks off the defense good pass Mobley oh, and it's a block shot by
03:56Baird against Jared Allen and a block by Colin Murray Boyle's
04:00Long clock third attempt for the Raptors. It's a miss from the corner for Mitchell, but then Dean Wade digs
04:07out a loose ball
04:10Four bites of the apple and Cleveland offense just too good to give them
04:16That much in terms of opportunity with all those offensive rebounds the floor balance not there
04:22Brandon Ingram nowhere to be found on that James Harden pick and roll now
04:26You're sprinting out at him because you're worried about him shooting from three and Harden reads it perfectly
04:31blows it right by and gets to that lefty floater
04:38And it's high now it's called here by the Raptors
04:40Let's go back and look at this sequence here with the Cavaliers you're talking about
04:44Multiple effort plays by the Cleveland Cavaliers the defensive effort by Toronto up to the task
04:51But you've got to close it out now. You're on a position and James Harden and Donovan Mitchell
04:56They've got to be spotlights for the start of the game with the Raptors, I'm now for the players' spotlight
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05:56And sensational on twos
05:58And 40% combined on threes as well, Robbie
06:01And how much of the workload they've carried in this game
06:03When a lot of the rest of the team is
06:05Jared Allen and Evan Mobley
06:07Those guys have kind of picked up the rest of the scoring slack there
06:14Merrill and Struess are on the floor right now
06:18Struess on the bounce
06:20Dean Wade thought about a pass
06:22Has to take it at the end of the clock
06:24And one of the role players steps up and provides a lift
06:27As Dean Wade hits a corner three
06:29But that's the scary thing about Cleveland's offense
06:32In that you've got superstars
06:33You've got threats to the rim
06:34But you've got a lot of shooting on that perimeter as well
06:37Oh wow
06:38A prayer was answered for Colin Murray Boyles
06:40And he has found ways to just get it done around the rim in this series
06:45A really nice rookie year
06:47And certainly the guy that wants to do his work in the paint
06:51In the corner Harden
06:54Merrill swings it
06:55Struess drives it
06:57Underneath
06:57Jared Allen with the hook shot
06:59And nice touch
07:01As it rolls home
07:02Game one
07:03It was about Spruess' shot making
07:05And that hasn't been here tonight in game two
07:07But he has gotten to the paint
07:09And made plays for others
07:10And here's Barr
07:12The dog with ill intentions
07:13And denied by Jared Allen
07:18For the Raptors
07:19The game feels like it's in a perilous place right now
07:21And they just go over the foul limit
07:23With five and a quarter
07:24On another seal
07:25By Jared Allen
07:28Murray Boyles called for the foul
07:29The rim protection for Cleveland tonight
07:31Has been fully on display
07:33Five blocks in this game
07:35Whether it's Evan Mobley
07:37Jared Allen
07:37Those guys patrolling the paint
07:39They have been up to the task
07:47Jared Allen with 6.09 left in the third quarter
07:50Hoping to salvage a split
07:52On his trip to the free throw line
07:53The first Saturday in May
07:56High fashion meets high stakes
07:57The Kentucky Derby
07:59Where the real photo op
08:00Is of course at the finish line
08:02May 2nd on NBC
08:03And Peacock
08:07Jared Allen had knee tendinitis
08:09Right knee tendinitis
08:10It cost him ten games in a row
08:12In March
08:13And he had finger injuries
08:15On both hands early in the season
08:17But since December the 14th
08:19Robbie you realize
08:20Jared Allen leads the league
08:21In field goal percentage
08:22At over 66%
08:23On the 13 games
08:25That he's played with James Hart
08:26And his numbers are way up
08:28Yes his field goal percentage
08:29You mentioned it since December on
08:31But 13 games with Harden
08:3318 points a game
08:3470% from the field in that stretch
08:36The 43 without
08:38Only 14 points a game
08:39So certainly Harden
08:41In that pick and roll
08:42And hitting Jared Allen
08:43As the role man
08:44Has been good for his offense
08:47Well Allen just had an over
08:49At the line
08:50Before the Dean Wade 3
08:52And the Allen hook shot
08:53In the lane
08:54Mitchell Harden
08:55And Mobley had made
08:5615 buckets in a row
08:58For the Cavaliers
08:59Balls out of bounds here
09:01And it will stay with Toronto
09:02Because of the work
09:03By Sandro Memo Kalashvili
09:07Toronto has certainly reverted back
09:10After having a great shoot
09:11In game 1
09:125 of 20 from 3
09:13Here in game 2
09:17See Mobley couldn't claim
09:18The carom on that replay
09:20RJ Barrett glances at the rim
09:22But rather than the outside shot
09:24He'll drive
09:24And carving out space underneath
09:26To lay it in
09:27As Sandro Memo Kalashvili
09:28I love the patience
09:29And also the shot fake
09:31Cleveland's been able to block
09:32Some shots
09:32You show the ball
09:33You let Mobley fly by
09:35And Mamu Kalashvili
09:36With the bucket
09:37And Merrill with the missed
09:393 at the other end
09:40And it opens up
09:41For RJ Barrett
09:42A lot of daylight
09:43Once he broke through
09:45The initial line of defense
09:46Their offense for Toronto
09:48When they're able to get stops
09:49And play with a little bit of pace
09:51It just makes all the difference
09:5514 in the game
09:57For RJ Barrett
09:58To lead the Raptors
09:59In score
10:00And now it's Mobley
10:02With a determined attempt
10:03And he finishes it
10:05A little power
10:06To get the shot up
10:07And finesse
10:08To pull it home
10:10And a chance for 3
10:11The old-fashioned way
10:12For Mobley
10:13And the Raptors running
10:14At James Harden
10:15Getting the ball
10:16Out of his hands
10:17Mobley taking his time
10:18He's got all that space
10:20He's also got the mismatch
10:22He takes that hack
10:23On the arm
10:24And now an opportunity
10:26For 3 from the line
10:31Mobley had a rough season
10:33Shooting free throws
10:34Just over 60%
10:36For the year
10:38Converts on the 3-point play
10:39In the last 20 games
10:41Of the regular season
10:42Evan Mobley
10:43Was a nearly 20-point-per-game player
10:45Along with 10 boards
10:47And 62% shooting
10:48Good help by Sam Merrill there
10:50Ingram hangs on to it
10:53And Jacoby Walter
10:54And one
10:56Cleveland showing so much attention
10:59They are helping on everything
11:00The pain
11:01When they don't get that steal
11:03They are certainly out of position here
11:05Ingram comes up
11:06With that basketball
11:08Another shot fake
11:09And Jacoby Walter
11:10The beneficiary there
11:11Of the hustle effort
11:13Of Brandon Ingram
11:15Dr. Ryakovich told us
11:16Before the game
11:17That for players like
11:19Walter
11:20Mamuchel Oshvili
11:21Murray Boyle
11:22It was good to get their first taste
11:24Of the playoffs
11:25And realize
11:25It wasn't that much different
11:27The only thing he didn't do
11:28Was like on Hoosiers
11:29And measure
11:30To make sure it was at 10 feet
11:32The basket
11:35But both
11:36Or all three of those guys
11:37I should say
11:38Have played well
11:38In tonight's game
11:39They have
11:39Toronto connected
11:40But there's another smooth finish
11:42In the paint by Mobley
11:43But also the strength
11:44That Evan Mobley
11:45Has shown
11:46In the first two games
11:47Of this series
11:47Of going right at defenders
11:49Showing the strength
11:50And also showing the balance
11:51There with that little
11:52Euro step
11:534-3
11:54No good
11:55Walter
11:55Defensive board
11:57Mobley
11:58Sam Merrill
11:59Pressured in the backcourt
12:00Gave it up to Mobley
12:01All-nba second-team player
12:03Last season
12:04A defensive player of the year
12:05And a reach and a foul
12:07But no
12:08This is going the other way
12:09They got to travel on Mobley
12:13The travel was first
12:14And Evan Mobley
12:16He thought he was fouled
12:18Obviously
12:19Turnover Cleveland
12:20With the Cavaliers up
12:2278-64
12:23As we head into the back third
12:26Of the third quarter
12:26Conovan Mitchell
12:30Ingram good footwork
12:31He came dangerously close
12:32To a travel
12:33On the shot fade
12:33He puts it down
12:35Here against
12:35Strews
12:36Mobley there
12:37To meet him
12:37And force him
12:38Into a tough turnaround
12:39But those are shots
12:40That he has made
12:41All season long
12:42He loves the midrange
12:43That jump stop
12:44Under control
12:46Second shot opportunity
12:47Because of
12:48Mamukil Oshvili
12:49And a missed three
12:49And a leak out
12:51Oh and Strews
12:52Made a shot like that
12:52The other day
12:53But not able to guide it
12:55Home
12:55On the scoop to the hoop
12:57With the ball out of bounds
12:58You're right
12:58He did make a very similar one
13:00To go to the half
13:02Unable to find it off the glass
13:03That time
13:05And then bulldozing
13:06His way to the basket
13:07That was Scottie Barnes
13:09Just forcing the action
13:10And I mean
13:11They're going to score
13:12Make the officials
13:13Make a call
13:13And the call is made
13:15In a trip to the line
13:16For Barnes
13:17Off that missed shot
13:18Even though it's a dead ball
13:20It's not a dead ball
13:21For Scottie Barnes
13:22He was pushing that thing
13:24And that sets the pace
13:25That Toronto
13:25Always looking to find
13:30Barnes first of two is good
13:36Average 20 points
13:38In the regular season
13:39Against the Cavaliers
13:40Along with 10 boards
13:41Six assists
13:42To steal
13:43And two blocks per game
13:45Remember in the regular season
13:46But all of the matchups
13:48Or before we even carved up
13:50The Thanksgiving turkey
13:50But the Raptors did sweep Cleveland
13:53In three games this season
13:55Barnes had a monster second game
13:5728 points
13:5810 rebounds
13:588 assists
13:59And 5 blocks
14:00But you're right
14:01It's like a lifetime ago
14:02Considering Cleveland's trades
14:04And just how well Toronto played
14:06To start the year
14:08One of those players
14:09Who came over in trade
14:10Dennis Schroeder's on the floor
14:11They also of course
14:13Got Max Struess back
14:14In mid-March
14:15And what a stop
14:16By Mitchell
14:17To put that shot up
14:20The brakes were working
14:22For Donovan Mitchell
14:25And then he beats the shot clock
14:27With the turnarounds
14:28Some of the shot making
14:30By Harden and Donovan Mitchell
14:32Tonight have been
14:33Incredible shots
14:36This is Dennis Schroeder
14:38Off of Raptors turnover
14:41Schroeder played 30 games
14:42With Cleveland
14:43After the trade
14:44From Sacramento
14:45Where he and
14:46Keyon Ellis
14:47Both came over
14:48At the deadline
14:51Well here's tonight's key
14:53Key moves and Donovan Mitchell
14:55Look at the rainbow
14:57The arc on that thing
14:58And then just the balance there
15:00To playoff to
15:01Come to a jump stop
15:03Get to your turnaround
15:04And even though it's super contested
15:06It just doesn't matter
15:13Kevin Mobley on the line
15:14With 238 left in the third
15:18Misses the first of two
15:19His free throw percentage this year
15:21Was a career low
15:22Noted earlier
15:22It was just over
15:2360%
15:24However he had a career
15:26Best two point
15:27Shooting season
15:28At about 63%
15:31On twos
15:31A real difference
15:33Happened Robbie
15:34From the calendar year
15:36Changing from 2025
15:43Oh they've just taken
15:44That last basket away
15:49The replay center
15:50Checked it
15:51I'll get back to our
15:53Mobley point in a moment
15:54But the replay center
15:55As they do on all close plays
15:57Threes or twos
15:58Ball and shot off
15:59Before the expiration
16:00Of the shot clock
16:01The replay center
16:02Looked at it
16:02And that shot
16:03For Donovan Mitchell
16:04As pretty as it was
16:05And as much as you'll remember
16:07The pot of gold
16:08At the end of that rainbow
16:09And the great breaks
16:10It won't count
16:13The two taken off the board
16:16Barnes driving
16:18Barnes in the pain
16:19And got it to fall
16:21That's a nice play there
16:22I think Evan Mobley
16:24May be overreacting a bit
16:25To that Scottie Barnes
16:26Shot fake
16:27But he gets back
16:27Into good position
16:28Barnes just using
16:29That strength
16:30And that frame
16:30To go right through
16:31And finish the play
16:34Schroeder no
16:35Rebound
16:36From Mabukil
16:36Oshvili
16:39Big guy brings it up the floor
16:41And spotting up in transition
16:43Jacoby Walter
16:44Yes sir
16:44Three is good
16:45And they've crossed
16:47The psychological barrier
16:49Of dropping this down
16:50Into a single digit deficit
16:52With a seven nil run
16:54And a timeout called
16:55By the Cavaliers
16:56Late in the third
16:57Of game two
17:00The announcement in the arena
17:01Now you see the replay
17:02I believe a Zepto second
17:04Is the smallest
17:05The smallest measurement
17:06Of time known to man
17:08Robbie that's how late
17:09I think this shot was
17:10Still on the fingertips there
17:12It was an incredible play
17:14And the replay center
17:16Gets that right
17:17Waves that basket off
17:18Sadly enough
17:19Because it was a thing of beauty
17:23This is the longest
17:25Toronto run of the night
17:26Or at least matches it
17:27With seven unanswered points scored
17:29And Kenny Atkinson
17:31Not wanting to see
17:32The pendulum of momentum
17:33Swing too far in that direction
17:36Kick ball
17:37So close
17:38To a turnover
17:38At times tonight
17:39Cleveland has kind of
17:41Played into Toronto
17:42Whether it's some turnovers
17:43But on the last one
17:44Before the timeout
17:46It ends up being
17:47A bad shot
17:48That leads to a run out
17:49And that's basically
17:50The same thing as a turnover
17:51Leads to that Jacoby Walter
17:53Three
17:55Stout defense by
17:56Mama Kelos
17:56Beely
17:57Forced it out of the hands
17:58Of Struis
17:58And from the outside
18:00Sam Merrill misses
18:01And the ball's out of bounds
18:02To the Raptors
18:03With 142
18:04Left in the third quarter
18:06Where you can feel
18:07The Raptors getting back
18:08Into this game
18:09And they have a chance
18:11Here
18:11Barrett from Barnes
18:12It's in
18:13And the lead is down to six
18:15That's another dead ball
18:16Though
18:16Where Scottie Barnes
18:18Is pushing that thing
18:19Off the floor
18:20If you lose track
18:21Of R.J. Barrett
18:22Terrific cut
18:23From that left corner
18:28Here's Schroeder
18:29A lot of time
18:31On the bounce
18:31This possession
18:32For Dennis Schroeder
18:33Pass takes
18:34Mobley
18:34All the way out
18:35To the corner
18:36A burst up
18:36To baseline
18:37And he lost
18:38The ball
18:38Out of bounds
18:40The final touch
18:42The final touch of the ball
18:42Was by Jacoby Walter
18:44And the Raptors
18:45But only .5
18:46You've got to have .3
18:47For a catch and shoot
18:49Baseline throw in
18:50Schroeder
18:51Mitchell
18:52I wonder if that would have been
18:54The last one
18:56Was just a sliver
18:57Of a second late
18:58And there's
18:59Marlo Kelosvili
19:00He just tried
19:01The windmill pick up
19:02Like Donovan Mitchell
19:04And catching it
19:05Right in the mouth
19:06Was Dennis Schroeder
19:08Offensive foul
19:09On Marlo Kelosvili
19:11He wiped the chin
19:12Off of Dennis Schroeder
19:13Right here
19:18Toronto off these dead balls
19:20Though
19:20They are not waiting around
19:22They are getting to their offense
19:24And playing with some of that force
19:25That Darko Ryakovich
19:27Talked about
19:30Last minute of the third quarter
19:32No look past
19:33Mitchell Fox Mobley
19:35Waits for a moment
19:36That elevates and detonates
19:37He probably got hit on the arm
19:40There
19:40Looks like it could have been
19:41An and one
19:41But what a look
19:42From Donovan Mitchell
19:43And then Barnes answers
19:45At the other end
19:46And Toronto is doing the best
19:48They've done
19:49All series long
19:49Even on
19:50Made shot
19:51Dead ball
19:51Whatever
19:52They are getting that ball
19:53Down into the scoring
19:54Oh and that's what
19:56Schroeder just did
19:56He got hit in the face again
19:59Score the basket
20:00Dennis Schroeder
20:01And he pays the price
20:02He's down right now
20:04With 32.5
20:05To play in the third
20:12Conqueror
20:13I'm gonna kill us
20:13Beely getting his money's worth
20:15On Dennis Schroeder here
20:17And gets him right across the forehead
20:19Trying to block the shot
20:21Right here for freedom
20:21They're gonna look
20:22Они просто слышали чуть-чуть
20:26от Джеймс Каперс.
20:31206 NBA
20:32playoff games as of tonight
20:34for Джеймс Каперс.
20:36И вы получили много
20:37experience from Nick Booker
20:39и Кевин Кутлер, both в их 16th
20:41сезон.
20:42В Орландо и Лос-Анджелес,
20:44respectively.
20:46Для этих игр,
20:48вовсе,
20:48это несказыли,
20:50внимание и implemented.
20:52Увидив,
20:52импакт,
20:53аeman,
21:17рэпормируйт
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29:32And it's going to be a Mitchell
29:33Harden screen in roll with
29:35Mitchell keeping a live dribble
29:36off the screen and
29:37penetrating and finding Allen
29:39whose hack to the actor will go
29:41to the line with 7.56 left but
29:43it's such an art by Donovan
29:44Mitchell there he's get to his
29:46left hand he's get down that
29:47lane line but he is getting to
29:49the body and just putting on the
29:51slightest detail thatw
29:52Tomburt
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49:49The best version of themselves in games 1 and 2.
49:54Game 1 was a 13-point victory.
49:57Game 2 is recorded as a 10-point victory.
50:00115-105, the final score tonight.
50:03And now the series moves north to Toronto Scotiabank Arena.
50:09Game 3 Thursday night, Game 4 Sunday afternoon.
50:13Well, for Cleveland, Evan Mobley impactful, 25-8.
50:16We've talked plenty about Mitchell and Harden and all that they were able to accomplish out of the backcourt.
50:21And give some of the roll, guys, for Cleveland stepping up in that second half with the shot-making from
50:26three.
50:26It was timely.
50:27Sam Merrill made one.
50:29Max Thruce made two.
50:30Jalen Tyson knocked one down.
50:32But the Cleveland Cavaliers, they have looked the part through the first two games of this series.
50:38And before the game, Kenny Atkinson told us that he said, we have 10 guys who should be in the
50:43rotation.
50:44They've earned it.
50:45He wanted to play a 10-man rotation in game 1.
50:48And then, obviously, there were some players who got in in the last two minutes when the game was decided.
50:52He played a 10-man rotation in tonight's game as well.
50:55And I think that's going to continue.
50:57Kenny felt pretty strongly, it seemed like, that that's the way that they need to be.
51:00And with results from games 1 and 2, why not?
51:04Oh, a big contributor, of course, to those results, Donovan Mitchell with 30 points.
51:08And he's with Chris Mannix right now.
51:10Well, Donovan, you had to grind that one out to get it done in the second half, take a 2
51:14-0 series lead.
51:15How did you feel about the way this team played tonight?
51:17Yeah, 48 minutes.
51:18You know what I mean?
51:20Toronto's a hell of a team, man.
51:21They're going to continue to give us fight, give us effort, withstood their run.
51:24You know what I mean?
51:25Like, that's the biggest thing, is just continue to be mentally strong.
51:28And, like I said, just execute our sets, and then defensively got stops when we needed to.
51:31You sliced into that lead in the fourth quarter, got it down to single digits a couple of times.
51:35You had a five-point run there in the middle of the fourth.
51:38What was your mindset coming down the stretch?
51:40Just trying to feel the game, right?
51:41You know, being off the ball, the top blocking me, just trying to, you know, figure out ways to impact.
51:45And then there's a certain point in time where you've got to go get in and make a play.
51:48Not just necessarily to score.
51:50My favorite part of that was when Dean rolled.
51:52I hit Dean and he hit Evan.
51:53And making plays for others, that was the biggest thing.
51:55And Kenny Atkinson has called Evan Mobley a ceiling raiser for you guys.
52:0025 points tonight, 11 for 13 from the floor.
52:03Pretty efficient there.
52:04What kind of lift did he give you?
52:05I mean, he's the defensive player of the year.
52:08He's all NBA.
52:09He's everything we've needed him to be.
52:11He's peaking right at the right time.
52:12Like, he's aggressive.
52:14He's knocking down shots.
52:15He's doing things on the defensive end.
52:16And Scotty Barnes is no easy matchup.
52:18And he's taking that challenge head on, trying to make it tough on him and helping us as a defense.
52:23And, you know, that's what we need from him.
52:24You and James Harden, 58 combined points tonight.
52:2822 of 38 from the floor.
52:30You guys have only been playing together for a few months.
52:32How do you explain how this chemistry has come together so quickly?
52:34Just continue to make reads.
52:36You know, I mean, at the end of the day, we're two high IQ players.
52:39He's been doing it a little bit longer than me.
52:40But we've still been doing it for a long time.
52:41And we're just trying to find ways to win.
52:43If it's scoring, if it's passing, if it's rebounding, getting stops.
52:45When you have two guys who are trying to chase the same thing, you know, it definitely helps us, for
52:49sure.
52:49Congratulations, Donovan.
52:50Appreciate it.
52:50Thank you.
52:52Chris, great interview.
52:53And Donovan sounds like a player locked in on every aspect of what you've got to do in playoff basketball.
52:58Well, at Cleveland, handling business here at home.
53:00Now the show goes on the road.
53:02What's the adjustment for Toronto?
53:04They have got to make James Harden and Donovan Mitchell less efficient in those games three and four.
53:09And games three and four will be Thursday and Sunday afternoon, respectively,
53:13as the Cavaliers take a 2-0 lead in the series.
53:17The NBA playoffs are presented by Google.
53:20Our coverage is brought to you by Kia.
53:22For Robbie Hummel, Chris Mannix, and the whole crew in Cleveland, Ohio,
53:25I'm Mark Folliwell saying so long right now on NBC and Peacock.
53:29Game two of the Hawks and Knicks later tonight on NBC Peacock.
53:32Game two between the Timberwolves and the Nuggets with tip-off at 1042 Eastern Time.
53:44Game two between the Timberwolves and the Nuggets with tip-off at 1042 Eastern Time.
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