OKLAHOMA CITY — The frustration is beginning to bubble to the surface, the reality of what’s facing the Minnesota Timberwolves is creeping in, even as they head home for two games in these Western Conference finals.
You could see it when Jaden McDaniels finally had enough of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s arm-hooking and pushed him to the floor for a flagrant-1 foul.
“I just wanted to foul him for real. I wasn’t even mad,” McDaniels said. “I had fouls to use.”
The Timberwolves are more than annoyed by the officiating. They’ll hint at it without fully going into “fine me” territory, but they’re definitely distracted in their quest to find answers in this series against the Oklahoma City Thunder.