Nuggets' Michael Malone screams in ref's face, Jamal Murray tosses heat pack as Denver drops Game 2

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Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone and star guard Jamal Murray expressed their frustrations in the team’s Game 2 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.

Malone exploded on a referee in the first quarter. He was upset about a no-call after Timberwolves forward Karl-Anthony Towns went through Murray on a layup. He ran right onto the court and screamed in official Marc Davis’ face. He was not given a technical foul.

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Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone searches for answers during the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday, May 6, 2024. (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

"I owe it to Jamal Murray, or anybody else in that situation, to voice my opinion, to voice my concern and my disagreement," Malone said of the incident. "That team over there in Minnesota, I have to give them credit. They’re very good team. They came in here and won two games. Tonight, they ran us off the floor."

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Murray’s frustrations carried over into the second quarter.

He threw a heat pack toward the court after a Towns layup. He was not called for a technical, but the public address announcer warned the building not to throw things onto the court. Davis said he was unaware the heat pack came from the bench and Murray would have gotten a technical foul.

Timberwolves coach Chris Finch was unhappy with that incident.

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Jamal Murray, #27 of the Denver Nuggets, looks for a foul call while playing the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second quarter