Timberwolves’ Chris Finch calls out Jamal Murray for ‘inexcusable’ behavior in Nuggets loss

“It’s inexcusable and dangerous,” Finch said. “I’m sure it was just a mistake and an oversight. I’m sure there was nothing intentional by the officiating at all. But certainly can’t allow that to happen.”

Murray threw the heat pack on the floor with 4:45 left in the second quarter. The Kentucky alum was on the bench with Denver trailing 37-20, and proceeded to throw it on the floor out of frustration. A TNT camera captured the incident, via Awful Announcing.

The officials didn’t notice, but this could’ve led to an injury if it hit a player.

“I didn’t actually see it happen,” Finch mentioned. “And the way it was explained to me, the referees didn’t see it either. So they’re not able to issue a technical unless they see it. We tried to impress upon them there probably aren’t many fans in the building who have a heat pack, so it probably had to come from the bench. Which they found logical.”

It’s a testament to the Timberwolves that they were able to frustrate the Nuggets to this degree. Denver appears to have finally met their match for the first time in two years, as the team had rolled through their previous four playoff series relatively easily.

Will Minnesota continue to embarrass them, or will the Nuggets rise from the ashes?

The Timberwolves appear to have cracked the code on the Nuggets defensively