On April 24, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs G2 continued to unfold, with the Timberwolves playing at home against the Suns, and the Timberwolves currently led 1-0. In this game, the Timberwolves took the initiative when they came up, and the Suns began to chase points continuously, and they took the lead at halftime, but in the second half, the Suns were lost again, and the Timberwolves continued to blast out of the offensive, directly pulling the difference apart. In the end, the Suns lost to the Timberwolves 93-105 and fell behind 0-2 in the series.
In the first quarter of the game, the Suns did not feel good at first, and the Timberwolves scored consecutive points with inside and outside shots, Edwards hit a three-point shot, and Gobert dunked under the basket to make an 8-0 start. The Suns played more than 3 minutes, relying on Allen's three-pointer to break the deadlock, the Timberwolves also declined, Nurkic scored under the basket, and Durant got 2 fouls early. The Timberwolves still took the initiative, Durant scored a jumper, Booker scored 2+1, the Suns successfully bit the score, Gordon broke through and dunked, and Towns could only get off the court with 3 fouls. In the end, Morris fought back and scored, and the Timberwolves led 24-21 after the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Gordon hit a three-pointer, Nurkic scored a basket, and the Suns overtook the score. After that, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, Beal hit a three-point shot, Conley broke through, and the offensive end went back and forth, Durant scored 2+1, Booker hit both free throws, and the Suns took a 38-31 lead. Conley stopped the bleeding with three points, the Suns continued to score points on the offensive end, McDaniels also scored three points, Conley scored three points again, and the Timberwolves relied on three-pointers to bite the score. Booker and McDaniels had an argument, Gobert dunked under the basket, Eubanks replied, Durant continued to score points, but in the end, the Suns suddenly fell silent, and the Timberwolves successfully narrowed the gap and trailed the Suns 50-51 at halftime.
Yibian fought again, the offensive state of the two teams declined, the Suns Allen had a broken foot, Towns played 2+1, and then the three points also scored, and the Timberwolves took the lead again. Beal and Booker hit three-pointers in quick succession, and then the Suns suddenly went on fire, and the Timberwolves Edwards began to score consecutive points, and McDaniels broke through and scored a 12-0 offensive wave to bring the score to 72-63. Durant stopped the bleeding with a jumper and Walker hit a three-pointer to give the Timberwolves a 10-point lead. Eubanks dunked to stop the bleeding, Durant hit both free throws, and Edwards hit one of two free throws to give the Timberwolves a 78-71 lead after the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, the Timberwolves still took the initiative, Gobert had an obvious advantage inside, but fortunately, Beal broke through and scored, Gordon scored three points, and the Suns were able to bite the score. Then the Suns challenged Booker's offensive foul failure, Towns broke through, Conley scored three points, and McDaniels scored consecutive breakthroughs, an 11-0 offensive wave, and the score came to 93-76. The Suns called out the last timeout of the game, but unfortunately they couldn't change the trend of the game. In the end, the Suns lost to the Timberwolves 93-105 and fell behind 0-2.
The Timberwolves blossomed more this time, with six players on the team scoring in double figures, and McDaniels played well, scoring a game-high 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting, as well as eight rebounds and three assists. Edwards had a poor hand this time, with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists on 3-of-12 shooting, but he was able to score in some key rounds, Conley scored 18 points, Gobert 18 points and 9 rebounds, Towns 12 points, and Walker 10 points.
Booker was 6-of-13 from the field and 1-of-6 from three-point range, with 20 points and 5 assists, with a whopping 6 turnovers and 6 fouls in the end, Durant 6-of-15 with 18 points and 6 rebounds, and Booker 6-of-17 with 14 points, 6 assists and 4 turnovers.