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The Timberwolves and Suns play Game 2 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series tonight at Target Center.

7:50pm: Wolves cut the Suns' lead to one at intermission

Although Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards combined for just one field goal, the Timberwolves trailed the Suns 51-50 at halftime.

Townat sat out the second quarter with three fouls.

The Wolves' offensive woes continued early in the second half, but Mike Conley helped rescue them. Conley rebounded from a tough Game 1 to score 14 points in the first half.

Jaden McDaniels scored 12 points in the first half as Edwards struggled to get five points on 1-for-5 shooting.

Wolves are also struggling after a strong first match. Naz Reed was 0-for-3 and Nickeil Alexander-Walker was 1-for-6.

The Wolves shot just 4-for-15 from three-point range in the first half.

Devin Booker leads Phoenix with 13 points, seven of which come at the free throw line.

Frustration began to set in in the second quarter at the 4:15 mark after McDaniels and Booker got into a quick shoving match and Booker fouled McDaniels.

Officials reviewed the play and evaluated McDaniels' technical performance.

7:15 p.m.: Rudy Gobert ignites the first quarter offense

The first quarter was full of emotional rollercoasters as the Wolves jumped out to an 8-0 lead and jumped the bullpen.

But Phoenix was able to stabilize from there, and the Wolves maintained a 24-21 lead at the end of the quarter.

Rudy Gobert was 4-for-4 for the Wolves with eight points, but they were 4-for-14 outside of Gobert.

It didn't help that the Wolves had Karl-Anthony Towns in foul trouble, committing three fouls in eight minutes.

Phoenix finished Game 1 with a huge deficit on the glass against the Wolves, but the Suns held an 11-10 rebounding advantage and earned seven second-chance points.

The Wolves defense held them to just 7 points from the field for 20 while Devin Booker was 2 for 7, but had four points at the free throw line.

6:30pm: Kyle Anderson is active for Wolves

Senior reserve Kyle Anderson is active for the Timberwolves despite a hip index injury, warming up before the game.

5 p.m.: Grayson Allen will play

Suns coach Frank Vogel said Grayson Allen, the league's leading three-point scorer, is available to play after Allen sprained his ankle in the third quarter of Game 1. Vogel said Allen's ankle is still sore, but Allen will not miss the game. playoff game.

Wolves coach Chris Finch said the status of Kyle Anderson, who left the first game with a hip injury, was “yet to be determined.”

Finch was asked how effective Jaden McDaniels is on defense; In Game 1 he helped limit Devin Booker to 5 for 16. Finch talked about McDaniels' competitive streak.

“He's got a really high care factor,” Finch said. “He competes in every game. Sometimes we have to remind him that the game is not 100 possessions. It's not 100 individual battles. But that's the way he approaches it. He just wants to win every game and you can see how annoying that is. When he gets Someone is at their best, of course he learns more and more from these people and their individual tendencies.

“He's got great length, can battle and never gives up a play. Just all the things you want in an offensive defenseman point guard.”

Tonight's officials are Josh Tiffin, Dedric Taylor, and crew chief Zach Zarba.

3 p.m.: After the shoot ended, Devin Booker became a hot topic

The Timberwolves and Suns take on Game 2 of their NBA Western Conference semifinal series tonight, with tip-off at (around) 6:30. The game is shown on TNT and Bally Sports North.

After the Timberwolves won by 25 in Game 1 on Saturday, Phoenix is ​​sure to come up with a different game plan based on how the Wolves played on Saturday. The challenge for the Wolves is to anticipate what those adjustments might be and see if they can cut through some of what Phoenix might try to do differently against them.

“You can try,” point guard Mike Conley said at Tuesday's shooting session. “Part of our preparation is to do our best to anticipate what they might try to do. In the last game, you can sometimes watch film and pick out some property where you see something that might be useful to them and they might be trying to do that more often or you might try to play that This or that pace.”

The Suns will likely try everything they can to get Devin Booker open after Booker went 5-for-16 in Game 1. Meanwhile, Conley is looking to bounce back from a tough first game for himself in which he shot just 2-for-1. -12.

“I didn't think about it at all,” Conley said. “I'm taking these matches match to match for me. I haven't played a lot of matches, but I think I will achieve a lot in the next match. Then the next match, it will be Nikhil's match.” [Alexander-Walker] Or oozing [Reid] Or Kyle [Anderson], whatever. I really don't care about this time of year. It's about getting the W. All of our guys are confident. I'm sure of myself. “I will be ready for the second match.”

The Wolves entered the game with Anderson questionable due to the hip index he suffered in Game 1. The Suns' Grayson Allen (ankle) is also questionable.