Murray, frustrated by Minnesota's physical defense, finished with eight points on 3-of-18 shooting in Game 2.
The heat pack moment happened as Karl-Anthony Towns made a layup with 4:41 to go in the second quarter. TNT's replays revealed that Murray was sitting on the end of Denver's bench when he raised his right arm and fired the heat pack in the direction of officiating crew chief Marc Davis. The pack then slid onto the floor as players battled near the rim during live game action.
Sixteen seconds before the heat pack moment, Murray threw a towel from the same spot on the bench in the direction of Davis. The towel landed behind Davis before it was quickly retrieved by someone sitting on the floor. Davis never saw the towel, but Ryan Eichten, a contributor to Timberwolves blog site Canis Hoopus, caught Murray in the act and
Not only did Jamal Murray throw a heat pack on the court, but he throw a towel as well a few plays early at 4:57 in the 2nd quarterThe Timberwolves were not happy with Murray's actions. Minnesota head coach Chris Finch said Murray throwing the heat pack onto the court was" There has been speculation that Murray could be suspended for Game 3 but based on Davis's comments to the pool reporter after the game, a suspension seems unlikely. Had Davis known it was Murray who threw the heat pack onto the court, he would've been assessed a technical foul because it wouldn't have been deemed a hostile act.
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