Overview
- Minnesota, which closed out Denver in Game 6 on Thursday, won the first-round series 4-2.
- Former Nuggets guard Bones Hyland posted on X that Denver traded him three years ago and wrote, "Wolves in 6," after the clincher.
- Hyland played nine minutes in the decisive game and scored one point, going 0-for-3 from the field.
- Across the six-game series he filled a bench role, averaging 7.2 points on 41.2% shooting with standout outings of 15 points in Game 5 and 13 in Game 2.
- Hyland began his career in Denver before a 2023 four-team trade sent him to the Clippers, then a brief Hawks stop led to a waiver and a two-way deal that brought him to the Timberwolves.