"As a life-long, suffering Minnesota sports fan, other than the 87 & 91 Twins, I had to laugh after listening to the Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards and Karl Anthony Towns last night after they beat the Denver Nuggets to advance to the Western Conference NBA Finals."
Good game so far. Joker’s really looking for his drive in a Keith Jackson rumblin’, stumblin, tumblin’ kind of way. #Timberwolves up three, late third quarter. #Nuggets#NBA@nba
Almost time for #Nuggets vs. #Timberwolves for first place in the West. (Joker said it’s not necessarily a big game but it’s always nice to win. I think Joker’s giving us a soft sell.) #NBA@nba
Solid win for the #Nuggets, 111-95, despite some energy dips. Joker and Jamal Murray led the way with 28 points each, but let’s spotlight the energy of Peyton Watson on defense and on the boards. He’s struggled on offense recently, but he played much of the second half like he was bouncing on a mini-trampoline.
Next up: Tomorrow at home vs. the #Timberwolves in a battle for first place in the Western Conference. Should be fun. #NBA@nba
Minnesota is throwing three and four defenders at Joker and took the lead as a result, but Denver ends the third with five straight to take the lead back. #Nuggets 87, #Timberwolves 84, end of the third. #NBA@nba
Joker’s taking on the MVP role in a more traditional way tonight — 22 points, 10 rebounds and zero assists — in the first half. Aaron Gordon’s been aggressive, too, with 12 points and nine assists. Murray (eight assists) picks up the passing slack for Jokic. #Nuggets 70, #Timberwolves 55, halftime. #NBA@nba
#Denver’s taking advantage of the absence of Gobert — Joker has 13 points and eight rebounds, and Gordon has eight points and eight boards. #Nuggets 35, #Timberwolves 28, end of the first. #NBA@nba
Minnesota announcers praising Anthony Edwards for his footwork while the slo-mo replay shows him shuffling his feet for an uncalled travel. #Nuggets 8, #Timberwolves 4. #NBA@nba
Quality win by Minnesota #Timberwolves tonight over the Miami Heat! Huge rebound by Karl Anthony Towns passing it in directly to an alleyoop was the play of the 4th quarter.
That is one rule I want to change. If there’s a shot clock violation, and the defense gets the rebound, they should be allowed to run. It’s almost a punishment having to take the ball out after 24 seconds of good defense. #nba#mavericks#timberwolves
#Minnesota#Timberwolves at the top of the #NBA Western Conference by two games and the #Boston#Celtics at the top of the Eastern Conference by 1.5, each with 15 wins and 4 losses.
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NAZ REID with a huge 17pt first half before leaving the game with injury (youtu.be)
Naz Reid showed out for the Timberwolves in the first half vs the Jazz with 17pts. Utah even triple teamed him at one point to try to shut him down!
[Wojnarowski] Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has agreed on a five-year designated rookie maximum deal that could be worth $260 million, his agents Bill Duffy and Joe Branch of WME tell ESPN. (twitter.com)
[Wojnarowski] Free agent guard Shake Milton has agreed to a deal with Minnesota, source tells ESPN. (twitter.com)
Milton agreed to a two-year, $10 million contract with Timberwolves, per source.