GAME 7 Anthony Edwards Leads Minnesota Timberwolves Victory v. Denver Nuggets 5/19/24
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- The Minnesota Timberwolves' historic 20-point comeback over the Denver Nuggets in Sunday's Game 7 to earn a trip to the Western Conference finals actually started 13 months ago at bar a few miles away from Ball Arena.
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The Timberwolves had just lost to the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs in April 2023, with Anthony Edwards' potential game-tying 3 coming up empty as time expired in Game 5. Afterward, Edwards and a couple of teammates went to a cocktail lounge, Forget Me Not, in the Cherry Creek neighborhood, with their chartered flight back home not scheduled to leave until the next morning.
Of all of the gin joints in all of the towns in all of the world, Denver point guard Jamal Murray -- fresh off a 35-point showing in the closeout game -- just so happened to walk into the same bar as the Timberwolves.
And Edwards, a budding star yet to have the breakout postseason that has turned him into a bona fide superstar this spring, had a message to deliver to Murray.
"He was talking s---," Edwards told ESPN as he walked down the ramp toward the team bus after his club's 98-90 victory on Sunday. "He was telling Mike [Conley], 'I'm sick of you, you can't guard me,' and all that.
"I told him, 'We'll be back. You'll see us again when we're fully loaded.'"
Edwards' declaration came to fruition Sunday.
The Timberwolves, who trailed by as many as 20 points in the third quarter, stormed back to complete the largest comeback in a Game 7 in the past 25 postseasons to dethrone the defending champion Nuggets.
"It shows who we are," Edwards said following the victory. "Once we really lock in on the defensive end, man, we're a hell of a team to beat."
Meanwhile, the Nuggets became the fifth consecutive defending NBA champion to fail to reach the conference finals -- and the first team in league history to lead by 15 or more at halftime of a Game 7 and go on to lose.
Just as Edwards proclaimed, it was an entire team effort that took Denver down, with six Timberwolves scoring in double digits as compared to just two for the Nuggets. It was needed too, with Edwards struggling through a 6-for-24 shooting night.
The Timberwolves, who trailed by as many as 20 points in the third quarter, stormed back to complete the largest comeback in a Game 7 in the past 25 postseasons to dethrone the defending champion Nuggets.
"It shows who we are," Edwards said following the victory. "Once we really lock in on the defensive end, man, we're a hell of a team to beat."
Meanwhile, the Nuggets became the fifth consecutive defending NBA champion to fail to reach the conference finals -- and the first team in league history to lead by 15 or more at halftime of a Game 7 and go on to lose.
Just as Edwards proclaimed, it was an entire team effort that took Denver down, with six Timberwolves scoring in double digits as compared to just two for the Nuggets. It was needed too, with Edwards struggling through a 6-for-24 shooting night.
The Timberwolves used a 32-9 run from the 10:50 mark of the third quarter to 11:14 of the fourth to wrest control of the game from the Nuggets. While Edwards started just 1-for-9 from the field, he found more success after halftime, scoring nine points in the third, including a step-back 3 to beat the quarter buzzer. Rudy Gobert, Minnesota's four-time Defensive Player of the Year, added an unexpected offensive punch in the fourth quarter, scoring eight of his 13 points in the final frame -- including a miraculous, arcing turnaround jump shot -- after starting the game 1-for-5.
Run For The Ages
The Timberwolves were down 20 points to the Nuggets at 10:50 of the third quarter Sunday night. After that, the Wolves staged the largest comeback in a Game 7 in the past 25 seasons. A look at how it unfolded:
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Such a crazy game!! As always you’re in the right place at the right time
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This TEAM is so much fun to watch.
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