The Minnesota Timberwolves at the moment are out of the NBA playoffs. Whereas they didn’t precisely go down swinging of their 124-94 blowout loss to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder in Recreation 5, making back-to-back journeys to the Western Convention finals is not any small feat.
They took down each the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors in 5 video games, with Anthony Edwards including LeBron James, Luka Dončić and Stephen Curry — regardless of him lacking a lot of the collection with a hamstring damage — to his record of elite gamers he and the Timberwolves have defeated. However the 68-win Thunder proved to be a step forward.
On the newest episode of “The Athletic NBA Every day,” Dave DuFour and Zena Keita had been joined by Timberwolves beat author Jon Krawczynski, as they broke down Recreation 5 and seemed forward to the offseason. Additionally they mentioned why the Timberwolves faltered within the Western Convention finals, what Edwards can be taught from the collection loss to Oklahoma Metropolis, whether or not Chris Finch might have accomplished extra to release his star participant, the necessity for Minnesota so as to add an extra ballhandler in the course of the offseason and what was most memorable about this 2024-25 Timberwolves staff.
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