With the Timberwolves now staring down elimination, Anthony Edwards isn’t hitting the panic button, and even accepting the narrative that he struggled in Monday night time’s 128-126 loss to the Thunder.
“I don’t take a look at it like I struggled,” Edwards stated postgame. “They’d a very good sport plan, making us get off the ball. Particularly for me, man. They had been tremendous within the gaps, I made the correct play all night time.”
Edwards completed with simply 16 factors – his second-lowest whole this postseason. He additionally solely took 13 pictures, tied for his fewest in a sport these playoffs. He went 5-13 from the sphere and simply 1-7 from deep. Nonetheless, he pushed again on the concept he didn’t convey it.
“I didn’t get sufficient pictures to say I struggled,” he added. “In order that could be the way you guys take a look at it. However, yeah, I didn’t battle in any respect. I simply made the correct play.”
He averaged over 22 pictures a sport in Spherical 1. That’s dipped to 17.3 makes an attempt per sport in opposition to OKC. And it’s not simply him dialing it again.
Wolves coach Chris Finch stated Edwards obtained higher as the sport progressed.
“I assumed second half he was extra aggressive,” Finch stated. “He obtained downhill. We obtained him off the ball a bit bit extra. When he obtained to the paint, I assumed he discovered some individuals, made the correct performs. First half, he lagged behind a bit bit an excessive amount of. He wanted to get out in entrance so we might stretch the ground and display screen for him a bit. However second half was significantly better.”
Julius Randle was nearly invisible, scoring simply 5 factors on 1-7 capturing, with 5 turnovers. He admitted he was caught in impartial.
“I believe it was only a lot me simply spectating,” Randle stated. “I didn’t take my first shot within the second half till there have been 20 seconds left within the third quarter.”
Sport 5’s now do-or-die. No extra spectating.
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