Anthony Edwards scored a playoff career-high 43 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves dominated defending champion Denver in the final minutes for a 106-99 victory in Saturday's NBA playoff series opener.I try to come through for them," Edwards said after Minnesota took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference second round series, which continues on Monday in Denver.
Edwards' coming-out party continued in emphatic fashion in a Game 1 win over the reigning champs.
It wasn't so much another slow start or Anthony Edwards' 43 points that bothered Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone after the Minnesota Timberwolves thumped the reigning NBA champions 106-99 in the opener of the second-round series Saturday night. It was more how the Nuggets allowed Edwards' hot hand to ignite his supporting cast as the Wolves improved to 5-0 in the playoffs and sent the Nuggets to a series deficit, something they never had last year while winning it all. Jamal Murray didn't practice all week, couldn't make a shot.
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9 | SG | |
1 | SF | |
0 | SG | |
10 | PG | |
5 | SG | |
55 | PF | |
27 | C | |
3 | PF | |
6 | PG | |
33 | SF | |
8 | SF | |
7 | SG | |
23 | PG | |
12 | PG | |
11 | C | |
32 | C | |
24 | SF |