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 evening’s 128-126 loss to the Thunder.
“I don’t take a look at it like I struggled,” Edwards mentioned postgame. “They’d sport plan, making us get off the ball. Particularly for me, man. They had been tremendous within the gaps, I made the fitting play all evening.”
Edwards completed with simply 16 factors – his second-lowest whole this postseason. He additionally solely took 13 photographs, 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 that he didn’t carry it.
“I didn’t get sufficient photographs to say I struggled,” he added. “In order that may be the way you guys take a look at it. However, yeah, I didn’t battle in any respect. I simply made the fitting play.”
He averaged over 22 photographs a sport in Spherical 1. That’s dipped to 17.3 makes an attempt per sport towards OKC. And it’s not simply him dialing it again.
Wolves coach Chris Finch mentioned Edwards bought higher as the sport progressed.
“I believed second half he was extra aggressive,” Finch mentioned. “He bought downhill. We bought him off the ball just a little bit extra. When he bought to the paint, I believed he discovered some individuals, made the fitting performs. First half, he lagged behind just a little bit an excessive amount of. He wanted to get out in entrance so we may stretch the ground and display for him a bit. However second half was a lot better.”
Julius Randle was nearly invisible, scoring simply 5 factors on 1-7 taking pictures, with 5 turnovers. He admitted he was caught in impartial.
“I feel it was only a lot me simply spectating,” Randle mentioned. “I didn’t take my first shot within the second half till there have been 20 seconds left within the third quarter.”
Recreation 5’s now do-or-die. No extra spectating.
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