Edwards Keys Timberwolves' Resounding Response in the game 3 victory

Minneapolis-Eben also like the 2-0 deficit of the Minnesota Timberwolves In the final of the Western conference, the gap between you and your opponent's no. 1 Seed Oklahoma City Thunder-Schäu was a referendum for the superstar of every team.

In two games, the Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 19 more points than the Anthony Edwards of the Wolves scored and eight more templates and six more steals.

Gilgeous-Alexander looked just like the 26-year-old MVP of the league, while Edwards seemed to grow a 23-year phenomenon to grow.

In a 143-101 victory in game 3 on Saturday, in which the wolves announced their arrival in the series in Grand Fashion, Edwards not only exceeded Gilgeous-Alexander, but exceeded for a route over the entire Thunder team.

In the first quarter, Edwards exceeded Oklahoma City 16-14 in the first quarter, and too high by 30 points in 30 minutes. He watched the entire fourth quarter from the bank when Minnesota had already opened a lead of 37 points.

“Only final pressure on the ball and shoot as much as possible,” said Edwards about his approach, when the wolves tried to fall 3-0 for the second time in a row.

Edwards was 6-to-8 in the first quarter and ended the game 12: 17 for the game, including 5: 8 from a 3-point range. He added nine rebounds, six templates and two steals.

The performance took place after turning on 3-pointer 4-to-17 to start the series.

“I feel like the second game that I was in a rhythm, it was just my Trey Ball fell,” said Edwards, who led the league in 3-point brands in the regular season. “

It was his 15th career 30-point game in the playoffs, the fifth time of all time from a player at the age of 23 or younger, who has only LeBron James (21 games), Kobe Bryant (17), Kevin Durant (17) and Luka Doncic (17).

“This is what we have to do, and if he does it, we take a different level,” said Wolves trainer Chris Finch. “I thought that was what was really big in the first quarter. He had a few of these steals. He was everywhere. He knew that we needed this kind of starting from our defense, and it was really, very good.”

The wolves followed Edwards' leadership and their 72-41 half-time pillow represented a franchise record for points in one half in a playoff game.

“He has some early influences and with such good players you can't make yourself comfortable, or it looks like this,” said Gilgeous-Alexander, who was held to 14 points for 4-against-13 shooting with six templates and four sales.

The offensive outbreak of the wolves was driven by a dynamic defense effort. They stopped the thunder as a team to 40.7% and won the sales battle, with only 10 committed to Oklahoma City's 15.

Not to mention that the 42-point loss was the largest in the history of the Thunder late season.

“To be honest, it only shows us that we are able to be able,” said Wolves Guard Mike Conley, one of seven players in Minnesota, the two or more 3s. “So we have now set a standard for ourselves, how do we not play with this kind of effort every evening? If we don't do it in the next game, that's on us. It has nothing to do with them.”

Minnesota will organize the game 4 in the Target Center on Monday (8:30 p.m. ESPN), where the wolves went 5-1 in this post.

Before Edwards left the changing room at the end of the night, he was asked if the series had changed.

“No,” said Edwards. “We are still down. It's just a win. I can't be too high.

“So we had to be able to beat this team more than once, and it will be difficult.”