Immediate takeaway from Phoenix Suns losing Game 1 to Minnesota Timberwolves, 120-95, Saturday afternoon in first round of NBA playoffs — T-Wolves answered the bell. From Anthony Edwards going solar with a game-high 33 points that included talking trash to Kevin Durant after hitting a 3 over him in the second half to Nickeil Alexander-Walker providing a spark off the bench,
The Phoenix Suns and Jusuf Nurkic will take on the Minnesota Timberwolves at 7:30 PM ET on Tuesday in the 2024 NBA playoffs.Nurkic paces his team in rebounds per contest (11.0), and also posts
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The Phoenix Suns not only swept but dominated one of the Western Conference's best in the Minnesota Timberwolves in their three-game regular-season series. That doesn't mean Minnesota's Rudy Gobert, one of the NBA's best rim protectors ever,
Rudy Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves will match up against the Phoenix Suns at 7:30 PM ET on Tuesday in the 2024 NBA Playoffs.Gobert puts up a team-leading 12.9 rebounds per game. He is also
The Minnesota Timberwolves answered the bell in Saturday's Game 1. From Anthony Edwards going solar with a game-high 33 points that included talking trash to Kevin Durant after hitting a 3 over him in the second half to Nickeil Alexander-Walker providing a spark off the bench,
Phoenix superstar Kevin Durant scored his typical 31 points in Saturday's NBA playoffs Game 1, but the Timberwolves held scorers Devin Booker and Grayson Allen to a combined 5-for-19 shooting in a 120-95 decision just six days after the Suns soundly beat them at Target Center.
In Game 2 of the opening round of the NBA Playoffs, the Minnesota Timberwolves will face the Phoenix Suns.The Timberwolves enter their game as a 3-point favorite against the Suns. The over/under
It's over at Target Center, where Timberwolves young star Anthony Edwards turned Game 1 of a first-round playoff series with Phoenix into a third-quarter party ... and a 120-95 victory over a Suns team that had beaten them soundly in all three regular-season games.
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For a week, the Timberwolves heard the talk that the Suns were a bad match for them in the first round of the playoffs. For a week, the Wolves had a chance to devise counters to the weaknesses Phoenix exploited in their three regular-season matchups.
Timberwolves players Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert and Mike Conley react after a 120-95 win over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday in Game 1 of the Western Conference Playoffs at Target Center.
Since the Suns put the capstone on their seasonlong shellacking of the Timberwolves with a 125-106 victory Sunday at Target Center, there has been plenty of time for fans, players and coaches to roll around the matchup in their heads.
The Phoenix Suns clinched the Western Conference's No. 6 seed in the NBA playoffs with a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, coupled with the Los Angeles Lakers defeating the New Orleans Pelicans. The Thunder prevailed in a three-way race in the West with an emphatic season-finale win over the Mavericks.
Gallery: Anthony Edwards (5) of the Minnesota Timberwolves reacts after making a three pointer in the fourth quarter on Saturday, March 20, 2024, at Target Center.
Anthony Edwards had struggled down the back stretch of the regular season. Over his final 13 games, Edwards shot just 42 percent from the field and 29 percent from 3-point range. Not horrifying — especially not as opponents stacked their entire defenses against the 22-year-old all-star guard — just not Edwards’ usual numbers.
Anthony Edwards led the Timberwolves with 33 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists as Minnesota defeated Phoenix, 120-95. Karl-Anthony Towns added 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists while Rudy Gobert totaled 14 points and 16 rebounds.
Midway through Saturday's third quarter, Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert did something he seldom does. He showed off his post moves. With a playoff game filled with alleys and oops and putback jams, Gobert backed away Phoenix center Jusuf Nurkic with three dribbles across the lane before he reversed course and over his right shoulder banked a 12-foot turnaround shot off glass.
Devin Booker’s off-night was the story behind the Phoenix Suns’ 120-95 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference first-round. Booker, who is the Suns’ franchise player, finished with 18 points but struggled to shoot against the Timberwolves for most of the game.
The Timberwolves, following a blockbuster 2022 trade, took a full season to successfully incorporate Rudy Gobert alongside fellow big man Karl-Anthony Towns into this year's 56-26 season. Last summer,
After it was thoroughly dismantled in three regular season meetings by Phoenix, the Timberwolves returned the favor when it mattered most. Minnesota sent a major message to open the series en route to a 120-95 Game 1 victory at Target Center.
The Minnesota Timberwolves sent a message in Game 1 of the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs. Playing host to the Phoenix Suns, the Wolves were looking to avenge their 0-3 regular season record against the Suns and their trio of stars.
The Phoenix Suns have pushed through an inconsistent regular season in which they only had the Big 3 of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal for exactly half of the team’s 82 games. They put 24 different starting lineups on the floor largely due to numerous injuries.
The Phoenix Suns got whooped by the Minnesota Vikings in Game 1 in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. It was an ugly showing for Phoenix as the team lost 120-95. Luckily for them, they still have a chance to get back in this series.
Stylistically, the Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns couldn’t be much more different. The Timberwolves have built a brand centered on big ball. They use their size and length to suffocate you, particularly on defense.
While the loss looks lopsided, the Suns cut the Wolves' lead to four midway into the third quarter - and there were a handful of ultimate positives that the team can take out of t
The Minnesota Timberwolves had an amazing season that deserves to be celebrated. Anthony Edwards emerged as a star who led the franchise through a prolonged period of time without All-Star forward Karl Anthony-Towns,
It’s, frankly, unheard of for a 56-win team to be an underdog to advance out of a first-round series in the NBA playoffs. Particularly when said 56-win team is entirely healthy. Yet that’s the situation in which the Timberwolves find themselves,
The Minnesota Timberwolves went up 1-0 in their series against the Phoenix Suns following a 120-95 victory on Saturday. Edwards finished with 33 points while Kevin Durant also notched his own 30-burger with 31 points.
Basketball fans enter the arena to watch Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns Game 1 of the playoffs at Target Center on Saturday in Minneapolis. Minnesota Timberwolves fans swarmed downtown Minneapolis Saturday for the opening of the NBA playoffs.
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The Suns are flush with star wings, each of whom can create his own shot at the snap of his fingers. Aesthetically, nothing about the two teams is the same. Yet the stories are somewhat similar. Both franchises were on promising tracks following the 2021-22 season.
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