https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/13/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/chris-finchs-willingness-to-think-outside-the-box-is-making-a-difference-for-the-wolves-r28053/Playoff basketball isn’t for the faint of heart. In many cases, it’s a platform where players and coaches can tighten up and let the moment overcome the task at hand. Nobody envied the Minnesota Timberwolves as they faced a 2-0 hole against the Oklahoma City Thunder. On Saturday night, Minnesota...28053Mon, 26 May 2025 10:30:38 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-created-a-blueprint-to-win-game-4-r28052/I don’t think anyone had a 143-101 Minnesota Timberwolves blowout win in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals on their Bingo card. Virtually everything went right for the Wolves. Still, with Game 4 taking place just 48 hours later, it’s natural to wonder what Minnesota can carry over to Monday...28052Mon, 26 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-leveraged-their-strength-in-game-3-r28051/Anthony Edwards stopped suddenly as the Minnesota Timberwolves’ public relations staff ushered him from the locker room to the podium for his postgame press conference. He said he wanted to do his interview in the locker room. Why not let someone else get the spotlight? he reasoned. Edwards had 3...28051Sun, 25 May 2025 14:30:33 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-treated-game-3-like-a-battlefield-r28050/It’s challenging to stay present. Be where your feet are, as the cliché goes. Most of us try to focus on that each day, not what may be coming in the near future. The Minnesota Timberwolves walked into Target Center on Saturday for Game 3 knowing how important a win was. They dropped the first tw...28050Sun, 25 May 2025 06:15:27 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/did-sga-get-more-than-a-%E2%80%9Chome-whistle%E2%80%9D-in-games-1-and-2-r28049/Jaden McDaniels said he wasn’t frustrated when he committed a flagrant foul on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the fourth quarter of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 118-103 Game 2 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. “I just wanted to foul him for real,” McDaniels said nonchalantly. “I wasn’t even mad. I ju...28049Sat, 24 May 2025 06:00:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-have-hit-the-halfway-hump-again-r28048/The Minnesota Timberwolves had dispatched the favored Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors in five games, but they knew they hadn’t completed the job. “Our goal is not to win eight playoff games,” Rudy Gobert said. “We’re halfway there.” That sentiment comes from the top. After reaching...28048Fri, 23 May 2025 14:30:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-are-still-searching-for-answers-after-game-2-r28047/Anthony Edwards wasn’t playing Madden in his hotel room, as he typically likes to do in his free time. He wasn’t dropping 50-yard dimes with J.J. McCarthy after the Minnesota Timberwolves dropped Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals 114-88. He was up until 3 AM, watching film on the loss from...28047Fri, 23 May 2025 06:45:38 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/anthony-edwards-can-learn-from-napheesa-colliers-will-to-win-r28046/After calling his shot and leading the Minnesota Timberwolves back to the Western Conference Finals in consecutive seasons for the first time in franchise history, Anthony Edwards didn’t cover himself in glory in a Game 1 beatdown against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The soon-to-be two-time All-NBA...28046Fri, 23 May 2025 10:30:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/okcs-defense-dictated-the-wolves-offense-in-game-1-r28045/The Minnesota Timberwolves shot a playoff-high 51 three-point attempts (3PA) in their Game 1 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. According to tracking data, 39 of those shots were quantified as “open” 3PA. The Timberwolves only made 11 of their open 3PA. Ultimately, rotational role players Naz Rei...28045Thu, 22 May 2025 10:30:41 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-created-a-vicious-cycle-in-game-1-r28044/Chris Finch opened his post-game interview following the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 114-88 Game 1 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder by discussing Minnesota’s defense. “Our offense affected our defense,” Finch said pointedly. “That can’t happen.” Looking back on the loss, that rings true. The Wolves...28044Wed, 21 May 2025 16:30:32 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-must-let-everyone-else-complain-about-shai-gilgeous-alexanders-foul-baiting-r28043/The frustration was evident heading into the series. It bubbled up even with the Minnesota Timberwolves leading the Oklahoma City Thunder 48-44 at halftime of Game 1. As hard as it may be, the Timberwolves must ignore Shai Gilgeous-Alexander‘s foul-baiting and the whistles he gets. Head coach C...28043Thu, 22 May 2025 06:00:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-drowned-in-game-1s-inevitable-storm-r28042/Nickeil Alexander-Walker tried his best to rally his troops as the third quarter was winding down in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. They were men in black, drowning in a ferocious white storm. His cousin, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, just converted an and-one over Anthony Edwards. It was E...28042Wed, 21 May 2025 07:25:56 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/3-timberwolves-keys-to-success-against-the-thunder-r28041/The Minnesota Timberwolves have made it to the Western Conference Finals for the second year in a row, and they face their toughest challenge yet in the Oklahoma City Thunder. Not even the most optimistic Wolves fans would have seen this coming halfway through this season, even though the second h...28041Tue, 20 May 2025 14:30:38 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-old-jazz-core-is-getting-one-last-chance-with-the-wolves-r28040/On September 1, 2020, the Utah Jazz were down 80-78 to the Nikola Jokic-led Denver Nuggets. Donovan Mitchell got the inbound from Joe Ingles with only 16.5 seconds remaining. He took the ball across halfcourt. As he drove to the rim, Bruce Brown stripped the ball right in front of Rudy Gobert, who...28040Tue, 20 May 2025 06:00:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/jaden-mcdaniels-thrives-behind-enemy-lines-r28039/Jaden McDaniels knew what he was doing. He smirked, which is notable because he rarely emotes. However, you know McDaniels is about to do something mischievous when he does. “Everyone’s against us, I’ve kinda been like that forever since high school. I never liked playing at home,” McDaniels sai...28039Mon, 19 May 2025 14:30:07 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-must-break-through-the-wall-of-fatigue-to-beat-the-thunder-r28038/The Minnesota Timberwolves are back where they finished last year. After dispatching the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors in five games, the Timberwolves have returned to the Western Conference Finals for a second straight season. Last season, the Wolves could only scrap out one win...28038Mon, 19 May 2025 10:30:59 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/this-was-the-jimmy-butler-series-minnesota-needed-r28037/Few questioned Jimmy Butler when he shouted, “You f—ing need me, Scott,” at former Minnesota Timberwolves general manager Scott Layden. “You can’t win without me,” he said. Who would dare question Butler? The Wolves traded for him on draft night in 2017, and he led them to their first playoff be...28037Fri, 16 May 2025 06:00:38 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/rudy-gobert-is-minnesotas-closer-r28036/Sometimes, life is just not fair in basketball. Sure, they have the intro videos with Kendrick Lamar’s Squabble Up belting in the background and the player intros with screaming fans. The NBA has cool nicknames, like Rudy Gobert’s The Tower of Power, or Big Ru Go Bert, as Anthony Edwards calls hi...28036Fri, 16 May 2025 10:30:25 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-leaned-on-savvy-and-selfless-play-to-eliminate-the-warriors-r28035/Have you ever seen that KIA commercial where Draymond Green picks up a runaway basketball in the middle of a mountain road? You know, the one where he hops into a KIA Telluride and ultimately outruns being chased by a wolf? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNVJpSsO3q8 Well, maybe they should make...28035Thu, 15 May 2025 16:30:41 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-patience-with-julius-randle-paid-off-r28034/A mid-season injury changed everything for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Right when they turned a corner with their retooled roster, winning 5 games in a row in mid-January, Julius Randle came up gingerly after an overextended layup early in the second quarter against the Utah Jazz. [video width="1...28034Thu, 15 May 2025 14:30:12 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/steph-currys-injury-should-not-discredit-minnesotas-accomplishment-r28033/At halftime in Game 1, tears streamed from Stephen Curry’s face. Steve Kerr hugged him. The Golden State Warriors were leading the Minnesota Timberwolves by 13, the same number of minutes Curry played before he returned to the locker room with a hamstring injury. Curry scored 13 points in those 1...28033Thu, 15 May 2025 06:35:35 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-have-one-last-demon-to-conquer-r28032/Anthony Edwards had beaten the half-time buzzer with a deep three, igniting his 30-point night. The Minnesota Timberwolves responded by outscoring the Golden State Warriors 39-17 in the third quarter, and Steve Kerr began to pull his starters with the Wolves leading 105-87 with 6:53 left. Still,...28032Wed, 14 May 2025 15:30:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/jaden-mcdaniels-has-had-a-mini-%E2%80%9Cleonard-leap%E2%80%9D-r28031/On March 14, 2016, Kawhi Leonard explained why he has such a quiet demeanor. “I don’t like to bring attention to myself,” he told Sports Illustrated. “I don’t like to make a scene.” Leonard earned his first All-Star appearance in 2016. He would win his second Defensive Player of the Year award a...28031Wed, 14 May 2025 06:00:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/ants-deep-three-at-the-end-of-the-half-changed-everything-r28030/It’s astonishing how one timely second-quarter shot can change the momentum of an NBA game. That was true for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Anthony Edwards in Game 4. He drained a 3-pointer at the buzzer right before halftime, cutting the Golden State Warriors’ lead to 60-58. Edwards chirped an...28030Tue, 13 May 2025 16:30:58 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/ants-curry-like-takeover-all-but-cements-golden-states-fate-r28029/Anthony Edwards hit one of those shots that even stunned Golden State Warriors fans, who have seen countless heroic shots from Steph Curry. https://twitter.com/Timberwolves/status/1922133149464633701 It was a 30-foot bomb to close the first half. Gary Payton II was draped all over Edwards. Draym...28029Tue, 13 May 2025 06:35:07 +0000