https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/29/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/anthony-edwards-brought-the-rain-and-blotted-out-the-suns-r27635/One hundred fifty-three teams in NBA history have fallen behind 3-0 in a playoff series. Only four times has a team down 0-3 forced a Game 7, and the trailing team has never returned from the deficit. After the Minnesota Timberwolves outplayed them for the third straight game, the Phoenix Suns ent...27635Mon, 29 Apr 2024 06:45:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-went-to-another-level-in-game-3-r27634/To understand Game 3, we must look at what the Phoenix Suns said after their Game 2 loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday. “We didn’t keep our composure,” said Phoenix head coach Frank Vogel. When a reporter asked what caused the lack of composure, he responded, “All of the above. W...27634Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:30:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/will-the-wolves-return-to-bad-habits-in-phoenix-r27633/The Minnesota Timberwolves are up 2-0 in their first-round series against the Phoenix Suns. It’s quite an extraordinary development, given everything that happened in the regular season between the two teams. Not only have the Wolves beaten the Suns, who took all three regular-season games, but th...27633Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:30:08 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/naw-and-naz-round-out-minnesotas-championship-blueprint-r27632/The concept of depth can often be misunderstood when it comes to the playoffs. Having multiple options at the end of your bench to substitute in when a superior player is sitting out is valuable in team building. But things tend to change once you get to the playoffs and rotations tighten. A team...27632Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:30:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/jaden-mcdaniels-is-an-assassin-on-a-team-that-has-developed-a-killer-instinct-r27631/The Minnesota Timberwolves took the tarps off the upper-level seats behind the baskets, and the crowd of 19,478 created a skull-cracking cacophony before Game 1. It didn’t matter that the Phoenix Suns had swept the regular-season series, including a 125-106 win a week earlier. It was the playoffs....27631Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:45:19 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-did-the-wolves-defense-snuff-out-the-suns-r27630/After scoring a playoff career-high 25 points, Jaden McDaniels is answering questions at the post-game podium. A reporter asks what it’s like playing defense with Anthony Edwards and Nickeil Alexander-Walker. “Every time I go on the court and I see them two, I just be like, ‘Who you wanna guard?’...27630Wed, 24 Apr 2024 07:00:30 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/nickeil-alexander-walker-was-ready-for-this-moment-r27628/Last year, the eight-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves crawled into the playoffs after a Play-In Tournament victory over the tenth-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder. It was Minnesota’s second time making the playoffs in as many seasons. But they had to play the first-seeded Denver Nuggets, equipped with th...27628Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:30:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/anthony-edwards-is-taking-command-r27627/Bradley Beal told Chris Finch that he didn’t think the Minnesota Timberwolves played hard enough after the Phoenix Suns’ 125-105 win over the Wolves in Game 82. Phoenix’s win came nine days after beating the Timberwolves 97-87 in the desert, completing a three-game regular-season sweep. The Vegas...27627Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:30:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/chris-finchs-adjustments-shined-against-the-suns-r27626/A dejected Bradley Beal sits at the post-game podium after the Minnesota Timberwolves thumped the Phoenix Suns 120-95. “Obviously, we’re pissed off about the loss,” Beal said, “but we’ll motivate ourselves and know we can play better.” Down the hallway, Edwards spoke matter-of-factly about Minnes...27626Sun, 21 Apr 2024 06:00:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-is-behind-ants-second-half-statistical-decline-r27624/A raspy-voiced Anthony Edwards approached the podium late Thursday afternoon after receiving treatment. Dane Moore asked if he was feeling a little sick. “Yeah, for sure,” he said. “But I’ll be alright.” Edwards responded with his trademark smile. Downplaying injuries and illnesses to avoid maki...27624Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:15:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-can-the-wolves-make-us-unsee-what-weve-seen-r27623/There was a scratch in Anthony Edwards’ voice when he spoke to the media after practice on Wednesday. He had been in the training room, working through his ailments before the playoffs begin on Saturday. The Minnesota Timberwolves play the Phoenix Suns, the only team that swept them in the regular...27623Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:30:56 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/grayson-allen-must-be-stopped-at-all-costs-r27622/The Minnesota Timberwolves are heading into the most crucial playoff series the franchise has played in 20 years, with Game 1 against the Phoenix Suns tipping off Saturday at 2:30 pm. The Suns are probably the last team Wolves fans wanted to see strolling into the Target Center in the first round...27622Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:30:08 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-much-should-we-read-into-minnesotas-regular-season-matchups-with-the-suns-r27621/Each NBA season has 82 games. 4 games against your four other divisional opponents 4 games against six other non-divisional interconference opponents 3 games against the remaining four non-divisional interconference opponents And 2 games against the 15 opposite conference teams Winning most...27621Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:30:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-need-their-complementary-players-at-their-best-in-round-1-r27620/In a three-game season series against the Phoenix Suns, the Minnesota Timberwolves struggled to get anything going offensively or defensively. The Suns affected Minnesota’s flow, forcing them to make a lot of mistakes. Credit Frank Vogel and his staff for employing a strategy that has limited Min...27620Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:30:27 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/wolves-suns-is-the-most-high-stakes-first-round-series-in-the-nba-r27619/The NBA regular season is officially over. After finishing 56-26, the second-best record in franchise history, the Minnesota Timberwolves will go into the first round with home-court advantage for the first time in 20 years. Unfortunately for Wolves fans, several anxiety-inducing factors somewhat...27619Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:30:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/mike-conley-is-at-the-crossroads-again-r27618/Mike Conley answered questions at his locker after the Phoenix Suns thumped the Minnesota Timberwolves 125-106 in Game 82. “I think we’re a team that we haven’t looked across the court,” a reserved Conley said,” and thought we’re not better than [them].” That confidence in himself and the team co...27618Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:30:38 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/kats-ball-movement-will-be-vital-in-the-playoffs-r27617/On March 7, the Minnesota Timberwolves were in Gainbridge Fieldhouse, taking on the Indiana Pacers. Five seconds into the game, Anthony Edwards rolled his left ankle while attempting to score against Aaron Neisimith. He immediately deferred the ball to Mike Conley and signaled to Minnesota’s bench...27617Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:30:26 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-are-flying-awfully-close-to-the-sun-r27616/Tim Connelly isn’t clairvoyant, but he knew this season’s stakes in September. “We’ve got to win a playoff series,” he said on media day before the season started. “It’s been way too long since we’ve had success in the postseason.” The Minnesota Timberwolves haven’t won a playoff series since the...27616Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-does-it-mean-when-the-wolves-say-gobert-is-the-reason-they-dont-lose-r27615/The Minnesota Timberwolves had a below-average defense by relative defensive rating for seven straight seasons from 2014 to 2021. Though the high-energy, blitzing-based defense of the 2021-22 season worked well, it wasn’t until Tim Connelly swung the massive Rudy Gobert trade in July 2022 that def...27615Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:30:52 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/why-is-ant-shooting-so-many-bank-shots-r27614/Seeing Paul Pierce in a Washington Wizards jersey will never feel normal. However, seeing Pierce knock down a last-second shot to win the game was a staple of his career. In the final seconds of a May 9, 2015, playoff game, Pierce took an inbound pass toward Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schröder. Wi...27614Sat, 13 Apr 2024 06:15:19 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/nickeil-alexander-walker-is-your-seventh-man-of-the-year-r27613/It’s NBA awards season, and the Minnesota Timberwolves are poised to take home some hardware in several major categories for the first time in a generation. Despite the Twitter bot discourse around Rudy Gobert getting punked by Nikola Jokic and Christian Braun in Minnesota’s loss to the Denver Nug...27613Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:30:11 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/ants-quick-decision-making-is-vital-for-minnesotas-playoff-success-r27612/Being the engine of an offense is already a tough ask for any player. But to do it on a top seed looking to change the history and norms of the franchise is even more difficult. Those are the exact circumstances that Anthony Edwards faces. The Minnesota Timberwolves’ 55-plus wins are impressive, b...27612Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:30:37 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/towns-will-benefit-from-returning-to-a-more-physical-nba-r27611/Basketball-reference’s nicknames section is comedy gold. For some players, it is pretty straightforward. Kevin Garnett is KG, The Kid, and The Big Ticket, each nickname more iconic than the last. For other players, it makes no sense. Corey Brewer, for example, is The Drunken Dribbler and Greyhoun...27611Wed, 10 Apr 2024 10:30:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/goberts-return-to-defensive-greatness-fueled-minnesotas-historic-season-r27610/The Minnesota Timberwolves franchise isn’t renowned for its defense. Jimmy Butler is Minnesota’s most recent player to receive DPOY votes. Kevin Garnett won the award in 2008 with the Boston Celtics. However, people knew he was a good defensive player with the Wolves. Besides Butler and Garnett, T...27610Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:30:36 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/kyle-anderson-is-heading-into-the-playoffs-under-scrutiny-again-r27609/Rudy Gobert punched Kyle Anderson almost a year ago. “We definitely hashed it out,” Anderson told the Star Tribune afterward. “That happens all the time in sports. I feel like people are acting like they’ve never seen it before. We’re grown men. We’re able to put it behind us. We both want to win....27609Sat, 06 Apr 2024 06:15:43 +0000