With the Timberwolves now staring at the elimination, Anthony Edwards didn’t hit the panic button, not even accepting his narrative of struggling in Monday night’s 128-126 loss to the Thunder.
“I don’t watch it like I struggled,” Edwards said. “They made a good game plan and got us off the ball. Especially for me, man. They were super on the blanks and I did it right all night.”
Edwards scored just 16 points, his second highest in the playoffs. He also shot only 13 shots in these playoffs and tied for his least match. He scored 1-7 from the depths with a score of 5-13 from the field. Despite this, he delayed the idea that he had not brought.
“I don’t have enough shots to say I’m struggling,” he added. “That’s probably how you guys look. But yeah, I’m not struggling at all. I just did the right game.”
He averaged 22 shots per game in the first round. The game against OKC fell to 17.3 times per game. And not just him dialing it back.
Wolves coach Chris Finch said Edwards got better as the game progressed.
“I think he’s more aggressive in the second half,” Finch said. “He went downhill. We took him a little off the ball. When he went to paint, I thought he found some guys and did the right game. In the first half, he was a little behind.
Julius Randle was almost invisible, scoring only five points on 1-7 and making five turnovers. He admits he is trapped in neutrality.
“I think it’s just my opinion a lot,” Randall said. “I didn’t shoot in the second half until 20 seconds left in the third quarter.”
Game 5 now does or di. No more observations.
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