Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert save Minnesota from disaster
The Timberwolves flirted with utter accident throughout Saturday s contest in Philadelphia In the end thanks to Rudy Gobert s rebounding and specific ridiculous shot making from Anthony Edwards Minnesota escaped with a - win With Minnesota leading by two and the shot clock set to expire with seconds to play in regulation Edwards was caught in double-team jail outside the arc The guard rose up and fired over four outstretched arms splash I don t know I was trapped I knew there was six seconds left and I didn t have nobody to throw it to I just had to get enough space to get a shot off Edwards reported in his post-game on-court television interview I work on all those shots every day with assistant coach Chris Hines so big shoutout to him The heroics came at the end of a quarter in which Edwards scored points on the strength of four triples The guard finished with points on a night where he crossed a threshold of made triples on the season Minnesota needed all of it which was surprising given the opponent Philadelphia entered Saturday s bout as a loser of its previous games Six of the ers previous seven losses came by -plus points They ve been non-competitive And yet they went down to the wire with the Wolves Because Minnesota absolutely isn t playing with a competitive edge The same was true against Brooklyn and frankly even in its dramatic win in Denver It s been who we ve been all season and it s disappointing It starts with surviving our own mistakes Timberwolves coach Chris Finch stated reporters We had a bunch of guys who didn t play particularly well currently and the vitality was down around that The vigor from everyone but Gobert He continued his latest run of interior dominance finishing with points rebounds three blocks and two steals Gobert had eight points and eight rebounds in the fourth quarter alone including a thunderous slam off an offensive rebound It s incredible to play with somebody who s a phenomenal rim protector and a phenomenal rebounder Edwards mentioned He s been finishing the ball well lately also So big shoutout to Rudy He s been playing at a high level and we need that going into the postseason That Gobert slam put the Wolves up with minutes seconds to play The tournament appeared to be closed at that point But instead Philadelphia guard Quentin Grimes went nuclear He scored points in the final three and a half minutes to add doubt back into the equation But Minnesota likely shouldn t have detected itself in such a fight to begin with Rudy just refuses to let us lose on nights like this but you can argue that we possibly should have Finch stated There s no reason that we shouldn t have had better more strength tonight across the board Particularly with just one week to play in the regular season and everything at stake in the current Western Conference playoff chase Minnesota next plays in Milwaukee on Tuesday Related Articles Timberwolves down Brooklyn for fourth straight win for and counting Timberwolves wild win in Denver again put end-of-game struggles on display Taylor cedes Timberwolves and Lynx ownership to Rodriguez Lore Timberwolves win wild wild double-overtime affair in Denver Can Timberwolves avoid play-in tournament A guide to Minnesota s playoff prospects
