The Minnesota Timberwolves’ season is in dire straits following their Game 4 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals. The loss dropped the Wolves to 1-3 in the best-of-seven series.
The loss was coupled with an uncharacteristically poor performance from young star Anthony Edwards. Edwards only scored 16 points in the contest, going 5-for-13 from the field (1-for-7 on 3-pointers).
Edwards spoke about his performance after the game.
“I don’t look at it like I struggled, or [ teammate Julius Randle] struggled,” Edwards said, according to ESPN. “They just, they had a good game plan, making us get off the ball. Especially for me, man. They were super in the gaps, I made the right play all night.”
“I don’t really look at it like I struggled,” Edwards went on. “I didn’t get enough shots to say I struggled, so that might be how you guys look at it. But, yeah, I didn’t struggle at all. I just made the right play.”
Edwards also spoke about having to temper his instinct to score.
“It’s an urge that I want to get the ball in the rim, put it up there,” Edwards said. “But you don’t want to take bad shots and get your team out of rhythm. So I was just playing the game the right way, man.”
It’ll be interesting to see how Edwards approaches the pivotal Game 5, with the entire season on the line.
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