🔥 Anthony Edwards & Timberwolves WIN Game 7, Advance to West Finals Since 2004!!! 🏆

🔥 Anthony Edwards & Timberwolves WIN Game 7 against Denver Nuggets, Advance to Western Conference Finals Since 2004!!! 🏆

Minnesota Timberwolves came storming back to stun the defending champions Denver Nuggets and grab a 98-90 win in Game 7 of their semifinals series at Ball Arena on Sunday night. Minnesota Timberwolves outscored the Denver Nuggets 60-37 in the second half while completing a wild 30-point swing.

The win officially sends the Timberwolves into their first Western Conference finals in 2 decades since 2004!

Denver Nuggets had built up a 20-point lead in the second half and largely shut down Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards, after all. Yet somehow, despite what was a largely awful offensive showing in the first 24 minutes, the Timberwolves pulled off the largest halftime comeback in a Game 7 in NBA history.

Karl-Anthony Towns led the Timberwolves with 23 points and 11 rebounds in the win. Anthony Edwards had 16 points, all but four of which came in the second half, and eight rebounds and seven assists. He shot just 6-of-24 from the field and 2-of-10 from the 3-point line. Jaden McDaniels finished with 21 points. The Timberwolves shot just 10-of-34 from behind the arc as a team and less than 40% from the field as a unit.

Nikola Jokić finished with 34 points, 19 rebounds and seven assists. He shot just 2-of-10 from behind the arc. Jamal Murray finished with 35 points after shooting 4-of-11 from behind the arc. The duo were the only Nuggets players to hit double figures on the night, and the Nuggets had just five points come from off the bench.

Now that they’ve beaten the Denver Nuggets, the Timberwolves will now advance to the Western Conference final where Luka Dončić, Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks are waiting.

The Mavericks closed out the Oklahoma City Thunder in their semifinals series on Saturday night in Dallas. Dončić put up his third-straight triple-double while leading the Mavericks to the 4-2 series win, which officially eliminated the top seed in the Western Conference. The Mavericks are now in their second conference finals in the past three seasons.

Game 1 of the Western Conference finals is set for Wednesday night in Minneapolis. It will be the Timberwolves' second-ever appearance in the conference finals. They fell in the 2004 series to the Los Angeles Lakers.

► Anthony Edwards (born August 5, 2001), nicknamed "Ant-Man" or simply “Ant,” is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A shooting guard, he played college basketball for the University of Georgia Bulldogs and was selected with the first overall pick by the Timberwolves in the 2020 NBA draft.

Anthony Edwards finished his high school career at Holy Spirit Preparatory School in his hometown of Atlanta, where he was rated a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best players in the 2019 class by major recruiting services. As a senior, he earned McDonald's All-American and USA Today All-USA first team honors. He committed to play college basketball for Georgia, becoming the highest rated recruit to do so, and was named SEC Freshman of the Year after his freshman season with the team.

On November 13, 2023, Anthony Edwards was named the NBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the first time in his career after leading Minnesota to an undefeated week (4–0) with averages of 31.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 2.0 steals. On January 27, 2024, Anthony Edwards recorded 32 points, 6 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists in a 113–112 loss against the San Antonio Spurs. On February 1, Anthony Edwards was named to his second All-Star Game as an Western Conference reserve.

Anthony Edwards was a member of the United States national team that competed in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. He started all eight games and was selected in the All-FIBA World Cup Team. He was the leading scorer for the US by averaging 18.9 points per game as they finished in fourth place.

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