Anthony Edwards on Donte DiVincenzo:
“I love Donte. I told him after the game he’s got gorilla nuts.”
“When he took the three at the end today I was like ‘Ah Donte’ and then he made it I was like, ‘Let’s fucking go Donte.’”
Chris Finch on the criticism Rudy Gobert receives:
“It’s a joke that he wasn’t a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year.”
“He’s an outstanding defender. He’s an outstanding professional. He’s an outstanding person and is about the right things.”
Good night, Wolves Nation 🫡
Chris Finch on Rudy Gobert defensively vs Jokić
“He was phenomenal. Surviving the foul trouble. Playing his defense before the catch. After the catch. Challenging everything. It’s hard as heck to guard those guys, there in every single action down.”
Jaden McDaniels, deadpan delivery, on what worked for the Timberwolves offensively.
Jaden: “Go at Jokic, Jamal, all the bad defenders. Tim Hardaway, Cam Johnson, Aaron Gordon, their whole team.”
Q: They’re all bad defenders?
Jaden: “Yeah, they’re all bad defenders.”
Chris Finch on Rudy Gobert's defense
"It's a joke that he wasn't a finalist for DPOY. — Usually all by himself, he's a top-five defense in the league."
"It's just laughable and small-minded and petty, all the crap that people decided to give Rudy."
Ant after going 10/25 from the field:
"I'm ass bruh. Fuck" 🤣
Timberwolves 119, Nuggets 114: Survive. Settle. Smack Back.
Anthony Edwards 30-point double-double helped Minnesota survive, but his team’s tenacious late game defense stole game two.
Our @tlo-l-w.bsky.social stayed up to tell the tale ⤵️
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WOLVES AINT DEAD
DONTE!
Wolves win
19 point comeback win for the Wolves tonight.
Their second largest in playoff history, dating back to their G7 at Ball Arena in 2024.
Series tied heading back home
good D from Rudy on Jokic, Donte grabs the loose ball and scores
It's game like this that are also why whoever wins this series may have nothing left for the next round.
Donte making winning plays at both ends
Ayo vs Jokic
Five out offense by Wolves has gotten them back in this game.
If the Timberwolves have the ball with less than 10 seconds left in a quarter it is basically a guarantee that the other team is going to score somehow
Welp.
Chris Finch was asked pregame about the officiating in Game 1 and the embellishment of contact that happens during games.
After being the youngest player to ever be named EuroLeague MVP, Dorka Juhász now has a big opportunity ahead of her in the WNBA with the Minnesota Lynx.
@hansen13.bsky.social has more on the soon-to-be third-year forward who is now done overseas. ⤵️ www.canishoopus.com/minnesota-ly...
Timberwolves-Nuggets Game 1 Film Review
@reichten.bsky.social deep dives into the key plays from the 116-105 Timberwolves loss in Game 1 to the Nuggets ⤵️
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🐺 Two Words: Wolves Pod 🐺
The series isn't won in game 1, but there are some serious concerns moving forward:
→ Ant's status 🤕
→ Fouls & FTs 🦓
→ Randle Conundrum 😓
→ DEN ice cold 🥶
→ Rudy & Mike 💪
→ Game 2 storylines 👀
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Our @yoleo.bsky.social recently did a breakdown of this very game.
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Just can't have this stuff from Julius Randle:
- Jogs back after missed layup
- Bad turnover then gets beat on the glass
- Standing at half court while his man dunks
Nuggets 116, Timberwolves 105: The Switch Stays Un-Flipped
The Wolves opened up the 2026 Playoffs with a loss to the Nuggets who out-executed them down the stretch.
@reichten.bsky.social has the story from Denver ⤵️
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Anthony Edwards on why the ball movement fell apart in the second half:
“I don’t know. I gotta go watch the film. I thought the ball was still kinda moving but Finch said the same thing, the ball stopped kinda moving. I don’t know, I gotta go look at it.”
Anthony Edwards on how he felt in Game 1:
“Nah, I felt good. A little fatigued, I haven’t played in like a month. But that was expected. Other than that I felt good.”
