Chris Hine

3 days ago | startribune.com | Chris Hine

SAN FRANCISCO - Even though Anthony Edwards had a relatively quiet first half in Saturday night's Game 3 of the Timberwolves' second-round playoff series against Golden State, coach Chris Finch was happy with the way his star was playing. This wasn't like Game 1, when Finch said Edwards needed to come out with more energy and set the tone. "I thought he was aggressive and doing the right things," Finch said of Edwards.

4 days ago | startribune.com | Chris Hine

Minnesota grabbed a 2-1 lead in the NBA playoff series with a road victory driven by late energy, Anthony Edwards' 36 points and Julius Randle's triple-double. The Minnesota Star Tribune But to hear Edwards tell it, he got going a few minutes earlier, when he had the unfamiliar feeling of someone putting him on a poster, when Jonathan Kuminga dunked on him at the 4:18 mark. "I felt like when Kuminga dunked on me, it got me going more so, if anything," Edwards said.

4 days ago | kdhnews.com | Chris Hine

SAN FRANCISCO - The Minnesota Timberwolves are in a race against the calendar and the healing power of Stephen Curry's left hamstring to close this series out. To do that, they might have to finish the series in five games, before Curry might return for a potential Game 6. After an easy win in Game 2, Game 3 was anything but, as the Golden State Warriors ground out the game against a struggling Wolves offense - and Jimmy Butler appeared unguardable most of the night.

4 days ago | sacbee.com | Chris Hine

SAN FRANCISCO – The Minnesota Timberwolves are in a race against the calendar and the healing power of Stephen Curry's left hamstring to close this series out. To do that, they might have to finish the series in five games, before Curry might return for a potential Game 6. After an easy win in Game 2, Game 3 was anything but, as the Golden State Warriors ground out the game against a struggling Wolves offense – and Jimmy Butler appeared unguardable most of the night.

4 days ago | startribune.com | Chris Hine

Following Thursday's 117-93 win over Golden State, a game in which the Timberwolves jumped out to a 13-0 lead to start, head coach Chris Finch summed up the victory perfectly when speaking postgame. After back-to-back duds from beyond the arc in Game 5 of the first round series against the Lakers and the opening game of this one - shooting a combined 12-76 (15.8%) from three - Minnesota looked, as Finch put it, much more like themselves.