The Minnesota Timberwolves are now out of the NBA playoffs. While they didn’t exactly go down swinging in their 124-94 blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5, making back-to-back trips to the Western Conference finals is no small feat.
They took down both the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors in five games, with Anthony Edwards adding LeBron James, Luka Dončić and Stephen Curry — despite him missing most of the series with a hamstring injury — to his list of elite players he and the Timberwolves have defeated. But the 68-win Thunder proved to be a step ahead.
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On the latest episode of “The Athletic NBA Daily,” Dave DuFour and Zena Keita were joined by Timberwolves beat writer Jon Krawczynski, as they broke down Game 5 and looked ahead to the offseason. They also discussed why the Timberwolves faltered in the Western Conference finals, what Edwards can learn from the series loss to Oklahoma City, whether Chris Finch could have done more to free up his star player, the need for Minnesota to add an additional ballhandler during the offseason and what was most memorable about this 2024-25 Timberwolves team.
Watch the full episode of “The Athletic NBA Daily” below or on the YouTube channel, or via the “The Athletic NBA Daily” podcast feed on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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