He made that clear in between Games 1 and 2 of the series, when he said he couldn’t yet be considered a “young star” in the NBA, despite already making an all-star game appearance. The 21-year-old wing seemed set on advancing and making distinguishable progress in his second appearance. He had done the whole “reach the playoffs and immediately get ousted” thing before and he was having none of it this time. The Timberwolves were a short-handed eighth seed against what many believe to be the best team in the Western Conference, yet none of that seemed to matter to Edwards. As soon as the ball clanked off the iron, Edwards ran off the arena floor, leaving a folding chair in his wake. Minutes earlier, he had missed a 3-point shot at the final horn that would have sent the game to overtime. His face was riddled with disappointment. That was not the sentiment after Minnesota’s Game 5 loss to Denver in the same round last week.Įdwards’ head was down on the table for the start of his postgame press conference. Moments after the loss, Edwards quickly shifted gears to what he planned to work on in the offseason in preparation for getting back to the same stage and being better. He seemed to understand such playoff lumps were part of the process in his first bite at the postseason apple. But Edwards was too optimistic to get down. They let the series slip through their fingertips. The Timberwolves held double-digit fourth-quarter leads in each of their final three losses of that series, Game 6 included. If anything, that would have been the time to be down. Anthony Edwards was serious, but still his smiling, bubbly self after Minnesota’s Game 6 first-round series loss to Memphis last spring that ended the star guard’s first playoff appearance.
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