ESPN reacts to Anthony Edwards & Timberwolves rout Raptors 133-85 to move into tie for first in West

ESPN reacts to Anthony Edwards & Timberwolves rout Raptors 133-85 to move into tie for first in West

Anthony Edwards got five three-pointers to drop through tonight on his way to 28 points also had six assists for the Timberwolves Nas Reed LED all scores at halim with 18 points he finished the game with 23 plus seven rebounds for Nas and Monte Morris had a nice game off the

Bench for the timber Wes in double figures with 13 points tonight as the wolves run away with it and wrap up the Raptors 133 to 85 is the final score the 48o win is the largest of the season for the Timberwolves we bring you wolves live now with Rebecca Brunson I’m Mary

Gelner the Timberwolves had 20 made three-pointers that’s one off their season high they had 37 assists that is their season High there were a lot of numbers that we could give you that would show just how dominant this game is but one of the most important was Anthony Edwards getting shots to fall

And getting into a bit of a rhythm again welcome back welcome back welcome back an I mean he had to feel I feel like he should have felt relief when he finally s saw some shots going down but he was just you could tell there was not a

Moment where he doubted the fact that the next shot was going in when he finally busted the lid off of that three ball after going over for 22 he didn’t think about he didn’t look to the heavens and say oh my go finally he was

Asking for a foul like ref they got me on the elbow so every shot that he shoots he feels like it’s going in right so it was good to see him come back and get in a rhythm especially from three knocking down five threes he started to feel good but the confidence that

Patient so I’m just excited to be here and getting ready to lock in for playoffs what are some of the things that you have learned from Anthony Edwards it was fun to see him find his touch tonight um hitting some big three-pointers but the time You’ spent

With him what have you learned um just a lot just like you know he got a killer mindset no matter who in front of him you know his confidence is through the roof and um you know I always said I thought he was the top uh two guard in

The league um on both hands so um I’m excited for his growth and I’m glad I’m his teammate so how important is a win like this now as you guys have to head out onto the road and play some tough teams in Phoenix and la oh it’s big I

Mean we got to finish out strong but taking care of home court has been coach fence’s um biggest you know issue with us playing at home so I’m glad we got it done tonight all right congratulations thank you Monte Morris hit three three-pointers tonight for the timber

Wes he had 13 total points but three threes and the Timberwolves as a team had 23p pointers their season average is 13 their season high is 21 so one off of the Season High tonight I mean they dominated from three you know they only have four 46 points in the paint but the

Way they share shared the basketball and it was equal opportunity from three ball they had 23s like you said but 19 of those were assisted they were not tough shots they were not a lot of dribbling into the three just being prepared to shoot the ball as soon as it touched

Your fingers right that’s the only one where I feel like someone took a dribble to get the three off know slow-mo got his three off in the corner but it was just so easy it was seamless offense for the woles tonight to with a knock down and three just because of the ball

Movement moving it playing with each other you know like we talked about Nas he got it rolling and then you get confidence when ant hits a couple you know nille can shoot the three ball extremely well so just the ball movement and the way that they just took whatever

The defense gave them and it it was just the shots were not tough very easy not a lot of contests just being able to knock it down so it it was a you know barrage from three ball tonight for the it was a barrage yeah 20 made threes for the

Timberwolves seven for Toronto a huge discrepancy in three-point shooting here tonight and a big Timberwolves win over the Toronto Raptors we’ll bring you postgame reaction from Chris Finch here is Finch right after the game tonight Chris how important is a win like this to um rest players to get

Different guys in before you guys head out on the road uh yeah you know taking care of business U taking advantage of a severely depleted team um and just you know kind of just kept kept growing the league growing the league growing the league um you that was a challenge at

Halftime was to to play against our own standard um and you know guys I thought for the most part did did a great job of that all game long and did you feel like ant kind of got back to normal here yeah absolutely I thought uh stepping into a

Shot um you know just rising up and taking it um I love the fact that he took 12 of them you know just to try to shoot himself back back into some Rhythm um so yeah that was really good to see Chris uh one of the better Monte

Games do you think just in terms of aggression and just playing in a flow yeah I think that was definitely a silver lining um with Mike being out today uh something that we really hop for that Monte would get out there get some extended minutes get some uh run

With some different lineups you know um JM has been playing so well and some of those lineups have been playing so well that um you know he’s been a little in on some lineup combinations and um you know I think it’s definitely affected him at times uh he’s been playing great

But just the opportunity hasn’t been there um so you know just getting him out there with different guys it was good to see so just in terms of his overall fit like what have you learned about how he fits specifically with this group and how you can kind of deploy him

Going into the playoffs um I’ve said this about other players and good fits around some are guys is you need like low usage high impact you know guys that don’t need the ball in their hands but when they do have the ball in their hands they’re always making the right play and being

Efficient with it um so he he plays seamlessly on or off the ball um and um you know I like to see him be even a little bit more aggressive when he has his opportunity with the ball at times early in the offense just to try to get to the heart

Of the defense uh and you know his defense I’ve been said this before I’ve been really impressed with it is the physicality uh which he guards being able to Stand Up Guys particularly bigger guys um but yeah know he’s he’s been he was a huge acquisition for us

And um you know we’re going to need him to play like this coming down the stretch for sure so did seem like every bucket to start the game was assisted was that especially maybe like the first quarter and a half really like a really strong continuation of what you guys

Have been doing on that end yeah for sure just keep continue to move the ball um we knew we’d face different looks um you know we seem to be handling switching a little bit better now I think guys are understand that you defeat it with the pass and the movement

Rather than just the the bounce um uh but yeah guys really looking for each other for the most part I mean Nas’s hot um and and ant was you know you could see was being extra aggressive trying to work through his issues but other than that you know guys were really moving

The ball and playing well so D Saint SPS we’re pretty okay with an just kind of trying to work through that shot use a reason for that yeah 100% you know um I thought he stayed within the flow of the game you know I thought there were some

Other plays he to be made for him but I was happy with him being that aggressive tonight for sure no doubt Leonard Miller has been pretty productive in his couple of minutes he’s got into play this year what have you seen from his progression from where he was the first day of

Training camp to today well like most rookies his first day of training camp you know his head was spinning um everything’s moving fast he’s trying to learn and catch up um and just you know once he has uh an understanding what we’re trying to do um game kind of slows

Down for him a little bit um so so that’s definitely different um but what we like about Leonard is just he’s Fearless you know he comes in he just plays makes basketball play he’s just kind of hooping out there right now um but he’s got he can do a little bit

Of everything you know he can can playmake he can he can knock down enough shots um he got a nose for the ball both ends of the the floor um that’s what we loved about him in the draft and and we and it’s held true right now you know so

We just got to keep polishing him up and you know keep getting him getting better with his understanding and everything like that and kind of figure out who he is best but the the raw materials are certainly pretty intriguing couple of years ago um you decided to diversify a little bit away

From the high wall because you needed more looks for the playoffs yeah um now I mean you’ve got enormous amount of looks is there a point where you need to start calling uh to kind of focus in on what you need for the playoffs or is it

Um I mean we’ve gone through so many different looks of The Season’s gone along I don’t feel like we have to kind of just force things into the game right now um just for the sake of working on them um but you know there are things we

Are continuing to brush up on when we do get those moments to practice um but yeah I mean just being able to employ different things get confidence in that it’s huge right now so but not so much in the games just for the sake of it you

Know try to do what the game says is finishing out the regular season that separate from preparing for the playoffs do you think I mean you taking it one at a time or is it kind of now blending yeah I think uh for for us it’s all

About you know playing in our best best Rhythm and just you know we talked about what playing at home court means for us I think you know we got a a couple games coming up here that are really meaningful I mean they’re possible playoff opponents um those teams are fighting

For their lives you know it’s going to be a great test for us so I think I think the more that we can go through those things all the way to the end the better for us Timberwolves win the game tonight over the Raptors by 48 points which is a

Season high in margin Victory they hold Toronto to a season low 85 points and Rebecca just really Domination by Minnesota tonight I mean which it should have been if you look at the records 23 and 53 and the wolves are completely opposite 53 and 23 um so the Wolves came

Out they shot the ball extremely well you look at the three-point differential uh when Toronto only hit seven threes where the Wolves hit 20 you know they limited their free throws if you look at the way that the wolves are able to share the ball with 37 assists and

Toronto only had 19 assists but they turned the ball over 21 times and the Wolves were able to get 28 points off of that so that absolutely stood out nikil Alexander Walker was in the starting lineup tonight for Mike Conley now finished with 14 points and here he is inside the Wolves locker

Room I think it was important for us to remain professionals to come out doing the right things I think games like this are great opportunities for us to build and to prepare and work on things that we need to do to get better and and for everyone to get in guys like Luca

Wendell D Josh everyone who supports Leonard um and for them to get minutes as well to have fun and uh get some live action we saw Monte Morris as well get some good minutes with the team how do you see him fitting into this team right

Now I think he just adds another point guard for us I think last last season uh it was tough Mike had so much um pressure on his shoulders I was think just to being the soul merry guy that can provide offense and I think Monte

Did a great job of doing that for us tonight you guys started the season in Toronto with that loss a tough one I mean how far has this team come fromal training camp preseason early on in the season to where you guys are at right now in the top

Left just credit to to everybody here I want just to my hat to everyone that stuck with it especially after the first loss starting the season one and two um kind of just opened our eyes like the work has to be put in uh we’re not going

To get where we want to be by showing just showing up and everyone stepped up and did the right things it was fun to see Aunt get his um shot back together tonight what did you see from Aunt on the court tonight what I always see aggression um confidence

And a desire and will he’s going to Will his way to make those shots and I know he works on it and he trusts his work and show everybody contributed tonight including Josh min For for for for for for for is for for for

ESPN reacts to Anthony Edwards & Timberwolves rout Raptors 133-85 to move into tie for first in West