The Minnesota Timberwolves are on the brink of elimination after a 126-97 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal series at the Frost Bank Center.
The Wolves now trail 3-2 in the series and have lost their second game of the series by over 25 points. Some teams in this situation would panic, but the battle-tested Wolves are not one of them. Wolves guard Anthony Edwards spoke after Game 5 and expressed confidence in his teammates.
I don’t see nobody in the locker
room that’s too worried,“ Edwards said postgame. ”At the end of the day, man, this is another basketball game. You come out, put your boots on, and get ready to go to war.“
The Wolves are hoping to make their third Western Conference Finals in as many years, but they need to win the final two games of their series against the Spurs to do that.
After coming out swinging in Game 1, the Wolves took advantage of the series early. The Spurs were able to snatch that momentum back with wins in Games 2 and 3. After Victor Wembanyama was ejected for throwing an elbow in Game 4 against Wolves center Naz Reid, Minnesota evened up the series at home going into Game 5. The Wolves had a chance to demoralize the Spurs, but San Antonio came back with a vengeance and pulled out their second blowout victory of the series.
Now, Edwards will have to lead his team to victory in Game 6 in order to go back to San Antonio for an all-important Game 7.
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