Incredible Game 1 tonight between the Wolves and the Nuggets. Incredible in intensity, incredible in the storyline, and incredible for Anthony Edwards, who sent a powerful message to the Denver Nuggets. It promises for the future, really.
If you are Wolves fans, two hot observations. 1) You’re weird, sorry it just came out, and 2) be proud to support a team like this. A team that is moving forward and positioning itself more and more as a real contender for the title, and it is not this Game 1 of the Conference semi-finals that will slow down the budding enthusiasm.
No, because last night the Wolves were simply monstrous from start to finish, managing the tempo of a tiring and tricky match, managing the comeback attempts of the Nuggets, who always seemed to have something under their feet until the end. final blow of the Wolves. Minnesota’s heroes last night? Chris Finch’s team defenders, sitting behind the bench on his crutches. The defenders ? All the players on the team in fact, and if you want proof we advise you to watch the first five minutes of the match again.
When the future four-time best defender in the League is something like the fourth best defender on his team that says a lot, and tonight the Wolves will have simply asphyxiated Denver. Jamal Murray was held to 0 pawns in the first half, Nikola Jokic was cut off from the circle and his teammates, and the energy deployed in defense by Karl-Anthony Towns, to name but one, was unifying for the rest of the game. band.
Individually, Naz Reid offered a second half worthy of the best sixth man in the League that he is this season, and how can we not mention, we’re coming to this, the DANTESQUE, monumental match from Anthony Edwards, author of 43 points including 25 before half-time, author of approximately his team’s first 1000 points and author, to “sum up his performance, of a match, hum, let’s look for the words, ah yes: perfect. Jumpshots, fadeaway, turnaround, dunks, arabesques, parking lot shots, trashtalking, smirks, Anthony will you marry me.
An exceptional leader who hits his career record in the Playoffs in the first match against the reigning champions, a sacred message for the Nuggets then, but a sacred message for the competition in short, for the NBA, for the basketball planet, and for the image cover of the next TrashTalk calendar. The series between the Nuggets and the Wolves is launched, in the most beautiful way, well especially for the Wolves. Wow.
