Just before the halftime horn, Anthony Edwards drained a 30-foot shot, and his 3-pointer gave Minnesota much-needed momentum that carried them into a dominant third quarter. Chris Finch complimented Edwards' motivational speech to his players at halftime for establishing the tone for an outstanding second half.
Edwards remarked, "I told them we only have two wins, and Coach came in at halftime and said we're playing like we already won the series pretty much, and I don't really like that." The Timberwolves defeated the Golden State Warriors 117-110 on Monday night, led 3-1 in their Western Conference playoff series, with Edwards scoring 30 points and Julius Randle scoring 31. Stephen Curry, who missed his third straight game and is expected to have his strained left hamstring reassessed that day, will still be absent for the Warriors.