Anthony Edwards scored 16 of his 30 points in an explosive 34-14 first quarter, and the Timberwolves won Game 3 with a dominating 143-101 win.
Oklahoma City committed 14 turnovers, lost the rebounding battle 49-31, and allowed Minnesota to make 20 three-pointers. Julius Randle bounced back from Game 2 with 24 points, while Naz Reid and Nickeil Alexander-Walker combined for 22 points off the bench. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with just 14 points and six assists.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the Wolves victory:
ANT TAKES OVER IN GAME 3!
🐜 30 PTS
🐜 9 REB
🐜 6 AST
🐜 5-8 3PM
🐜 12-17 FGM
Wolves can even the WCF on Monday at 8:30pm/et on ESPN 🍿 pic.twitter.com/NpSwdJ2a1K
— NBA (@NBA) May 25, 2025
Surreal performance by the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3 win over OKC!
Anthony Edwards had more points in the 1st quarter then SGA & Jaylen Williams had for the ENTIRE game.
Terrence Shannon Jr. did as well with the game of his life! Incredible bounce back effort! pic.twitter.com/gGcYwqc9Mw
— David Shepard (@SheponAir) May 25, 2025
The Timberwolves blow out the Thunder 143-101 in WCF Game 3.
– MIN’s second-biggest playoff win ever (Biggest: +45 points over 2024 Nuggets)
– OKC’s biggest playoff loss ever (Previous: -35 to 2014 Spurs)
– MIN’s biggest win & OKC’s worst loss of 2024-25 season
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) May 25, 2025
We might have NBA history, depending on how the Oklahoma City Thunder go on from this.
This is the 31st time a playoff game has been decided by at least 40 points.
NONE of the losing teams have ever recovered from a 40-point loss to win that year’s championship.
— Law Murray 📘 (@lawmurraythenu.bsky.social) May 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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