The Timberwolves are in the Western Conference Finals for a second straight season after a convincing 121-110 win in Game 5. With Stephen Curry out again, the Warriors couldn\u2019t find an answer to Anthony Edwards, who finished with 22 points and 12 assists. Julius Randle scored 29 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and dished out five assists.<\/p>\n
Brandin Podziemski led Golden State with 28 points, and Jonathan Kuminga scored 26 points off the bench, while Jimmy Butler had a quiet night with just 17 points.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how NBA Twitter reacted to the Wolves victory.<\/p>\n
LEGEND KILLER<\/p>\n
LEBRON JAMES \ud83d\ude35
KEVIN DURANT \ud83d\ude35
STEPHEN CURRY \ud83d\ude35
LUKA DONCIC \ud83d\ude35
JIMMY BUTLER \ud83d\ude35
NIKOLA JOKIC \ud83d\ude35<\/p>\n
CANT STOP ANT MAN pic.twitter.com\/XUA6jdu4NZ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa | \ud83d\udc3a (@HoodieNaz_) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n ANT MAN COLLECTS ANOTHER \ud83d\udc8e<\/p>\n Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves have faced an impressive gauntlet of stars on their way to back-to-back conference finals \ud83d\udd25 pic.twitter.com\/4dDBqZYsUF<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n W\/ no Stephen curry, this gotta be a pretty disappointing Jimmy butler series from the warriors side of things being that u just extended him.<\/p>\n IMO this is who he\u2019s been for most of this yr so I can\u2019t go the injury route. Winning wasn\u2019t expected but individually he wasn\u2019t close.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jamal Cristopher (@JamCristopher) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Just watching the growth of Ant Edwards right now is amazing thing to see! Just giving his teammates confidence and making them better. Best young leader in the game.<\/p>\n \u2014 Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Jonathan Kuminga made some money back during that Wolves series.<\/p>\n My contention has been that he\u2019s the better version of Kelly Oubre: someone who is much better on a normal team than he is within the context of the Steph Warriors.<\/p>\n \u2014 Sam Quinn (@SamQuinnCBS) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Podziemski with 28 points. He could\u2019ve been better, but he gave the Warriors A LOT more than many other guys in this series.<\/p>\n He infuriates a large segment of GSW Fandom for some reason, but Podziemski does stuff. Doesn\u2019t always shoot well, but he does stuff.<\/p>\n \u2014 timkawakami.bsky.social (@timkawakami.bsky.social<\/a>) May 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM<\/a><\/p>\n Wolves in 5, it is.<\/p>\n Forever and ever, \u201ctypical Timberwolves\u201d was used as a pejorative to imply dysfunction and losing.<\/p>\n Now they\u2019re in back-to-back WCFs for the first time in franchise history.<\/p>\n Now \u201ctypical Timberwolves\u201d has a new meaning: contenders.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Hate that what likely would have been a great Wolves\/Warriors series got ruined by the Steph injury. Happy for Ant and co, but wanted to see a good series<\/p>\n \u2014 Nate Jones (@JonesOnTheNBA) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n