{"id":69985,"date":"2025-06-01T12:03:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/69985\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T12:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:03:19","slug":"reactions-to-minnesota-timberwolves-anthony-edwards-blowing-out-oklahoma-city-thunder-in-game-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/69985\/","title":{"rendered":"Reactions to Minnesota Timberwolves, Anthony Edwards blowing out Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/minnesota-timberwolves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnesota Timberwolves;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> returned home for Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, facing a 2-0 hole in the series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oklahoma City Thunder;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>. Well aware of the fact that no team has ever overcome a 3-0 deficit in the history of the conference finals, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/anthony-edwards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Anthony Edwards;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Anthony Edwards<\/a> delivered a performance for the ages on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards single-handedly outscored the Thunder in the first quarter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401773150\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:16-14;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">16-14<\/a>, with the Timberwolves roaring out to a 34-14 lead at home. Minnesota kept its foot on the gas in the second quarter, outscoring Oklahoma City 38-27, taking a 31-point lead into halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nba\/best-nba-players-right-now\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Best NBA players right now, see where Anthony Edwards lands;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Best NBA players right now, see where Anthony Edwards lands<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Thunder never recovered, with Edwards and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/julius-randle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Julius Randle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Julius Randle<\/a> leading Minnesota to a blowout Game 3 victory to make it a 2-1 series. Edwards finished with 30 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals on just 17 shots, while reigning NBA MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/shai-gilgeous-alexander-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shai Gilgeous-Alexander;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> (14 points) was outscored by Timberwolves\u2019 reserve Terence Shannon Jr.<\/p>\n<p>As Saturday night\u2019s decimating loss unfolded for Oklahoma City, the sports world weighed in with its reactions to a matchup that was one-sided from start to finish. Here are the social media reactions from Minnesota\u2019s 143-101 win over the Thunder in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Timberwolves returned home for Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, facing a 2-0 hole in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3782],"tags":[375,7,376,307,152,3954,6,475,179,209,1249,308,3460],"class_list":{"0":"post-69985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-anthony-edwards","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-julius-randle","11":"tag-minnesota","12":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","13":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-oklahoma-city","16":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","17":"tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","18":"tag-terrence-shannon-jr","19":"tag-timberwolves","20":"tag-western-conference-finals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114608013573503597","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}