Timberwolves binding franchise for the biggest comeback in breathtaking overtime victory against Thunder -Inforum

The Minnesota Timberwolves apparently delivered the impossible in Oklahoma City on Monday evening.

Minnesota left most of the evening for most of the evening dead with Anthony Edwards on the bench with an illness in the lower leg and ran with 16: 0 over the last 3 minutes, 41 seconds to knot the game with the game 11.9 seconds to play on a Jaden McDaniels and 1 RIM attack.

Minnesota disabled Shai Gilgeous-Aalexander in his attempt to gain the game in Oklahoma City's “Integrated property, and the game went into extra time.

And Minnesota found a way to end the job in the additional session.

The highlight came near the end. Gilgeous-Alexander led with one in the last seconds of the additional session. But waiting for him was Edwards, who was classified in the competition with just a few minutes to play in the extension. Edwards got up and hit the ball, and Minnesota collected the loose ball.

McDaniels told reporters, the piece reminded him of Edwards' game block in Indiana last season.

“I have already told him the piece, let us use our sportiness,” McDaniel told reporters. “I didn't even know that he was injured. But he did it. I said, “okay.” “”

Nickeil Alexander Walker met a few free throws at the other end, Gilgeous-Alexander's last 3-point team in the west, 131-128.

The wolves were up to 25 points in the third quarter. The Rallye Franchise record of Minnesota for the biggest comeback win in the history of Timberwolves.

“The team is fighting. It always has, ”Wolves trainer Chris Finch told reporters. “It doesn't always play the most beautiful basketball, but it has been fighting for a long time.”

But the way it occurred was more breathtaking than the volume of the deficit. Minnesota's only lead in regulation was 8-6. Gilgeous-Alexander dominated a large part of the fight because the MVP front runner had 39 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.

But Minnesota was sold out over the route to get the ball out of his hands, and used a zone to rave the guard near the top of the floor, and no one else could hit shots when he was called.

“We didn't want to start the game in this way (defensive) just because we thought they were ready for it. But when we were big, we just came to get him as early as possible and not to get him into anything. That was really the key, ”said Finch. “From there, sometimes when other players were not very involved in the game, it is difficult for them to get up and make shots on the track. We took this bet and that happened. “

Nevertheless, the deficit seemed too great to be overcome. But Terrence Shannon Jr. met a few free throws. Then Naz Reid took five direct points. Then Rob Dillingham had a rim attack. Then McDaniel's was hyperaggressively and attacked the trophy in the last minute of regulation and scored five points when Minnesota needed it the most.

“One possession after the other was not worried about what the result was,” said Alexander Walker during the television interview after the game. “Just broken away again and again.”

Reid was the hero in extra time. With less than 30 seconds to play from one in the additional session and the wolves, the great man took a faulty shot from Edwards and drew a foul on his putback attempt. He met both free throws to give Minnesota a head start that never gave it back.

Reid ended with 22 points and 11 rebounds in one night in which he fought in the first three quarters. McDaniels finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds and four templates. Shannon Jr. had 17 points, including 10 in the fourth stanza and 10 rebounds. Alexander Walker had 21 points, including four in extra time.

“The boys from the bank were phenomenal. They were exactly what we needed, ”said Finch. “Sometimes it was clear that we were a little empty in the gas tank and had not established anything. But the rhythm of the game changed when the boys from the bank brought it up. “

Edwards, who had 17 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, was asked in an interview on the square after the comeback.

“Ask them,” he said, pointing to his teammates. “The boys they played over.

“The boys keep playing,” said Edwards, “we'll be difficult to beat.”