The Boston Celtics maintain pushing.
Joe Mazzulla’s crew bought the most effective of the slumping Minnesota Timberwolves in a matchup between two of the most effective younger gamers within the league.
As per standard, Anthony Edwards talked a number of trash throughout the sport, poking enjoyable at Jayson Tatum and attempting to get into his head.
Nevertheless, that did little to assist his crew.
Tatum had 26 factors, eight rebounds, 4 assists, 5 three-pointers, and two steals within the two-point win.
When requested about Edwards’ antics, Tatum dismissed any narrative a few potential beef, stating that they talked a number of trash to one another throughout the summer time and bragging about his report towards the Timberwolves (through Daniel Donabedian):
“I love Ant,” Tatum mentioned. “I got a pretty good record against Minnesota in my career.”
Jayson Tatum on his relationship with Anthony Edwards and the trash speak they trade:
“I love Ant … I got a pretty good record against Minnesota in my career.” pic.twitter.com/VkBU7iZQKG
Tatum is 12-1 towards the Timberwolves.
He additionally has one ring, in order a lot as Edwards can nag him over his DNPs with Workforce USA within the Olympics, Tatum nonetheless holds bragging rights over him.
Edwards additionally had a strong efficiency within the loss.
He paced his crew with 28 factors, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists, hitting six three-pointers on 43% from the ground.
Sadly for him, his supporting forged hasn’t all the time lived as much as the expectations.
Dropping Karl-Anthony Cities has been a large blow to this crew, and whereas Julius Randle’s numbers have been strong, his match subsequent to Rudy Gobert has been fairly questionable.
The Timberwolves entered the season as a possible darkish horse to come back out of the Western Convention.
However with an 8-8 report after 16 video games, the sentiment about them has modified drastically.
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