The brand new-look Timberwolves opened the NBA season with a thud. A minimum of, they certain did within the first half, after they appeared like they had been opening the preseason within the early weeks of camp.
Turnovers. Ugly missed pictures. Dangerous transition protection. You title it. The consequence was a 110-103 defeat in a sport the place the Lakers had been not often challenged, sans a small stretch within the second half when Minnesota reduce it to 4.
“We wasn’t ready to play,” star guard Anthony Edwards informed reporters, by way of Chris Hine of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “So I agree with (coach Chris Finch) on that part. We came out too relaxed, like people respect us. We got to bring more. Sacramento, we’ll be better.”
The sport will go down in NBA lore, as Lakers star LeBron James and son Bronny James took the court docket to turn into the primary father-son teammates in league historical past. Nevertheless it was a forgettable night time for the Timberwolves.
Edwards completed with 27 factors, newcomer Julius Randle scored 16 and Rudy Gobert went for 13 and 14 rebounds. Nevertheless it wasn’t almost sufficient as this one turned the Anthony Davis Present. Total, Minnesota was destroyed within the paint.
Granted, it’s simply one in every of 82 and this goes all the way in which till April. The Timberwolves will nearly actually be within the combine — not simply to return to the Western Convention finals, however to emerge from them. It’s by no means simple opening on the highway — and the Wolves confirmed that on this night time.
However Edwards nonetheless has a sound level. In a race anticipated to be as tight because the West can be, Minnesota has to indicate up and be able to play.
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