The Minnesota Timberwolves went big with their draft pick Wednesday night with 18-year-old Joan Beringer at No. 17. He's from France, like veteran Rudy Gobert, the four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year.
The approval of the sale to Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez by NBA governors comes as the NBA draft begins. Meanwhile, the Lynx continue to dominate the WNBA.
The Denver Nuggets revamped their front office Monday by promoting interim general manager Ben Tenzer to executive vice president of basketball operations and bringing in Minnesota’s Jonathan Wallace to serve as the executive VP of basketball operations
Reaching a second straight Western Conference finals was a remarkable accomplishment for the Minnesota Timberwolves after a surprise shuffle of the roster right before training camp and the pains of adjustments and injuries throughout the regular season.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-94 to win the Western Conference finals series 4-1 and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in a steely performance befitting the NBA MVP, and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped back from a 42-point loss by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 128-126 in Game 4 to take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference finals.
Anthony Edwards had 30 points, nine rebounds and six assists in just three quarters to lead the re-energized Minnesota Timberwolves in a 143-101 victory over Oklahoma City in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.
Anthony Edwards vowed to be more aggressive. The Minnesota Timberwolves star was held to 18 points on 13 shots in a blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.
Minnesota hadn’t played in nearly a week and Oklahoma City had just played in a Game 7 two days earlier. It was the Timberwolves who looked lifeless while the energetic Thunder rolled to a 114-88 victory in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.
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