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Become a sinner who loses his game! Edwards made 5+5 mistakes in 13 and lost match points: He left the court in despair after 1-3 in the Western Conference Finals

12:52pm, 27 May 2025【Basketball】

On May 27, the NBA playoffs continued. The G4 Timberwolves defeated the Thunder at home in the Western Conference Finals, with a total score of 1-3. Edwards was in a bad state. He made 5 of 13 shots, 1 of 7 three-pointers, scored 16 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds, and 5 turnovers and 3 fouls. The mistakes and goals were the same. After the game, Huazi left the court in despair.

The key match of G4 in the Western Conference Finals, the Timberwolves fell 7 points 30-37 in the first quarter. "New Wolf King" Edwards played 12 minutes in the first quarter, but he was limited by the Thunder on the offensive end. He only broke through and scored a layup at the last moment of the first quarter, and scored 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 turnover in the first quarter. Randall scored only 2 points in 1 quarter.

The Timberwolves were always behind and were in a passive situation in the second quarter. Edwards was still invisible on the court. After the Timberwolves were 57-65, 8 points behind in the first quarter. Edwards only took action once again. During this period, Edwards defended Alexander alone, and the latter fell and got a whistle during the confrontation. Hua Zi was very helpless about this, and the referee's call caused huge controversy.

In the first half, Edwards played for 20 minutes, made 1 of 2 shots and only scored 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, with a plus-minus value of -9 on the court, and was defended by the Thunder's marking, double-teaming and wheel battle. In contrast, the Thunder leader, Alexander scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in 7 of 15 shots in the first half.

In the second half, after the Timberwolves fell 11 points behind in the third quarter, Edwards led the team to narrow the gap 9-0. The Thunder responded 7-0 strongly. The Timberwolves continued to chase points, Walker and Divinchenzo sent three-pointers to help the Timberwolves tie the score; the Thunder responded 7-0 again, and Edwards continued to lead the team to maintain suspense. After the Timberwolves 85-90 in the third quarter, Huazi made 2 of 5 shots and scored 6 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds.

The Timberwolves and the Thunder were in a stalemate. After falling behind by 9 points again, Edwards finally made a three-pointer. Divine and McDann gave three points one after another, and then the Thunder stabilized the situation 5-0; more than 3 minutes of life and death, McDann continued to score suspense. At the moment of life and death, the Thunder adopted a foul tactic. In the last 3 seconds, Edwards deliberately missed the second free throw, Alexander grabbed the winning rebound, and the Timberwolves lost 126-128, and lost the match point 1-3 in the total score; Edwards left the court in despair after the game.