The Timberwolves are again within the Western Convention Finals for a second straight season after a convincing 121-110 win in Sport 5. With Stephen Curry out once more, the Warriors couldn’t discover a solution to Anthony Edwards, who completed with 22 factors and 12 assists. Julius Randle scored 29 factors, grabbed eight rebounds, and dished out 5 assists.
Brandin Podziemski led Golden State with 28 factors, and Jonathan Kuminga scored 26 factors off the bench, whereas Jimmy Butler had a quiet evening with simply 17 factors.
Right here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the Wolves victory.
LEGEND KILLER
LEBRON JAMES 😵
KEVIN DURANT 😵
STEPHEN CURRY 😵
LUKA DONCIC 😵
JIMMY BUTLER 😵
NIKOLA JOKIC 😵CANT STOP ANT MAN pic.twitter.com/XUA6jdu4NZ
— 🇦🇺 | 🐺 (@HoodieNaz_) Could 15, 2025
ANT MAN COLLECTS ANOTHER 💎
Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves have confronted a powerful gauntlet of stars on their strategy to back-to-back convention finals 🔥 pic.twitter.com/4dDBqZYsUF
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) Could 15, 2025
W/ no Stephen curry, this gotta be a reasonably disappointing Jimmy butler sequence from the soldiers aspect of issues being that u simply prolonged him.
IMO that is who he’s been for many of this yr so I can’t go the harm route. Successful wasn’t anticipated however individually he wasn’t shut.
— Jamal Cristopher (@JamCristopher) Could 15, 2025
Simply watching the expansion of Ant Edwards proper now could be superb factor to see! Simply giving his teammates confidence and making them higher. Greatest younger chief within the sport.
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) Could 15, 2025
Jonathan Kuminga made some a reimbursement throughout that Wolves sequence.
My competition has been that he’s the higher model of Kelly Oubre: somebody who’s a lot better on a traditional workforce than he’s inside the context of the Steph Warriors.
— Sam Quinn (@SamQuinnCBS) Could 15, 2025
Podziemski with 28 factors. He might’ve been higher, however he gave the Warriors A LOT greater than many different guys on this sequence.
He infuriates a big phase of GSW Fandom for some cause, however Podziemski does stuff. Doesn’t at all times shoot nicely, however he does stuff.
— timkawakami.bsky.social (@timkawakami.bsky.social) Could 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Wolves in 5, it’s.
Eternally and ever, “typical Timberwolves” was used as a pejorative to suggest dysfunction and shedding.
Now they’re in back-to-back WCFs for the primary time in franchise historical past.
Now “typical Timberwolves” has a brand new that means: contenders.
— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) Could 15, 2025
Hate that what seemingly would have been an ideal Wolves/Warriors sequence obtained ruined by the Steph harm. Blissful for Ant and co, however wished to see an excellent sequence
— Nate Jones (@JonesOnTheNBA) Could 15, 2025
