Anthony Edwards stated that he was targeted on enhancing his recreation over the offseason after the Minnesota Timberwolves had been eradicated by the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder in 5 video games.
“I’ll work my butt off this summer time,” Edwards stated on Wednesday. “No one’s going to work tougher than me this summer time. I am going to let you know that a lot.”
Edwards completed with 19 factors within the Sport 5 loss, capturing 7-for-18 from the sphere.
The Wolves had been additionally outscored by 29 factors in Edwards’ 39 minutes within the recreation.
“They had been the higher staff. They got here out and beat us, punched us within the face,” Edwards stated, “and we misplaced the sport, we misplaced the sequence.”
From March by means of the convention semifinals, the Wolves had a 25-6 report.
Edwards stated that regardless of the loss to the Thunder, he considers it a profitable marketing campaign contemplating the staff’s early season struggles.
“We thought it was going downhill,” he stated. “We thought it was over for us at one level. It was wanting actual dangerous for us. … [And] we turned it round. We did fairly good this 12 months, man. We simply got here up brief once more. Attempt to do it once more subsequent 12 months.”
