POSTGAME NOTES
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 99 (1-0), MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 88 (0-1)
May 6, 2025
Timberwolves Notes
Player Notes
• Anthony Edwards led the way for the Timberwolves tonight with a team-high 23 points, a game-high and playoff career-high 14 rebounds and a game-high and playoff-career-high-tying three steals, marking his fifth 20+ point game of the 2025 NBA Playoffs (25th career) and his first 10+ point/10+ rebound game of this year’s playoffs (second career), both of his career playoff double-doubles have come with 20+ points.
• Edwards joins Kevin Garnett and Karl-Anthony Towns as the only players in franchise history to record multiple 20+ point/10+ rebound playoff games.
Timberwolves Playoff Games with 20+ Points/10+ Rebounds
1. Kevin Garnett – 27 Games
2. Karl-Anthony Towns – 10 Games
3. Anthony Edwards – 2 Games
• Edwards is just the third player in Timberwolves franchise history to record 20+ points/10+ rebounds/3+ steals/1+ block in a playoff game (Garnett: 4x, Towns: 1x) and just the 24th player in NBA history to do so aged 23 or younger.
• Edwards’ has now recorded four career 10+ rebound playoff games, the most such playoff games in franchise history by a guard, no other Timberwolves guard has recorded more than two 10+ rebound playoff games. Tonight also marked Edwards’ 18th 2+ steal career playoff game, the second most such games in franchise history, one shy of tying Garnett for the most 2+ steal games in franchise playoff history.
• Naz Reid came off the bench to record 33:40 minutes of action tonight, finishing with 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including 3-of-7 from three, five rebounds, one steal and one blocks, marking his second 15+ point game of this year’s playoffs (fifth career) and his second 15+ point/5+ rebound game of this year’s playoffs (third career). Reid has now scored 270 points off the bench in his playoff career, the most points scored as a reserve in franchise playoff history.
Timberwolves Playoff Points (Off the Bench)
1. Naz Reid – 270 points
2. Wally Szczerbiak – 142 points
3. Nickeil Alexand-Walker – 137 points
• Julius Randle ended the night with 18 points, going a perfect 10-of-10 from the free throw line along with a team-high six assists, his sixth consecutive 10+ point game of the 2025 NBA Playoffs (20th career) and has now scored 10+ points in each of his last 12 playoff games.
• Randle joins Latrell Sprewell and Edwards as the only Timberwolves in franchise playoff history to record 15+ points and 5+ assists, while shooting 10+ free throws without a miss.
Team Notes
• Minnesota scored 52 points in the paint tonight, marking the third game of this year’s playoffs the Timberwolves have scored 50+ points in the paint and the second consecutive game doing so. During the 2025 NBA Playoffs, Minnesota ranks fifth in the NBA in points in the paint with 50.3 points per game.
• The Timberwolves held the Warriors to 99 points tonight, marking the fourth time during this year’s playoffs they have held an opponent to under 100 points. In the Chris Finch era (Feb. 22, 2021 – Present), the Wolves have held their opponents under 100 points eight times in the playoffs, tied for the fourth most such games in the NBA during that span.
• The Wolves forced 18 Golden State turnovers in tonight’s game., marking the third game of this year’s playoffs that Minnesota has forced 15+ opponent turnovers.
(info courtesy of Timberwolves)
