Nuggets top Wolves in Game 4, despite heroic effort from Anthony Edwards
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Anthony Edwards reacts after the Timberwolves lose to the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The Denver Nuggets came out on top Sunday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves, despite a superhuman effort by Anthony Edwards.
The win for Denver evens the series back up, 2-2, with the road team winning all four games of the series.
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The night started off well for Minnesota, with the Timberwolves jumping out to an early lead on the back of a hot start for Anthony Edwards, who scored 11 points in the first six-and-a-half minutes.
Things shifted over the final minutes of the first quarter. The Nuggets took the lead and never turned back.
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Perhaps the most heart-wrenching moment for Wolves fans came at the end of the first half when Nuggets guard Jamal Murray hit an improbable shot before the second-quarter buzzer.
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After a fast break dunk by the Nuggets off a steal, Wolves guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker attempted to give Minnesota one more chance to score before the end of the half. He quickly inbounded the ball, launching it down the court toward a sprinting Jaden McDaniels.
The ball flew over McDaniels' head and into the hands of Murray, who tiptoed along the sideline and launched a three-quarter court shot that swished through the net as time expired in the half.
The sequence turned a 10-point game into a 15-point deficit for the Wolves in a matter of seconds.
Edwards was the driving force of the Timberwolves, scoring some crucial late buckets to keep the Wolves in the game. He finished the night with 44 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.