Anthony Edwards outduels Nikola Jokic as Wolves take Game 1

Copy Link

Email

Print

Reactions

Like

475

Fire

16

Wow

DENVER -- If you asked another young star what it felt like to go into the defending champs' building and put up a career playoff-high 43 points in a 106-99 Game 1 win to tip off the second round, he might call it a statement performance.

If he was really feeling himself, he might say Saturday night represented a seismic shift in the balance of power in the Western Conference with the Minnesota Timberwolves stealing homecourt away from the Denver Nuggets.

However, Anthony Edwards isn't like any other young star today. He might not be like any other young star in league history.

"It's not about introducing ourselves to nobody, we know who we are,"…