MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves needed more than a win. They needed something definitive and resounding, they needed a reminder as to who they are.
More than anything, they needed to make the Oklahoma City Thunder think.
The terms of this Western Conference final series have yet to be decided, and the home team has won every game. Anthony Edwards reminded everyone the Thunder are a great team and beating them once doesn’t make a series.
But beating them soundly, in a way they hadn’t suffered defeat since the front end of a back-to-back set with the Lakers in early April, has to put doubt in the minds of the favored Thunder.