The Timberwolves took advantage of Stephen Curry‘s absence in Game 2 right from the start, building a 13-0 lead and never looked back, leveling the series with a commanding 117-93 win. Julius Randle led Minnesota with 24 points and 11 assists while Anthony Edwards added 20 points, nine rebounds and five assists. Jimmy Butler had a quiet night with 17 points and Jonathan Kuminga scored 18 points off the bench.
Check out the immediate reactions:
Anthony Edwards with 20 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL, 1 BLK as the Timberwolves get the 117-93 WIN over the Warriors to TIE THE SERIES 1-1 🔥 pic.twitter.com/fOQikVGhCi
— Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) May 9, 2025
The Timberwolves HOWL BACK in Game 2 vs the Warriors and tie the series at 1-1 🍿
Anthony Edwards:
🐜 20 points
🐜 9 rebounds
🐜 5 assists
🐜 3 stealsJulius Randle:
🔹 24 points
🔹 7 rebounds
🔹 11 assists
🔹 10-of-17 shooting pic.twitter.com/w6l76FAwGC— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) May 9, 2025
The box score will say Anthony Edwards was good tonight.
He wasn’t and they still won by 24.
The Warriors should be done in 5.
— Ted (@tlschwerz) May 9, 2025
As far as blowout losses go, this is a very encouraging one for the Warriors. Played Minny even for the last 40 minutes. Found some rotations, players, and plays that worked.
I think they win either Game 3 or Game 4.
— Brady Klopfer (@bradyklopfer.bsky.social) May 9, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Quinten Post started…then played 3:18 mins on night Kerr played 14 guys. Gotta think a different starting line-up is coming for the Chase Center games while Steph remains out.
— Kerith Burke (@kerithburke.bsky.social) May 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The Warriors are the first team to play 14 PLAYERS in the first half of a playoff game since at least 1998 😱
Golden State trails Minnesota 56-39 at the break. pic.twitter.com/UslaMv9ike
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) May 9, 2025
An extremely unimpressive 1st 2 games by the Timberwolves. To a concerning degree.
& like that game in philly. In Denver russ foul. End up 6th, opposite of LAC DEN OKC. Get 7th seed GSW w/no steph. Things have really went their way down the stretch. If they cant take advantage..
— Jamal Cristopher (@JamCristopher) May 9, 2025
So much for Jimmy Butler and Buddy Hield being Batman and Robin 😂
— Traveler In This World (@CheWithBlingon) May 9, 2025
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