Wolves’ Anthony Edwards Leaves No Doubt About Facing LeBron James
The prime subject of the new “face of the NBA” debate at the All-Star break, Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has embraced the anti-hero role.
He doesn’t want to be a public relations arm for the league, rather, he wants to play ball, dominate and go home.
“Face of the NBA? Man, there’s a lot of [expletive] that comes with that,” Edwards said in March on his documentary. “I just want to play ball, go to the crib, and play my game. I’m not really into all the other stuff.”
Approaching a first-round matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers and Lebron James, Edwards made his opinion on facing the longtime face of the league in the playoffs clear.
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards spoke openly about his playoff matchup against Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James.
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“It means a lot, to be matched up against him. Probably goes down as the greatest player to ever play basketball,” Edwards said on April 16. “Trying to put him out of the playoffs under my belt is going to be a tough one, but it’s going to be a fun road.”
Taking down James is a task few pundits believe possible.
Ten of ESPN’s NBA experts unanimously picked No. 3-seeded Los Angeles (50-32) to win the series over the No. 6 Timberwolves (49-33).
The Western Conference counterparts split a four-game series in the regular season, although they only played once after the Luka Doncic trade — a 110-102 Lakers win on Feb. 27.
James scored a game-high 33 points and added 17 rebounds and six assists in that matchup. Austin Reaves had 23 points, followed by Doncic with 21 points, 13 rebounds and five assists.
However, the Wolves were without Julius Randle and Rudy Gobert, and Edwards was ejected midway through the third quarter.
While the national talker is that Edwards will have to rise to the occasion to match the Lakers’ firepower on offense, the opposing styles of both teams will play a significant factor in setting the stage for each game.
Los Angeles’ small-ball dominant lineup will have to contend with the Timberwolves’ size on both sides of the floor. The Lakers will hope to stretch the Timberwolves’ defense with ample floor spacing and get Gobert away from the rim.
However, the Wolves also have a tenacious core of perimeter defenders that hope to give Doncic and James fits. Doncic picked apart the Wolves in last year’s Western Conference Finals by exploiting rim-running bigs and shooting off the pick-and-roll — but Los Angeles does not have nearly the same caliber of supporting cast in the frontcourt.
Game 1 of the matchup will be a strong indicator of how both teams will approach the series, starting Saturday, April 19.
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