#anthony-edwards

#anthony-edwards

Just a couple of weeks ago, Knicks fans couldn't wait for the playoffs to get here.Fresh off of a nine-game winning streak, we were all excited with the team's play and were looking forward to the prospect of making some noise in the post season.But after their recent 3-6 stretch, many are thankful that there is still some time for this team to right the ship and get back on track.

After rattling off three straight wins, the Knicks have now lost two in a row, allowing 267 combined points to the Timberwolves and Heat which renews questions about the Knicks' defensive ability as the team heads into its playoff push.The biggest area of concern in both losses was the Knicks' ability to defend the three-point shot.

After the 1994-95 NBA season, the Washington Bullets faced a crossroads.The team had been sub-par going on 15 years, ever since the days of Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld and Bobby "Greyhound" Dandridge.The '95 campaign ended with the Bullets having two obvious strengths and one glaring hole.Their frontcourt was stacked between Chris Webber and Juwan Howard, both only 21.

Coming off of a huge comeback win against the Nuggets on Saturday, the Knicks take on the Timberwolves at the Mecca Monday night trying to build off of another memorable Garden evening.The Knicks fought back from down double digits in the third quarter to beat the team with the best record in the west over the weekend and made another statement to the rest of the league.

Wednesday's ESPN doubleheader has snuck up on you again.There are two excellent games on the docket with the Dallas Mavericks (36-39) facing the Philadelphia 76ers (49-25), and then the NBA champion Minnesota Timberwolves (39-37) taking on the Phoenix Suns (40-35).These are four professional basketball teams and both games should be competitive late into their fourth quarters.

The Minnesota Timberwolves came to Madison Square Garden without the services of Anthony Edwards or Karl-Anthony Towns.They left conquerors, 140-134 over the New York Knicks.Sometimes the music means more than the meaning, and that was the case with this one: it sucks that the Knicks lost, but this game was headline after headline after headline, three spinning newspapers in one.

The Toronto Raptors welcomed the Minnesota Timberwolves to Scotiabank Arena tonight as they attempt to climb in the standings during the last weeks of the regular NBA Season.With nearly similar records and placements in the East and West, it's crunch time for both these teams.The T-Wolves came into this game undermanned, missing Anthony Edwards after he suffered a bad ankle injury last night.

The Washington Wizards beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 114-106 on the road Thursday night.It is a true character win as the team heads off to the All-Star break.If you watched just the first quarter of the game, you would have been tempted to turn the television screen.The Wizards were losing by as many as 20 points in the first half, especially after a rancid first quarters, where they were down 36-21.

After losing to the Giannis and Middleton-less Milwaukee Bucks in their previous outing, can the Toronto Raptors manage to right the ship and knock off yet another opponent who is missing their - arguably - two best players in the Minnesota Timberwolves?Can they do it without a shred of help from the bench, as has been the case for the past handful of games, give or take?

The Toronto Raptors pulled off a surprise move on Tuesday with the signing of former Washington Wizards guard Will Barton.In order to create a roster spot, the team waived forward Juancho Hernangomez.With the release of Hernangomez, the Raptors clear a bit of a logjam at forward and hopefully add some much-needed three-point shooting with the recently freed Barton, who had his contract bought out by the Wizards in time to sign with a playoff team.

Five seconds remaining on the clock, Patrick Beverley is shaken off his man, Tyrese Haliburton pulls up from well beyond the arc, and the go-ahead three-pointer falls.The ball goes into the hoop, but the hopes and dreams of every Chicago Bulls fan in attendance are what pours out the basket as the ball makes its way to the floor before its thud is deafened by the crowd.

As the Chicago Bulls stumble into their final stretch of games in the 2022-23 season, the future looks quite bleak.Neither the playoffs nor a top-four position in the draft lottery looks particularly realistic as of now, so this team is left hoping for a stroke of luck or perhaps divine intervention to tilt the scales in their favor.

The Warriors might be back on the right path and in the thick of things in the Western Conference, but they are still experimenting with lineups.Draymond Green moving to the second unit might have solidified the Warriors' non-Steph Curry minutes, but it also weakened those non-Green minutes.The Warriors had proven to be one man short in their top-eight  a team's true depth come the playoffs.

Bam was the first to score for the Heat, showing no signs of knee pain.He carried the offense early, throwing down alley-oops and sinking midrange jumpers.On defense, Jovic looked hot and cold as he stayed in front of Gobert but struggled to defend the key against the more athletic attackers like Anthony Edwards.