JOKIC IS COMING! 🗣️ - Stephen A. WARNS Anthony Edwards ahead of Game 7 👀 | First Take

Timberwolves facing elimination the

Nuggets looking to punch their ticket to

the Western Conference finals and now a

steel this could be fun Edwards to the r

this is the Minnesota timber wolves from

Game one and two Edwards all want to

move to

the a dominant

authoritative bounce back win from the

Minnesota Timberwolves

they know y'all was in there yeah I told

them I said I see y'all mother for game

seven Anthony Edwards is the truth the

Timberwolves force a game seven with the

45-point blowout of the Nuggets what is

going on with the series Edwards scored

27 points to pull the D- wolves out of

their midies slum deliver a Flawless

11570 victory over the nuggets in this

roller coaster series

you guys are facing elimination coming

in here like how what do you think led

to just the response that you guys had

tonight we got Mike Conley

back that was it did you really tell the

locker room Stafford in Denver you were

going to be back for hell yeah they know

y' was in there yeah I told them I said

I see y'all for game seven

yeah I love that energy and I need that

energy this morning good morning team um

Stephen Al say hi to you again because

obviously I didn't really give you a

good hello this morning Monica mcnut Tim

legler how's everybody doing we all good

we all Gooding great Friday all right

let's talk some playoffs here um tell me

this Stephen A what's statement did you

feel like the wolves

made well that was a beat down of Epic

Proportions we never saw a reigning

defending NBA champion lose in that

fashion I think the previous High the

previous length of a defeat by a

champion was by 36 points were down by

50 slew a dunks and and and step back

three-pointers uh he showed obviously

the Star the young star that he is he

responded to the challenge what I walked

away from y'all though was this as

Minnesota was winning and running away

with it and I mean really really running

away with it I saw yic on the bench he

was s he was not Ste sitting down he was

standing up and he was just staring at

them and had that look on his face like

I'm going to get you bastards I'm going

to get y'all I'm going to get y'all it

was it was one of those looks you know

what I'm saying I mean I obviously I

have Minnesota winning this series but

y'all y'all know this Monica because

because obviously you played Tim legler

because obviously we know what you've

done in in your NBA career and you've

been covering the league exceptionally

well for decades you know what that look

is about it's certain things that you

just see and it's one thing to just be

sitting on the bench it was a bad night

and you know you know damn we getting it

we getting it given to us and all right

that's fine but it's another thing

entirely when the Superstar who is the

best player in the world who is a

three-time league MVP and happens to be

the reigning defending NBA champions is

just standing there staring at them and

just looking not at his own teammates

looking at Minnesota like I'm G get

y'all I'mma get y'all for I'm not going

away and the only thing that I will say

is that Tim and Tim will remember this

Eminem I don't know cuz you might have

been too little little bit too young you

might have missed this the Chicago Bulls

the Chicago Bulls in the 90s obviously

With Champions and I remember in a

regular season wasn't a playoff game it

was a regular season game and the Knicks

were finally ready they were finally

ready Legs you know where I'm going here

you know where I'm going here and the

Knicks were finally ready supposedly and

the garden was packed Eminem and it was

shaking Chicago came into town and the

and the Chicago Bulls were getting blown

out of the building

they were down by 30 plus Jordan got

hurt in that game had to be taken to the

locker room remember this legs had to be

taken to the locker room it's a regular

season game Eminem but everybody knew

that the Knicks and the Bulls were on a

collision course Jordan has to go needs

help go into the locker room

Eminem and then comes back out and look

doesn't even look at Phil goes right

back in the game and is diving for loose

balls and everything and looking at the

New York Knicks y' y'all got to tell I'm

coming for y'all I'm coming for y'all

and it was that message and all of us as

Nick fans we were like oh

damn you know it's a blowout win but we

we we we don't know how advantageous

this is for us we got our little night

here but that man coming back and sure

enough he did and ultimately bounce the

Knicks out of the playoffs when the

playoffs arrived all I'm saying is I saw

a little something like similar to that

looking at yic last night when they were

down by by 50 he was looking at the

timber wolv was

like I'm GNA get y'all for this and

that's all I'm going to say about that I

that that gave me cause to

pause so Stephen A I did as well notice

that right and postgame yic was asked

about standing and I was kind of hoping

it was going to be

something mindful like I couldn't get

comfortable with that loss he said he

was trying to stay warm so that he could

go and lift which is his postgame

routine and allows him to stay in such

phenomenal shape which basically is not

getting comfortable same concept right

without saying it I feel where you

coming from but I I legitimately and I

know this is First Take You Got pick

aside all that I legitimately can see

this going either way I can see joic

being angry and leading the way um and

showing us and reminding us that he is a

three-time MVP and a reigning Champion I

can see this being the Legacy moment for

Anthony Edwards and his teammates

galvanizing around him I think as you

look at it the statement that the wolves

made is that they are in fact here but I

don't know if that is a new statement

that we didn't have from the first two

games if I'm honest about it right and

so I just think you saw them take the

level of competition and toughness up

another degree uh Anthony Edwards so

often in this series has talked about

finchy as he calls him which I think is

so adorable uh saying that A team's

gonna punch and so we need to punch back

the he the way that he was able to

Galvanize his team on both sides of the

floor the way Jaden McDaniels plays

obviously Mike connley is better in this

league we've talked so much about Carl

Anthony towns and Rudy Gober and them

needing to step up and for them to

answer in such an emphatic way I'm

willing to say that it's not about this

team arriving early like this this is

the year in their minds and it's very

very clear and I think that's the

statement that they made and I legit

game seven in my mind is an absolute

toss

up well here's the thing and I think

Michel Michael Malone Nika yic they're

going to remind their team of this right

this isn't about Point differential this

isn't the inseason tournament this is

the NBA playoffs and that's one game and

that's all it counts for is one game

just like game two when they were

completely dominated and suffocated

offensively counted as one game you

played a game late in the regular season

against this team to get home court

advantage they won that game that's why

this game seven is going to be in their

building that's what you played the

regular season for that's what you

played that game for so here we are now

having said all of that I'm gonna break

it down real simply this comes down to

Jamal Murray because when the

Minnesota have sensed that Jamal Murray

was not right which let's go back to

games one and two in those two games he

was clearly bothered by that calf to a

much greater that he was in game three

four and five they feasted on that they

pressured him they got up in people they

didn't have the ability Denver to run

their offense normally because they

literally could not get these dudes off

of them primarily because their point

guard was limited in the way he was able

to go about this he gets banged up again

yesterday they sense it he's not right

the entire game they Feast on it and

then it just piles up cuz Minnesota has

that kind of defense that they can get

this cumulative effect where you

literally become completely feudal once

they realize that you can't operate your

offense so this to me Sunday comes down

to Jamal Murray if Jamal Murray shows up

and Jamal Murray plays well and Jamal

Murray looks like Jamal Murray in big

games Denver Nuggets are going to be

just fine but we got to wait and see

what that's going to look like Monica I

agree with you right now as I'm sitting

here how can we possibly predict what

that's going to look like here's where

I'm going with this Tim you can say that

about Jamal Murray because obviously you

could also say that about jic because

obviously he's the most trustworthy and

I get that but if there was

ever an

opportunity for Anthony Edwards to subit

what greatness is it's this one because

the true measure of greatness as you

well know is what you do a in big

moments and B up against great

and so it's one thing for you to be in a

moment it's another thing when you're

going against a three-time league nvp

who is clearly the best in the world who

has proven he shows up in moments like

this time and time and time again and

doesn't Wilt beneath the pressure are

you going to follow this 27-point

performance where you exploded in the

first half are you going to follow

scoring over 40 in three of the previous

five games with a dud in game seven if

Anthony Edwards matches the greatness of

joic tit forat you're probably right

that it'll come down to a Murray or a

Gordon against a Carl Anthony towns or

someone else but the first order of

business for Minnesota is for Anthony

Edwards to be ready to be for

Minnesota what he has been primarily

throughout these playoffs where he's

averaged more than 30 recognizing the

fact that joic is coming he will be

ready I think that if any of us wanted a

Sure Fire Bonafide guarantee that mess

with our wallets we GNA bet on Jin

showing up for game seven the question

is are you going to be able to match to

a point where we're able to look at a

Carl Anthony towns or Rudy goell Mike

connley Jr a Nas Reed or somebody else

and say who's going to be that

supplementary piece that joined Anthony

Edward

because he's going to need it because

joic is going to show up and do his part

that is what we got to find out and it

starts usually I'm bringing up the other

pieces game seven that starts with

Anthony Edwards he got to show up and be

that dude for Minnesota on

Sunday I mean I think we all have and

there's Equity with yish that we all

acknowledge but it's not as if an has

not shown up in this series the question

has been to your point Stephen A his

Supporting Cast and so I just he as as

we've watched ant come into his own this

year in particular he

relishes uh sort of this I don't even

want to say villain but like he's his

level of competition is just so high and

so I'm pretty confident in Anthony

Edward showing up it's the rest of the

Timberwolves uh cast I listen I

appreciate your confidence I'm confident

too what I'm trying to say say is throw

games one to six out one to six out I

got throw the first round out throw the

regular season in the MVP consideration

out this is game seven this is game

seven and and and more importantly we

got to remind our audience of

this when you don't show up in a game

seven because you just don't have it

nobody's holding that against you

because the expectation wasn't there but

when you've had it for the most part

everywhere else but suddenly game seven

arrives that becomes your Epitaph We

Know listen Anthony Edwards is A1 he's

the you know he's the Jordan of the

Minnesota timber wolves he's the Kobe of

the Minnesota Timberwolves we understand

that Scotti Pippen wasn't Jordan but we

got to remember that damn migraine had

that come in a game five had that come

in a game three it would not have been

as memorable but because it was in a

game

seven you religious ly hold that against

them like like of all the games game

seven game seven is a different onus

it's a different obligation and Anthony

Edwards when we're talking about you as

a star my brother and you are make no

mistakes legs I give you the last word

all I'm saying to Anthony Edwards is oh

you got to be the dude that we saw in

the game seven you got to do

that Tim final word here yeah the last

thing I'm going to add to this the very

last thing I want to say real quick

here's what could be at stake on Sunday

this is how big and Monumental this is

you've laid it all out well like Legacy

game and all that for Anthony Edwards in

a moment that he absolutely has to show

up and be big the winner of this game

quite possibly has an inside track to

winning a championship which could mean

Denver Denver possibly repeating which

is a very difficult thing to do

historically and something Michael

Malone has challenged his team to do do

you just want to be a champion or do you

want to be historic and then you got

Minnesota this team that has risen so

quickly with the emergence of Anthony

Edwards and adding some veteran guys

with a unique size presence against a

team like Boston potentially look you

got to get past either Oklahoma City or

Dallas I'm not going to skip over that

but that could be what is that stake on

Sunday an inside track to potentially

winning an NBA championship man I cannot

wait for this game to get here

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