Minnesota Timberwolves center Ruby Gobert has been named the 2023–24 NBA Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY), the league announced on Tuesday night. Gobert, who missed Minnesota’s Western Conference semifinal Game 2 win over the Denver Nuggets due to the birth of his son, claims the award for the fourth time in his 11-year NBA career. Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert is the recipient of the...
Two-time MVP Nikola Jokic is optimistic about the Denver Nuggets chances of overturning their current 2-0 deficit in the Western Conference semifinals against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The defending champions fell at home 106-80 to the Timberwolves, who had the best defence league-wide in the regular season, but Jokic is hopeful they can dig deep and achieve their goal of progressing to the Conference Final. "I mean...
The battle between the second-seeded Denver Nuggets and the third-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves has not gone as many would expect, as the defending champions have relinquished homecourt advantage after losing back-to-back games at home. Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns both finished with 27 points each to lead the Timberwolves to a resounding 106-80 blowout victory over the Nuggets in their Western Conference semifinal series Game 2 at...
Former No. 1 pick Anthony Edwards is morphing into a superstar this postseason, and the 22-year-old did not put a foot wrong as he helped the Minnesota Timberwolves stun the Nuggets 106-99 at Ball Arena in Denver in Game 1 of their Western Conference second-round playoff series on Saturday night. Edwards erupted for a new playoff career-high 43 points, which is also the Timberwolves’ franchise postseason...
When you start to receive praise from some of the best in the game, you can say you’re doing something right, and that has been the case for Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards. The former No. 1 pick received huge compliments from two-time NBA champion and a member of the league’s 75th Anniversary Team, Kevin Durant, after their Western Conference playoff first-round series came to an...
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