[Highlight] Ant Edwards accepts defeat, daps up the Spurs bench with 7 minutes left
Wolves and Sixers knocked out their rivals and peaced out.
I mean the Wolves came into the series deciminated and still got 2.
Yeah we wish it was a peace out
I think Spurs go into the OKC series stronger for this young team having played more playoff games.
Escaped healthy so its fine. Yeah.
fox is okay?
Yeah. Seems to be. He looked fine in the second half.
All 3 guards are beat up but not enough to cause them to miss games lol. Fox’s ankles are fucked anyways. He’s got massive braces and has had 2 tweaks in the last 4 days. Harper has had his knee bothering him and the thumb is laboring. Castles wrist has been wrapped up all playoffs.
Castle’s wrist has been wrapped for 3 months. Same for Harper’s thumb.
Rooting for yall now, please take out the thunder šš¼
You need these kind of playoff scars
The lightsaber dildo of the second round rarely comes lubed
Or something
By nature lightsabers don’t need to be lubed
Honestly it was all house money once ant and Donte went down. Beating Denver and giving SA more of a fight than most thought we would was decent. Just not enough adjustments, a banged up team and bad shooting at the worst possible time is an unwinnable combo. Spurs played great but I wouldāve liked to see what we couldāve done with a healthy team.
Honestly Finch made the adjustments, they just didnāt work. Hard to win with the injuries and with randle playing so poorly.
When Randle and Jaden shoot like they did for this entire series, you’d have to play basically perfect everywhere else to win. There were just so many empty possessions out of those two.
Ant is superhuman.Ā
One of my favorite non-spurs
Worth it
Would have been nice to win 1 in MSG west but coming back from 3-1 against Boston was awesome
No it was not. I am blocking that memory out of my mind
I thoroughly enjoyed it
Samesies
Nah, wolves put up a fight to the very end with their best player on 1 leg. the Sixers on the other hand just rolled over and got swept.
Ant has 0 healthy legs.
I mean whatever is left of Embiidās legs.
Yeah Embiid could barely move against the Knicks. He basically gave whatever was left of his body up in that game 7
and we were totally healthy! also ignoring that the wolves had more time between series and we had less than 48 hours
obviously that’s what happens when it goes to 7 and we probably don’t win that series even if we had a full week of rest, but let’s paint the full picture
at least we won a couple games
Basically hampered and with whatever the fuck is Julius Randle. Over-achieved imo
He feels like one of those cartoon ball on a chain around your ankles lol
Same sitch with when Julius was part of the Knicks. Dude just randomly wonāt show up.
It’s so funny just how much the fans just hate his guts, you can really feel the passion lmao
lol true. This was a shit end to the season, but winning a series over the Nuggets goes a long way in making it a palatable season overall.
Wolves singlehandedly ruined Joker’s playoff performance and rouse the haters from hibernation.
The fact that ANT played in the entire series coming off that knee injury is very respectable.
He did everything he could, honestly.
Beyond admirable to risk your career like that
Im hopin he comes back from this. I didnt like that he chose to go out there. Hopefully the Spurs go all the way.
Hope he heals up well. I can understand him playing tho; you only get so many playoff runs in one career after all
The Wolves treat Ant like the Spurs treat Wemby, if there was a high chance of injury he wouldn’t be playing, he’s almost a half billion dollar asset.
I cant believe ppl said his draft was weak and that there were no stars when ant is one of the best players in the league
To me ant is the 5th in the league. Heās an amazing 2 way player in the playoffs.
KAT couldnāt do anything with the wolves til ant was there.
That one fast break dunk he had sort of highlighted how little of his athleticism he has right now, he basically eased himself into a rim grazer
Ant goes for very casual dunks in 1-on-0 fast breaks for the last few years, I think to avoid unnecessary strain
Yes. He hurts his hands on crazier dunks
I think the landing was the problem, he went to the locker room after that dunk, I felt really bad ngl because I thought he hurt himself more
That makes sense as to why he hung on the rim, probably tried to soften the landing as much as he couldĀ
Ant with two busted knees was the Wolves best player all series and it wasnāt remotely close. Spurs just started blitzing him from half court on every possession and basically just let anybody else try to beat them and nobody could. Herculean effort from Antman. Dude is him.
Hope he didnāt do any more damage. But Iām glad he played.
Def made the series more interesting
He was a beast! No one can ever deny his commitment and competitiveness
Shouldnt be called Ant. He is a Wolverine. Fucking crazy this dude. If you saw that hyperextension on his knee, you would think he will be out for a while.
Hes still wearing the bracelet that Luca gave him just like he said he would. Ant is a very humble and respectable man and people who tell you otherwise or that he hates his kids dont know shit about Ant.
You can tell he’s pissed that this is what it amounted to
The wolves never had much of a chance tonight, but castle coming out and going 5-5 from three To start pretty much sealed it.
Fox and Castle going a combined 8⁄10 from 3. Yeah, we arenāt losing when that happens.
Please do this in 4 games against okc. Seeing them swept would seal the spurs as my second team
Man you know youāre a hated franchise if you got Laker fans rooting for the Spurs lol
I was cheering so hard for the Lakers to get one against them, weirdest feeling ever
If someone told me a decade ago that in 2026 OKC would be the most universally hated team in the league I would have been very confused.
I miss when we all liked the Thunder
Ive never liked the Thunder because they took Seattle
What has the world come to
ABOKC
As a basketball fan first and Lakers fan second, Iāve always been extremely fond of the spurs. The only teams I donāt fw are the Celtics (even then I enjoyed KG Ray Allen and Rondo) and this recent iteration of the Thunder.
The entire idea of this would have been insane just 15 years ago
The talent disparity today was glaring.
I honestly feel for the Wolves and every other Western Conference team.
The Thunder and Spurs are just SO far ahead of everyone else and young and asset-laden… that I just don’t see how anyone else has a chance in the West for the next 5+ years barring a catastrophic injury. And there’s no one in the East to challenge them either.
5 years ago OKC and the Spurs won a combined 55 games, and Giannis was expected to soon overtake Tim Duncan as the best PF of all times. A LOT can change in 5 years.
We haven’t been to the Finals in 70 years so I beg to differ
Five years ago, the Bucks had an older core around Giannis with little future assets. That is not true of OKC or the Spurs.
I kinda think the Spurs are going to walk the Thunder. I just think Wemby has become insane on defense and their guards are playing so well.
Spurs in five.
The problem with OKC is they are incredibly deep and incredibly reliable. Those fuckers don’t have off games. If spurs didn’t win the series 4-1 in the season I’d be saying OKC in five but I think it goes to seven tbh
They have no answer for Wemby. No one does. He just completely shuts off the rim and it gets worse and worse as the series progresses as he starts to get in guys heads.
dort gonna try things
Daigneault: “Sweep the leg.”
And the counter balance of Randle scoring 3 pts by third quarter. Fucking joke
he gone
I wish
When I saw Finchy send the starters back out for the second half I knew it was over.
I’m still amazed that they came back from that 20-0 run to start the second quarter.
RIP Nick Wright. he in fact did NOT win $2,000,000+
Shouldve sold that ticket lol
I was wondering how is that done? Who do u sell that to and how?
Wouldnāt you like to know weather boy
Kidās sketchy
Where are your parents?
From what I’ve seen some sportsbooks will buy you out at a reduced price, they’re just hedging not having to payout the bigger payout if the bettor wins. I don’t know the context with Wright but it’s usually brought up with parlays.
Bros on a generational run of being wrong this playoffs. Donāt think heās picked the right team to move on to the next series yet lmao
If he misses every pick, is that like shooting the moon in hearts?
Tbf to him he wasn’t picking the twolves because he thought they were gonna win but because he thought it was horribly mispriced.
He did pick the Twolves before the series began though
Nah think he picked them after they won Game 1. Not that thatās better per se
This is a ploy to distract the spurs while the wolves score 30pts in the background
Genius honestly
We couldn’t score 30 in a quarter if we had rocket shoes on each player.
No, but that would be cool as hell
Nice try Ant, youāve got to wake up pretty early to pull that trick off against Mr. Mason Plumlee!
3 straight years of getting blown out in elimination games
2025: blown out by 30 vs. OKC
2024: blown out by 21 vs. Mavs
Consistency is the key to success or something
If you can’t handle me at my worst, you’re not a Timberwolves fan.
The obvious solution is to avoid matchups with other teams along I35
If the West would stop getting better every year somehow then this would be easier. Anyone but OKC š
At least they had that comeback vs the nuggets
This team would win 8 championships in a row if we only played the Nuggets. They legitimately hate those guys and want to ruin their careers.
Minnesota needs to get Giannis.
If they donāt, theyāre just counting down the time until Anthony Edwards takes his exit.
Easier said than done
Like theyāve got one first round pick until 2031
I think we get another that weāre able to trade this offseasonĀ
I am at the game. They look fucken defeated. They have no answer for Wemby. I don’t think people are ready for the Spurs dominance that is coming in the next decade.
it was the terrible trio that really turned this series on its head though. especially harper and castle. we were so busy trying to win the mental and narrative battle with wemby that we forgot about the uh two top 5 picks
Wolves had a game plan to try to guard Castle like Amen to try to get Gobert more of a traditional rim protecting role and get him going.
Castle blew it up entirely and had the best shooting night of his career establishing it from the get go.Ā
Goberts worst game this series looked completely ineffectual on both ends.
Castle is who the NBA analysts envisioned Amen to be. Amen is very young and will improve but Castle’s second year development has been insane and he’s leveling up in the playoffs, along with Harper ofc and Wemby is Wemby lol
it’s wild how much a functional jumpshot changes his ceiling. Amen becomes a top 10 player immediately if he shoots 40% on wide open 3s and has to be guarded on the perimeter. idk that it happens for him though
Wemby was ROY, next year Castle did it, then they got Harper, Johnson 6th man this year and Wemby DPOY.
Spurs have generational luck lmao
It’s not just luck, though. It’s much more about being a quality organization from top to bottom that has done this before and has had incredible draft/front-office success. A lot has gone their way, but they know what they’re doing.
“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.”
Spurs are the embodiment of this quote.
You’re 100% right but i think the biggest specific flaw with this mentality is acting like Castle was a guaranteed top-tier player coming out of college. He was one of about top 5 overall prospects in what was considered to be a very weak draft, look at its comp draft in 2013 and tell me how many of that top 5 ever looked anywhere as good as Castle looks. Yes they’ve had a few lucky draws but they are an incredibly run org and plenty of other teams would’ve fumbled this chance
If Harper had went to a bad team he would’ve had a decent chance of winning ROY as well.
Spurs Thunder is looking like alot more than a single year WCF. It’s probably going to decide whose the next NBA dynasty
Eh they’re probably just going to go back and forth battling each other every year like the Lakers/Spurs rivalry of the 00’s where if it werent for one or the other each could have like 3 more rings
I still remember those series, and thinking “the Lakers is the real finals, and the rest is a formality”.
Facts. Like there literally is no answer for him. The league is fucked
CMB is here its all good
They havenāt heard about Bball Paul either
Yeah idk what the hate is about tbh, spurs are new but wemby is really fucking hard to deal with lol
Wemby is a force, but I’m more impressed with their guard play. Fox, Castle and Harper were a combined 25⁄34 shooting including 9⁄13 from 3 in a series-clinching playoff game on the road and just one devastating driving layup after another. Spurs’ future is without a doubt very bright. At least we know they can challenge OKC.
This game I think they had no answer for Castle
Their answer for Wemby was completely selling out to the guards
Sometimes you have to strategize to make a specific player beat you. Weāve done it with Jokic. Ultimately Castle didnāt miss and thatās how we die.
Their guards shot like 80% from the field I don’t think wemby was their biggest issue in this game.
That five-minute stretch where they didn’t score a single point was what ended this game
Winning by 30+ when Wemby wasnāt the best player on our team should terrify the league.
Two of our losses in the playoff have been because Wemby left early due to flukey shit and one was because we had a long layover and came out flat.
The only team that can beat the Spurs is the Spurs.
The second apron comes for everyone.
For sure. And because of what Wemby brings, his guards around him have developed into stars super quick. Wemby is Wemby, which is insane in itself, but Castle, Champ, Harper and Fox were all reeeeally good. This team is a problem all around.
I love Ant. There’s probably not another player in the entire NBA that would do something like this. Just a completely unpredictable person.
Dillon Brooks would absolutely go dap up the OKC Thunder blowing out the Lakers with 8 minutes remaining in the 4th.
what a gentleman
Ant has always been classy in defeat, even last year
Great player to watch on the court
I love him so.
Out there playing on two bad knees. Playing ethical ball. GG Spurs.
Is it summer league yet?
Ant’s my 2nd favorite player in the league and this just makes me love him more
He was playing with a bum knee no judgement here
*knees. But yes, all respect to ant man
Both legs were fucked
Randle gotta go. He was MIA
Heās wildly inconsistent. Not a winning player
itās almost like the knicks said this exact thing just a few years ago
For the Knicks he was a franchise trajectory changing player. He will always be vaguely remembered as a āforgottenā founder of what we have now. Appreciative for what he was
Its honestly crazy because he shows a lot of qualities that a more consistent player would have
People like to forget that so much of high level sport is entirely mental.
He looked like Kobe against us last year though šš
Going up against Wemby’s rim protection vs going against a team without a center
He’s ok against really middling defenses.
i appreciate the hell out of ant. dude deserves all the respect in this league.
Love Ant.
Anthony has an impossible challenge nobody can envy. He either takes his already All-NBA skills, and doubles his talent just to stay relevant, or fade out into the background like countless other NBA greats like Barkley, Malone, Chris Paul, Paul George, Iverson, or Melo, Chris Webber and on and on and on.
He took two games from us with no legs under him, he sent Jokic home early.
He could join a winner like KD. Or struggle like Harden. He has so much talent, but shares a conference with OKC, Denver and San Antonio. What the hell is he supposed to do man…
Mmm stick around til Minnesota becomes an Eastern Conference team?
Wolves will be moving east. He will be fine.
Iāve loved watching Ant this series
Respect Ant for sure.
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It’s ok, you beat Denver. That’s what matters
Same. I really wish he would’ve been at 100% Cuz the shit he was doing injured was wildĀ
Him being available this series made me so excited, wolves are my backup west team and Ant is a fun watch. Sad he still wasn’t 100% but the guys played hard af
Donāt care what the consensus ends up being on this, this is really fucking odd
i feel like when we lose series he normally just leaves right away and walks off. So he got it out of the way to do that again
yea kinda fair because otherwise people would probably shit on him for bad sportsmanship if he walks off at the end of the series
this is odd, but the guy is mega hurt and he played in game 1 heavy minutes so I hope people don’t question is competitiveness
Yeahhh this feels like a message to his teammates
I think it was a message that he was mad that he was taken outĀ
This is what having Randle as your 2nd option does to a mfer
Is it not weird to do this if u werent going to the lockeroom straight after
When lebron did it he left didnt he
Maybe he wants to leave as soon as the buzzer hits 0. Also not miss out on anyone when they’re doing a post game interview or something.
I think we’re ascribing too much logic into what was probably just a spur of the moment decision to go share respect now, vs. wait 15 more mins. Once the timeout is called and you know the flag is waving, why not make use of the long commercial break instead of just going to sit down, right? Least that way you can say more than 2-3 words to everybody before the cameras start rushing for interviews.
Even that’s too much thought, arguably. Dude kinda just seems to live in the moment, arbitrary codes be damned.
Well imagine how it would look if the entire starting roster and assistant coaching staff all did this. It’s really nbd but not something teams want to normalize broadly.
I can never hate on this guy
They keep making admirable playoff runs before getting smacked by a better team.
They really need a point guard to finally take that leap from dark horses into proper contenders.
Heck of a team SA. Now go beat the Thunder. šš
ant can’t win with those cats
Ant can’t win with no KAT
the timberwolves emptied their bench. who gives a fuck that he didnt wait until the game was over?
ant is a dawg, pretty much the only consistent player for them this series. played his ass out every gameš«”
7mins left is crazy
I really hate when announcers make stupid comments like “I would much rather see him wait until the end of the game.”
Who the fuck cares what you think?
ā¦ itās their job to talk about it? And ya, just do it when the games over
On the flip side, who the fuck cares what you think?
Stan was a nba coach.
Tradition says you wait.
Well they are paid to talk. Also I donāt understand why you have to do this in middle of the game? Fans paid to see you compete, teammates are competing, itās still middle of the game regardless of the deficit, the least you could do is act like you care.
Mj would never
MJ wouldāve assaulted Randle after the game then got cheered for it by the 90s media
He decided to bounce at final whistle but didn’t want to be seen as a douche
Ant is a dawg. Props to him for showing out on two bad knees. Major respect.
Ant on the court is one of the best players to watch, heās so good for the sport. Hope he gets his chip
“i’m not part of those other losers on the bench”
Why even do this
Doing this mid game is a slap in the face to your teammates….
This is kinda weird right? If Tatum did this people would be clowning the shit out of him lol, just wait a few minutes and do it after the game. Like did he dap them up again 10 minutes later or did he just go straight to the locker room?
I thought people online would be ripping Ant for this, especially Wolves fans, but apparently itās classy for him to āaccept defeatā and spend two minutes congratulating every Spurs player and coach with over 7 minutes left in the game? Giving up before the game is over seems like the polar opposite of his usual personality that heās praised forā¦
I know Iām a bit biased since we got our ass kicked but this is just weirdo behavior lol. Like just wait till the game is over?
Then again, him and Reid were the only two that showed up so idk
weirdo behavior