Anthony Edwards, who has been identified as a player with a chance to usurp the Face of the NBA mantle by carrying his Minnesota Timberwolves through the Finals, scored 16 points on 5-of-13 shooting in a crushing Game 4 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. The dynamic player was once again heavily targeted by the OKC defense and forced to serve as a distributor, not a scorer, turning the ball over five times along the way. This is obviously not an ideal situation for Minnesota and was made worse by Julius Randle's five-point output. Yet Edwards was not ready to go so far as to say he struggled when asked about the performance postgame.
"I don't look at it like I struggled," Edwards said. "They had a good game plan, making us get off the ball. Especially for me, man, it was super in the gaps, I made the right play all night, so I don't really look at it like I struggled. I didn't get enough shots to say I struggled."
