An exhausted Anthony Edwards made a point to promise a return to the Western Conference finals when the Minnesota Timberwolves were ousted from the NBA playoffs last year.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are headed back to the Western Conference finals for a second straight season, a feat the franchise has never before achieved.

For the first time in the Anthony Edwards era, the Timberwolves had an opportunity to close out a playoff series in Target Center. The pressure and the emotion of the moment in games like this can weigh on a team,