Anthony Edwards Explains Wolves’ Game 6 Success: ‘S–t, We Got Mike Conley Back’

Anthony Edwards is the star of the Minnesota Timberwolves, but he was immediately ready to share the praise after helping lead his team to a 115-70 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 6 of their second-round playoff series.

“S–t, we got Mike Conley back,” he told reporters when asked what the difference was between the Game 6 win and Game 5 loss. “That was it.”

Conley was sidelined for Game 5 on the road with an Achilles injury, and the Timberwolves lost by 15 points and failed to generate enough offense to keep up with Nikola Jokić’s dominant performance.

That was anything but the case in Game 6 as Minnesota set the tone right fr