Minnesota trailed Memphis by five at halftime of a game the Wolves needed to win for playoff positioning. A team that has so often depended on its defense for the last few seasons, the Timberwolves were struggling on that end of the floor Thursday.

The first playoff game Anthony Edwards played came in his second season, in Memphis against the Grizzlies. Before that game, coach Chris Finch wondered if Edwards would try to do too much in that moment,