Dave McMenamin @mcten
Chris Finch said Terrance Shannon Jr. was “awesome” in Game 3. Finch added he was “wrestling with” expanding his rotation early in the series and believed Shannon gave the team a different dimension with his physicality and size. – 11:11 PM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
That was a rare 1st half where Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Thunder missed all 4 of midrange FG attempts
On flip side, Timberwolves made 4 of 5 midrange FGs in the 1st half, including 2 of 3 from Anthony Edwards as part of Edwards’ first 20-point first half in 44 days. – 10:01 PM

Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie
An “Everything Goes Right” game for Minnesota so far. Chris Finch’s defensive adjustments on Shai have worked splendidly (namely picking him lower), running Ant off of more off-ball action is good. And they’re drilling 3s. Interested to see if OKC tries to make a run early in 2H – 9:50 PM

Peter Vecsey @PeterVecsey1
Shannon must’ve had a great practice to get such early & extended daylight tonight. His athleticism & scoring acumen was desperately needed to match the Thunders’ gymnasts. Then again, did it suddenly dawn on Chris Finch the Wolves might be able to use Shannon’s explosiveness? – 9:34 PM

Christopher Hine @ChristopherHine
Daigneault upset there was no foul called on Randle on that Shai drive. About as mad as I’ve seen him get at officials so far this series, which is not much. – 8:48 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Chet Holmgren lobs it up for Isaiah Hartenstein to start the scoring. SGA is boo’d with his first touch of the game, fires to IHart for a floater, a 4-0 run. – 8:42 PM

David MacKay @DavidMacKayNBA
Not saying SGA isn’t incredible, but, looking back at MVP winners all the way back to ~2008, he’s probably among the weaker ones. Westbrook and Rose stand out as worse. But, that’s what? Bottom three in an 18-year span? I don’t think that same observation is true if Jokic wins 🤷 – 2:51 PM

“You want me to tell you?” Finch joked. “I mean, you know, like I said, we just were more aggressive everywhere. You know, I thought we were a little cleaner around him with, you know, didn’t foul. You know, just our competitiveness was at an all time high. Like, you know, he was a phenomenal player, man. And he’s not going to have too many nights like this. So we feel fortunate for that. And we’ll move on to Monday.” -via Clutch Points / May 25, 2025

Clemente Almanza: FINAL: Wolves 143, Thunder 101 SGA – 14 points, 6 assists JDub – 13 points, 4 rebounds Chet – 10 points, 5 rebounds Edwards – 30 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists Randle – 24 points, 4 rebounds McDaniels – 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists OKC leads 2-1 -via x.com / May 24, 2025