Anthony Edwards Had Fans in Awe With One of the Coolest Plays of the NBA Playoffs

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The Minnesota Timberwolves took care of business at home on Saturday night in a game they had to win, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder, 143–101. Anthony Edwards led the way once again for the home team, which now trails the series 2–1 heading into Monday night's Game 4.
The 23-year-old Timberwolves star had 30 points in the victory and made a number of plays throughout the game that showed everyone once again why he's ready to possibly be the next face of the NBA.
The best of those plays came when he basically went around four Thunder defenders and made a reverse layup that was straight out of Michael Jordan's game.
This was a thing of beauty.
another POV 🎥 pic.twitter.com/rEjwlXydzB
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) May 25, 2025
NBA fans rightfully loved that:
Some get excited about huge dunks on opponents.
— Dan WHENESOTA (@WHENESOTA) May 25, 2025
To me...this is a work of art. https://t.co/L3lHgjBIwa
THIS is the Anthony Edwards that could end up being that "face of the league" folks spend a lot of time talking about. https://t.co/bzyrAR27gb
— Chris Long (@ChrisLongKSTP) May 25, 2025
That’s MJ https://t.co/VcIWxMmuo3
— Omg! (@FeddTheGod) May 25, 2025
Being bucks fan is painful but Edwards has brought my love for basketball back https://t.co/0okeZNpm2C
— Fish Middleton (@Giannis_An344) May 25, 2025
If Anthony Edwards did this back in the 80’s he’d deadass be in GOAT conversations 😂
— Hater Report (@HaterReport_) May 25, 2025
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