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Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards Has Bested LeBron James, Michael Jordan In One Category ... For Now

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards kept his team alive with a win in Game 4 against Nikola Jokic and Denver Nuggets
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Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards Has Bested LeBron James, Michael Jordan In One Category ... For Now
Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards Has Bested LeBron James, Michael Jordan In One Category ... For Now

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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards played arguably the best game of his short postseason career for one reason. 

He wanted to avoid the label of being swept in the playoffs, so Edwards scored 34 points to lead the Timberwolves to a Game 4 victory against the top-seeded Denver Nuggets. 

"I don't ever want to say I got swept in my career," Edwards said. "So I definitely took it personally tonight."

With Sunday's win, Edwards can at least say he has never been swept unlike some of the game's all-time greats. Even Michael Jordan and LeBron James, widely considered the greatest two players in NBA history, were on the losing end of a "skunk." 

James was twice swept in the NBA Finals when he played with the Cleveland Cavaliers. In 2007, he lost 4-0 to the San Antonio Spurs and suffered the same fate against the Golden State Warriors in 2018. 

When Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls, he was swept in the first round in 1986 and 1987 by the Boston Celtics. 

 But Edwards, only in his third season, has a long way to go to remain out of the swept club. He also is years from accomplishing the combined 10 championships James and Jordan have won. 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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