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\u201cHe was incredible, man,\u201d Edwards said of Randle. \u201cFinding everybody on cuts. Finding the open guy time after time. Just pushing the pace. That\u2019s what we asked of him, and he\u2019s been doing that at a high level. We can\u2019t ask for nothing better, man. He\u2019s been making the game a lot easier for me, so I appreciate having him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They carried the Wolves through a dicey game in which they committed 21 turnovers but played well enough in the fourth quarter to come away with the win. Jimmy Butler had 33 points for the Warriors, who were again without Stephen Curry (left hamstring strain).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Wolves trailed 82-77 with 8:16 to play in the fourth but went on a 9-0 run and never trailed again. They took an 84-82 lead on a three-pointer from Edwards, assisted by Randle, with 6:16 left. Edwards, who has struggled with his three-point shot of late, went 3-for-5 from three-point range even as the Warriors have made a concerted effort to run him off the line. His last three of the night put the Wolves up 96-89 with 1:17 to play. He said playing off-ball more in the second half helped him score more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s kind of crazy because teams don\u2019t usually want me to get to the hole. Now they don\u2019t want me to shoot threes, step-back threes,\u201d Edwards said. \u201c… I think just playing off the ball is better for me playing versus this team because everyone [on the Warriors] is locked in on the game plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The combination of offense and defense in clutch-time situations has been a 180-degree reversal from how the Wolves handled those situations in the regular season. They\u2019re now 4-0 in clutch-time games this postseason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They got enough defensive stops late, with 37-year-old Mike Conley putting his body on the line multiple times, including drawing an offensive foul when he hit the deck after a moving screen from Looney. Conley joked afterward his body had nothing left in it at that point, that if he hadn\u2019t fallen down he didn\u2019t know if he could have kept running.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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