The Minnesota Timberwolves won an overtime thriller over the Denver Nuggets Wednesday night to clinch their first playoff birth since 2004. In a league where 8 teams from each conference make the postseason, it finally ends a painfully long stretch of ineptitude.
Series MVP Kevin Durant scored 39 points, and the Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers, 129-120, in Game Five of the 2017 NBA Finals in Oakland on Monday night.
There was a lot of pre-draft speculation that the Timberwolves were trying to swing a trade for Chicago Bulls star Jimmy Butler, but when it was all said and done, they held on to their first-round pick and made a great choice.
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Stephen Curry scored 36 points, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 96-88, in the decisive Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals in Oakland on Monday night to advance to the NBA Finals.
By the time it was officially announced Monday, everyone already knew that Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Karl-Anthony Towns was going to win the NBA Rookie Of The Year award. That doesn't take a thing away from the honor, especially since he was the unanimous choice.