The Minnesota Timberwolves needed a win to keep their season alive. (More Sports News)
They proceeded to obliterate the Denver Nuggets.
The ✱Timberwolves rode a 20-0 run in the first quarter enroute to a 115-70 thrashing of thಌe Nuggets on Thursday to force a Game 7 in their Western Conference semi-final series.
Anthony Edwards led the way with 27 points and Jaden McDaniels added 21 on 8-of-10 shootiಞng as Minnesota recorded the second-largest play-off win in NBA history when facing elimination.
The Wolves led by as much as 50 to send the series back to Denver on Sunday with a 🤡berth in the West finals on the line.
After winning🥃 the first two games of the series in Denver, Minnesota suddenly found itself on the brink of elimination after losing Games 3 and 4 on its home court and Tuesday's 112-97 defeat back in Denverཧ.
The Timberwolves then traiꦿled 9-2 early in Game 6 before turnꦏing the tables on the Nuggets.
They scored the next 20 points and went on a 27-2 run on their way to taking a 31-14 le♕ad after the first 12 minutes.
Edwards sparked the fir⛎st-quarter surge, racking up 14 points in the opening period after scoring 18 total points in Game 5.
The Wolves clamped down defensively and dominated the ⛄boards🦩 to turn Game 6 into a laugher.
Minnesota limited Denver to just 7-of-36 shooting from 3-point range (19.4 per cent) and held a 62-43 advantage on the glass, with big men Rudy Gobert (14), Karl-Anthony To🎶wns (13) and Naz Reid (11) combining for 38 boardsꦯ.
NBA MVP Nikola J🦩okic had 22 points and nine rebounds for the defending champions, but Jamal Murray struggled mightily from the flo☂or, making just 4-of-18 shots and finishing with 10 points.
Mike Conley returned after missing Game 5 because of﷽ soreness in his right Achilles tendon, and finished with 14 points, four rebounds and four assis🍬ts.
🎉The Timberwolves opened the fourth quarter on a 7-2 run to open up a 30-point lead, prompting the 🌺Nuggets to empty their bench just over two minutes into the final period.
Less tha♐n 90 ཧseconds later, that lead grew to 36 points and Minnesota took out its starters.
The Wolves bench picked up right where the starters left off to finish off a 24-0 run as the l🍌ead ballooꦓned to 50.
