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At 22 years old, Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is already reminding people of Michael Jordan during his first few years in the league with the Chicago Bulls. Of course, this noise has grown a lot louder after Edwards’ heroics to sweep Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the playoffs. […]

The Phoenix Suns saw their postseason come to an end with a four-game sweep at the expense of the Minnesota Timberwolves. It was a disappointing finish for a Suns team full of stars and given NBA title aspirations from the get-go. Now, rumors are swirling about the future of this team, including players such as […]

Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal probably didn’t envision getting swept in the first round of the playoffs when he made the pilgrimage out west, but life is full of unexpected turns. The former Wizard was visibly frustrated after Phoenix fell 122-116 Sunday night, so much so that he slapped head coach Frank Vogel’s hand away […]

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is known as The Sports Guy for good reason. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone else in sports media who could effortlessly nail cross-sport comparisons with the regularity that BS does, and this comparison for Phoenix Suns’ forward Kevin Durant may be some of his best work yet. On the latest […]

Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns were swept by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the NBA playoffs. According to a recent report, Durant was not content with his role in Phoenix. As a result of the sweep and rumors, Durant’s future with the Suns has become uncertain. Betonline recently released odds for […]

Be honest, this fear was always lurking in your subconscious. The signs were there. The Phoenix Suns vacillated between contention and concern throughout the 2023-24 season, but the panic meter has now gone kablooey after their latest setback. A 122-116 Game 4 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Footprint Center on Sunday night forces […]

Rumors are already swirling after the Phoenix Suns were swept by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Kevin Durant was reportedly not content with his role on the team. Frank Vogel is rumored to be on the hot seat. And now Stephen A. Smith is linking Devin Booker to New […]

The 2023-24 NBA season is over for the Phoenix Suns. It came way too early than what most people expected this team would go, especially when Phoenix landed Bradley Beal via a trade last summer. The Minnesota Timberwolves needed just four games to discard Kevin Durant and the Suns, who are in for a long […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are moving on to the second round of the NBA Playoffs in convincing fashion, sweeping Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns on Sunday evening. I’m not sure if anyone believed the Wolves would win four in a row against Frank Vogel’s squad, but Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns are a big reason […]

Many expected the first-round series between the Phoenix Suns and the Minnesota Timberwolves to be a back-and-forth affair. Instead, it turned out to be a lopsided series in complete favor of Anthony Edwards and company, as Minnesota swept the Suns. The Timberwolves’ series win also gave Phoenix shooting guard Bradley Beal his first experience of […]

The Phoenix Suns were defeated in Game 4 of their first round playoff series 122-116 by the Minnesota Timberwolves. As a result, Phoenix was swept by Minnesota. It was a frustrating way to end the season for the Suns. Phoenix built a contending roster around superstars Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal. Additionally, the […]

There were high hopes for the Phoenix Suns entering the 2023-24 NBA season. After all, they formed a scary new Big Three  in the NBA when they acquired star shooting guard Bradley Beal last summer via a blockbuster trade with the Washington Wizards. Beal joining the duo of Kevin Durant and Devin Booker was supposed […]

The short answer to the question posed in the headline is Yes.  Yes, Bradley Beal did slap Frank Vogel’s hand away during the Phoenix Suns’ Game 4 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, which unceremoniously ended Phoenix’s 2024 NBA Playoff run. There’s just no way around it. And while I’m sure that Bradley Beal would insist that […]

The Phoenix Suns have thrust themselves into a period of great uncertainty for the second consecutive offseason, following yet another postseason pitfall. Despite raising their intensity and performance level in Game 4, they fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves at home, 122-116. Their NBA Playoffs experience ends unceremoniously in a sweep. Now, fans are wondering if […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves made franchise history on Sunday night. For the first time in the Wolves’ 35-year history, Minnesota has swept an opponent. The dominant 4-0 series sweep of the Phoenix Suns came in convincing fashion as the Wolves’ collection of role players and dominant stars all played incredibly well. Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Jaden McDaniels […]

The fourth game of the NBA Playoffs clash between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns was different. It was more closely contested than the first three matchups. Chris Finch and Frank Vogel were having a chess match in schemes and rotations. Players started popping off like Anthony Edwards, Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, and Karl-Anthony Towns. […]

The Phoenix Suns came into the 2023-24 season hoping to be championship contenders. They already had two stars in Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, and then they added Bradley Beal to form a new Big 3 in the NBA. But the season hasn’t gone as they would have hoped. Although they managed to scramble into […]

The Phoenix Suns are fighting hard to stay alive in the 2024 NBA Playoffs and they’ll have a chance to grab a win in the desert when they face the Minnesota Timberwolves for Game 4. All-Star guard Devin Booker will have to channel his killer instincts to bring the Suns back from the deficit as […]

After securing a season sweep of the Minnesota Timberwolves and avoiding the NBA Play-In Tournament with a final-day-of-the-season win, the Phoenix Suns rolled into the NBA Playoffs with some semblance of momentum and what many viewed as an edge over their Round 1 opponent. By the time the 1st Round of the NBA Playoffs began, the […]

The Phoenix Suns entered 2023-2024 with sky-high expectations of maximizing their team strengths, which include the bountiful scoring of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal among others. Now, three games into their series with the younger and hungrier Minnesota Timberwolves, fans everywhere are crying “uncle” and talking hurriedly about a changing of the guard […]

The Phoenix Suns thought they had it all figured out when they made a new big three of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal. However, Anthony Edwards had other plans in this first-round series, showing he may be the next man up in the pantheon of NBA stars. Edwards has gone out of his […]

The Phoenix Suns are down 0-3 to the Minnesota Timberwolves and their championship hopes are looking bleak. It’s been a huge disappointment so far this postseason and the fans have let them know about it. After Game 3, Kevin Durant opened up about the booing he and his teammates have received. Surprisingly enough, Durant sided […]

The Phoenix Suns were hoping that a return to Footprint Center would help them change their fortunes in their first-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, but unfortunately, they suffered a 126-109 loss to push them to the brink of being swept out of the postseason. Things are not looking good for the Suns to say […]

For years, the Minnesota Timberwolves were cellar dwellers in the Western Conference. After a storied-run with Kevin Garnett and a magical 2003-04 Wolves’ team that made the franchise’s sole Conference Finals appearance, Minnesota’s basketball fell into despair. The organization failed to make the postseason following that deep playoff run up until the 2017-18 season. That […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have left the basketball world in shock. Nationally, hoops fans are raving about the performances night in and night out from this defense-first team. On Friday night, the Wolves once again flexed their team performance en route to another blowout win over the Phoenix Suns. The win gives Minnesota a commanding 3-0 […]

It isn’t looking good for the Phoenix Suns at the moment. Down 3-0 against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Suns are fresh off a Game 3 loss at home on Friday. The game’s third quarter was the turning point of the night. It was initially a tightly contested clash, with the Timberwolves holding a six-point lead […]

Grayson Allen has truly been one of the unsung heroes for the Phoenix Suns over the course of the 2023-24 season. In his first season with the team, Allen shot a career-best and league-high 46.1 percent from three-point range in 75 total games. Although he was never really known for being a sharpshooter, the former […]

The Phoenix Suns have fallen down 0-2 in their first-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves. As the series shifts to Phoenix on Friday for Game 3, the Suns will need to make some adjustments. Despite having three stars, Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal, the Suns have struggled mightily on offense. Minnesota has held […]

Fresh off the heels of his latest Nike KD 16 release, Kevin Durant has been spotted rocking his newest Nike KD 17 throughout the NBA Playoffs for the Phoenix Suns. While the Suns are down 0-2 in the series, Durant has been looking fresh in an all-black version of his newest signature sneaker. Just recently, […]

The Phoenix Suns trail the Minnesota Timberwolves two games to zero heading into Friday night’s 10:30 p.m. matchup. For Kevin Durant and the Suns, it’s just the latest test in a long line of them that have taken shape since the Suns first set their goals prior to the 2023-2024 NBA season. Kevin Durant reiterated […]

The Phoenix Suns have their work cut out for them in games three and four against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Valley of the Sun, and Grayson Allen could be a big part of turning the tide. Allen aggravated an ankle injury in Game 2 against the Wolves in Minnesota and now he’s sharing an […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves will take a 2-0 series lead into the desert as they head to Arizona to face the Phoenix Suns for Game 3 at the Footprint Center. We’re here to share our NBA odds series, make a Timberwolves-Suns Game 3 prediction, and pick while showing you how to watch. The Timberwolves defeated the […]

The highly anticipated first-round matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns shifts to the desert with the home team facing what might as well be a must-win Game 3. Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Bradley Beal and company were sorely out-classed at Target Center during the first two games of this series, unable to stem […]

The Phoenix Suns fell behind in their NBA Playoffs series with the Minnesota Timberwolves 2-0 on Tuesday with another abysmal offensive performance. Despite boasting a top-10 offensive rating in the regular season, the Suns have scored 95 and 93 points in Games 1 and 2, respectively, and the early series deficit is creating some chatter […]

Two years ago, the Dallas Mavericks went head-to-head with the Phoenix Suns in an intense playoff series. Dallas fought back from a 3-1 deficit and ultimately cruised to a Game 7 victory over Phoenix. On Tuesday, the Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 96-93 in LA, and Chris Paul, who was on that Suns team, […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves took a 2-0 series lead over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday with another decisive home win. And following the 105-93 victory, which included a big night from Minnesota wing Jaden McDaniels, a seemingly prophetic Anthony Edwards statement about McDaniels and Kevin Durant from year ago resurfaced. During the NBA All-Star weekend last […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves prevailed in Game 2 against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. Due to a fourth quarter surge, the Timberwolves brought home a 105-93 victory to take a 2-0 lead in the first round of the playoffs. As the series shifts to Arizona for Games 3 and 4, Devin Booker isn’t fazed. Speaking to […]

After a stellar playoff opener from the Minnesota Timberwolves, Game 2 became a prime opportunity for them to take a commanding lead in the first round. With the Phoenix Suns looking to turn their fortunes around, Minnesota came in ready to roll again. A bevy of stops out of the gate cemented ferocious 8-0 start […]

It’s a bit funny to look at now, but the Phoenix Suns actually entered their first-round matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2024 NBA playoffs as the favorite to advance. This appears to have been nothing but bulletin board material for a Timberwolves team that is now leading the series 2-0 after taking a […]