A Dominate Authoritative Game 6 Win For Ant-Man And The Timberwolves

Did the Minnesota Timberwolves just beat the Denver Nuggets by 45 points in game 6? The Timberwolves' margin of victory was the second-largest by a team facing elimination in the NBA's history.

The Timberwolves forced a Game 7 because they got back to their swarming, suffocating, defensive, and then we saw Anthony Edwards doing Ant-Man things.

115 to 70 was the final, with Anthony Edwards leading the way with 27 points, but the real credit needs to go to the Timberwolf's head coach, Chris Finch, for adjusting the team's defense, which resulted in shutting down Jamal Murray, who only scored 10 points.

To put the Wolves' game 6 defense in perspective, the Nuggets missed 60 shots tonight. It wasn't just bad shooting; the Timberwolves' aggressive defense caused havoc every time a Nugget touched the ball. If you will, the Timberwolves swarmed the Nuggets all night to the point that they went 26 for 86 for a mind-blowing low 30.2% from the field.

Jaden McDaniels scored 21, and Rudy Gobert, Karl Anthony Towns, and Naz Reid all had 10 or more rebounds.

HISTORY MADE:
* 2nd largest win all-time when facing elimination: the largest since the 1956 Lakers
* Largest playoff win vs reigning champion
* 1st team with multiple 20-0 runs in any game in over 25 years. 20-0 run in 1st quarter, 24-0 run in 4th

Up next is a game 7 showdown in Denver on Sunday. It will be the Wolves' first game 7 in over twenty years.

Notable stats:

• Anthony Edwards: 27 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast, 3 stl

• Jaden McDaniels: 21 pts,4 reb, 2 blk

• Karl-Anthony Towns: 10 pts, 13 reb, 5 ast

• Nikola Jokic: 22 pts, 9 reb, 2 ast

• Aaron Gordon: 12 pts, 8 reb, 4 ast

• Jamal Murray: 10 pts, 5 ast, 4-18 FG