US EditionPreview capsule for the Minnesota-Golden State Western Conference semifinal playoff series
- The Golden State Warriors fell behind early in their 2025 Western Conference Semifinals, losing the opening game of the series against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minnesota on Tuesday.
- Minnesota earned the No. 6 seed by winning the majority of its final ten regular-season games, allowing the team to bypass the play-in tournament, unlike the Warriors who had to compete in a play-in and a seven-game first-round series.
- The Warriors entered the series visibly exhausted after eight playoff games with limited rest and an injured Steph Curry, while Minnesota arrived with five days off and more recovery time.
- Golden State won the regular season series 3-1, with Curry averaging 30.3 points and 9.3 assists in the last three matchups against Minnesota.
- The Warriors must win four games against Minnesota’s three to advance, facing an uphill battle given their fatigue and uncertain contributions from role players.
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NBA: Lower-seeded Wolves, Warriors vie for spot in West finals
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors each knocked off a higher-seeded opponent in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Now, the teams will battle for a trip to the NBA Western Conference finals. READ: NBA: Draymond Green leads with poise in Warriors’ Game 7 win Sixth-seeded Minnesota will tip off against seventh-seeded Golden State in Game 1 of their best-of-seven semifinals series on Tuesday night in Minneapolis. The series will…
Marin Independent Journal
Kurtenbach: The Warriors face a massive disadvantage, familiar script at start of second round
The Warriors are already down 1-0 to the Minnesota Timberwolves in their Western Conference Semifinal series. Not literally, no. But practically? Absolutely. You see, the Timberwolves did this funny thing when they went up 3-1 in their first-round series with the Lakers: They won Game 5. As you might recall, the Warriors punted Game 5 of their series with the Rockets. Then, they lost Game 6 at home, forcing a “rock fight” Game 7. The Dubs won th…
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Monterey HeraldWarriors-Timberwolves preview: NBA’s two hottest teams since March face off in playoffs
Anthony Edwards eliminated one Team USA teammate already, and now the Timberwolves’ rising star will get his crack at another Olympic gold-medal winner after Stephen Curry and the Warriors took care of business — at last — against the Rockets. With a 103-89 win Sunday in Game 7, Golden State advanced to the Western Conference semifinals, where they will face Edwards and Minnesota, which needed only five games to move past Luka Doncic, LeBron Jam…
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NBA Round 2 matchups: Cavs-Pacers, Celtics-Knicks, Warriors-Timberwolves and Thunder-Nuggets
Defending champion Boston vs. title-starved New York. High-scoring Cleveland vs. high-scoring Indiana. The 2023 champion Denver vs. this year's favorite in Oklahoma City. And Golden State vs. Minnesota, pitting a current face of the NBA in Stephen Curry against an…
Warriors beat Rockets, will play Timberwolves in second round of NBA playoffs
Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves will host Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals against Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors.
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