Anthony Edwards chose 3 interesting words to describe Nuggets-Timberwolves rivalry
This was a fascinating way to characterize the Nuggets-Timberwolves rivalry by Anthony Edwards.
This weekend, the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves will, once again, meet in the NBA playoffs . It's the third time in the last four seasons the division rivals will have met in the postseason. At no risk of hyperbole, each of the previous two entries produced some of the highest-level basketball we've seen this decade.
In 2023, the Nuggets dispatched the Timberwolves in a hard-fought five-game series en route to winning their first NBA title in franchise history. In the following year, in 2024, the Timberwolves took down the defending champions in an epic seven-game series. All told, when counting every regular-season and playoff matchup between these two squads over the last few years, which are led by two of the NBA's best players in Nikola Jokić and Anthony Edwards, Denver and Minnesota are ...
even at 14-14 . Phew. Talk about a dead heat.
Knowing this, it stands to reason that many would rightfully call Nuggets-Timberwolves one of the NBA's best modern rivalries. Edwards agrees with that characterization, but perhaps not with the framing you might expect. When asked about his Timberwolves' rivalry with the Nuggets, Edwards said, "Me and Denver" is the rivalry.