“No wayyy! Come on ant! ” wrote NFL star Patrick Mahomes during Game 4 of the Lakers-Timberwolves playoff series. He was just one amongst the thousands of fans who were in awe of Anthony Edwards as the 23-year-old helped his team’s win record go up to 3-1. After the Lakers had earlier lost by a 12-point margin, you would think that they would come into the game better prepared and with a new strategy in mind. They did so, but Anthony Edwards was quick to figure it out. Once he knew what LeBron James and Co.’s plan was, he let his teammates know, and all hope for LA was lost.
During the post-game presser, the 23-year-old was asked about his mindset in dealing with double-teams throughout the matchup. Edwards recalled huddling everybody up during a previous timeout. He told everybody, “Hey, this is what they doing on defense”. The player had realized, early on, that the Lakers were especially looking to put their players on him to limit his scoring. This created an opportunity, as spacing in a particular way allowed somebody to cut in, leaving some space to be wide open.
“They basically putting three people on me. Like, once I drive, they try to trap me. If I get around a trap, it’s the third guy coming up as a low man. So if you just equal out, and the dude, it’s three people on the left side, on the opposite weak side of the ball, and if the middle dude just cuts, then they got one person to guard two people,” Edwards revealed.
“So, that was pretty much what we did down the stretch, and Dante, that cut he made was big time, because I… we had just went over, and he cut, and he got the M1. So, that was pretty much it”.
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