DALLAS – Even at the lowest point of the Timberwolves season, Anthony Edwards was remaining upbeat.
A season ago, when the Wolves fell behind the Denver Nuggets 3-0 in a playoff series, Edwards sat at his locker, head in his hands and didn't say a word. He left without speaking to the media.
Now, a year later, his team faces another 3-0 deficit. But Edwards was trying to radiate positivity in a moment some teammates could have been sulking following a 116-107 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night in the Western Conference finals series.
To the slumping Nickeil Alexander-Walker, two lockers over from Edwards, Edwards said: "One shot at a time, 'Kiel, it'll fall.