A stale-faced Anthony Edwards stood at the center of a chaotic scene. Edwards had just buried a triple late in the first quarter of Game 3 between OKC and Minnesota on Saturday. And while a pack of Timberwolves fans inside Target Center went into a frenzy,

Anthony Edwards scores 30 points in three quarters and Julius Randle adds 24 as Minnesota cuts Oklahoma City’s series lead to 2-1 in a 143–101 win.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are two wins away from reaching their second NBA Finals in franchise history as the Western Conference Finals shifts to Minnesota.

Such is life in the NBA playoffs, as the Timberwolves hammered the Oklahoma City Thunder 143-101 in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals on Saturday night in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves pulled within 2-1 in the best-of-seven series with Game 4 coming up Monday night.

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The story of these NBA playoffs has been the league's newfound and designed parity, and for good reason. The margins in this postseason field have felt virtually nonexistent. Seeds have hardly mattered,

The Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Minnesota Timberwolves for Game 3 on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. after winning the first two games of the Western Conference Series.

Julius Randle added 24 points and rookie Terrence Shannon Jr. had 15 points in 13 minutes to highlight a big boost from the bench for the Timberwolves.

Anthony Edwards clearly entered the game on a mission after a subpar Game 1. The Minnesota star notched 16 points and two assists in the first quarter, singlehandedly outscoring the Thunder. The Timberwolves finished the frame 34-14, OKC's lowest-scoring quarter of the season, and kept pounding them from there.