Despite a valiant effort from the Golden State Warriors without Stephen Curry, the Minnesota Timberwolves took a 2-1 series lead with a 102-97 Game 3 win on Saturday night in San Francisco. Jimmy Butler and Jonathan Kuminga were phenomenal for Golden State,

The Warriors took the first game of the series on the road, but the Timberwolves took advantage of Stephen Curry’s absence to get into the win column in the second. Curry left Game 1 with a hamstring injury and is expected to be out for at least a week.

Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conference. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are determined by the NBA Play-In Tournament.

Julius Randle and Anthony Edwards got the job done on Saturday. Randle recorded the first Timberwolves triple-double in a playoff series since 2004, while Edwards poured in 36 points to lead Minnesota to a 102-97 win over Golden State, giving the Wolves a 2-1 series lead.

The Golden State Warriors may be without Steph Curry, but that doesn't mean the series is completely over. The Warriors saw Curry leave Game 1 early with a hams

The Minnesota Timberwolves looked sluggish in the first half of their Game 3 win against the Golden State Warriors Saturday night. Julius Randle had 13 points in the first two frames to keep the Wolves afloat,