The Oklahoma City Thunder took a commanding 2-0 series lead in the Western Conference Finals, defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves by the final score of 118-103 in Game 2 on Thursday.

The Minnesota Timberwolves enter Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals needing a big game from Anthony Edwards, who is healthy and ready.

The Minnesota Timberwolves' loss is being pinned on Anthony Edwards by analysts like Jay Williams, who has labelled Edwards as an immature player.

After calling his shot and leading the Minnesota Timberwolves back to the Western Conference Finals in consecutive seasons for the first time in franchise Anthony Edwards must learn from Napheesa Collier’s dominant season last year and find the 15 percent concentrated power of will to force the Timberwolves past the Thunder.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will lock horns against Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday, May 22nd at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.

Minnesota has plenty of room for improvement heading into Game 2, starting with the play of Anthony Edwards. The star guard went just 5-of-13 from the field and scored only 18 points in Game 1, and he is expected to play much better moving forward. On TNT's "Inside the NBA," Shaquille O'Neal said that Edwards needs to assert himself.

The Minnesota Timberwolves' Game 1 loss in the Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder was a costly one for Anthony Edwards.