It's an achievement to look LeBron James and Luka Dončić in the eyes during the pressure cooker of crunch time and live to tell about it.

The Timberwolves were one of the very worst clutch-time teams in the NBA this season. They went 20-26 in games with a margin within five points at any point in the last five minutes. They were out-scored by 8.

Anthony Edwards already had his share of signature playoff moments, but the Minnesota Timberwolves star's performance in Game 3 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers Friday night at Target Center in Minneapolis was perhaps his most impressive of his still incredibly young NBA career.