Mike Conley returns to lineup in elimination game
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Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA
New Dunc’d On is live and FREE. Join @DannyLeroux and me. Minnesota and Mike Conley bounce off the mat to destroy Denver and push the Nuggets to their first Game 7 since 2020. How did the Wolves hold Denver to 70 points and how much can be repeated in Game 7?
Also, we look at – 12:56 AM
New Dunc’d On is live and FREE. Join @DannyLeroux and me. Minnesota and Mike Conley bounce off the mat to destroy Denver and push the Nuggets to their first Game 7 since 2020. How did the Wolves hold Denver to 70 points and how much can be repeated in Game 7?
Also, we look at – 12:56 AM
Christopher Hine @ChristopherHine
Mike Conley: “Obviously I wanted to play last game. Just couldn’t move at all. Tonight it was a no brainer. I was gonna try to find a way. We’re just better when we’re a complete team.” – 11:53 PM
Mike Conley: “Obviously I wanted to play last game. Just couldn’t move at all. Tonight it was a no brainer. I was gonna try to find a way. We’re just better when we’re a complete team.” – 11:53 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
Ant Edwards explaining why the Wolves played the way they did in Game 6: “We got Mike Conley back, that was it” – 11:21 PM
Ant Edwards explaining why the Wolves played the way they did in Game 6: “We got Mike Conley back, that was it” – 11:21 PM
Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
Ant on the difference between games 5 and 6: “We got Mike Conley back.” – 11:20 PM
Ant on the difference between games 5 and 6: “We got Mike Conley back.” – 11:20 PM
Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
Conley has played 24 minutes. You’re up 25 at the end of 3. Might wanna sit him for Sunday. Along with getting whatever treatment started for Ant on Sunday— he’s gonna be sore – 10:27 PM
Conley has played 24 minutes. You’re up 25 at the end of 3. Might wanna sit him for Sunday. Along with getting whatever treatment started for Ant on Sunday— he’s gonna be sore – 10:27 PM
Jon Krawczynski @JonKrawczynski
Mike Conley blocked Braun at the rim. Wolves throwing everything they have at this one. – 10:24 PM
Mike Conley blocked Braun at the rim. Wolves throwing everything they have at this one. – 10:24 PM
Dane Moore @DaneMooreNBA
This looks like a crazy pull up 3 if you don’t know that Mike Conley took 208 pull up 3s this season and made 45.7% of them. pic.twitter.com/YXFL5n37Rl – 9:40 PM
This looks like a crazy pull up 3 if you don’t know that Mike Conley took 208 pull up 3s this season and made 45.7% of them. pic.twitter.com/YXFL5n37Rl – 9:40 PM
Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
Not saying there will be a Game 7 but…if the extra day of rest helps anybody, it would be Murray on that injured calf. And Conley, too.
Still, in the words of the great Hubie Brown, “plenty of time” – 9:36 PM
Not saying there will be a Game 7 but…if the extra day of rest helps anybody, it would be Murray on that injured calf. And Conley, too.
Still, in the words of the great Hubie Brown, “plenty of time” – 9:36 PM
Michael Gallagher @MikeSGallagher
Can’t say I agree with a Conley, NAW, SloMo, Naz and Rudy lineup here. – 9:14 PM
Can’t say I agree with a Conley, NAW, SloMo, Naz and Rudy lineup here. – 9:14 PM
Duvalier Johnson @DuvalierJohnson
Mike Conley is in after missing the last game despite warming up and is out getting shots up. Moving well and looks good to go. pic.twitter.com/RwIIo9Q0Bj – 7:30 PM
Mike Conley is in after missing the last game despite warming up and is out getting shots up. Moving well and looks good to go. pic.twitter.com/RwIIo9Q0Bj – 7:30 PM
Duvalier Johnson @DuvalierJohnson
Mike Conley is in. Per Finch. pic.twitter.com/7nXxFw3IIT – 6:56 PM
Mike Conley is in. Per Finch. pic.twitter.com/7nXxFw3IIT – 6:56 PM
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Nuggets-Timberwolves series update from @FDSportsbook with guard Mike Conley (calf) returning in Game 6 tonight with Denver up 3-2: pic.twitter.com/deQqJ9eGRW – 6:54 PM
Nuggets-Timberwolves series update from @FDSportsbook with guard Mike Conley (calf) returning in Game 6 tonight with Denver up 3-2: pic.twitter.com/deQqJ9eGRW – 6:54 PM
CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Mike Conley injury update: Timberwolves guard expected to return in Game 6 against Nuggets, per report cbssports.com/nba/news/mike-… – 4:47 PM
Mike Conley injury update: Timberwolves guard expected to return in Game 6 against Nuggets, per report cbssports.com/nba/news/mike-… – 4:47 PM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Mike Conley Jr. (calf) is expecting to return for Minnesota’s must-win Game 6 vs. Denver tonight, per @ShamsCharania. pic.twitter.com/n3Eswx7T5T – 2:42 PM
Mike Conley Jr. (calf) is expecting to return for Minnesota’s must-win Game 6 vs. Denver tonight, per @ShamsCharania. pic.twitter.com/n3Eswx7T5T – 2:42 PM
Darren Wolfson @DWolfsonKSTP
Here’s some video of #WolvesBack PG Mike Conley Jr. at shoot-around this morning. He’s listed as questionable for tonight, battling a right soleus strain. #Timberwolves pic.twitter.com/oNnQnOv7IV – 1:31 PM
Here’s some video of #WolvesBack PG Mike Conley Jr. at shoot-around this morning. He’s listed as questionable for tonight, battling a right soleus strain. #Timberwolves pic.twitter.com/oNnQnOv7IV – 1:31 PM
Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
New for @YahooSports: it started with a training camp dinner, Wolves guard Mike Conley speaking up to his teammates: “We have to change our mindset…we can’t be satisfied.”
That message is being tested headed into Game 6 against the champs sports.yahoo.com/mike-conleys-m… – 12:38 PM
New for @YahooSports: it started with a training camp dinner, Wolves guard Mike Conley speaking up to his teammates: “We have to change our mindset…we can’t be satisfied.”
That message is being tested headed into Game 6 against the champs sports.yahoo.com/mike-conleys-m… – 12:38 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
Mike Conley on the court at shootaround this morning, wearing a leg sleeve over his sore right Achilles pic.twitter.com/wmmfQcevy7 – 12:18 PM
Mike Conley on the court at shootaround this morning, wearing a leg sleeve over his sore right Achilles pic.twitter.com/wmmfQcevy7 – 12:18 PM
John Hollinger @johnhollinger
Mike Conley out here getting shots up. pic.twitter.com/0quznQbY5z – 12:11 PM
Mike Conley out here getting shots up. pic.twitter.com/0quznQbY5z – 12:11 PM
Christopher Hine @ChristopherHine
Mike Conley is here at shootaround today. He was also at shootaround before Game 5, though. – 12:06 PM
Mike Conley is here at shootaround today. He was also at shootaround before Game 5, though. – 12:06 PM
More on this storyline
Dave McMenamin: The Wolves win, 115-70, to force Game 7. Ant Edwards 27p 4r 4a 3s; McDaniels 21p on 8-of-10 4r 2b; Conley 12p 5a 4r; KAT 10p 13r 5a; Reid 10p 11r; Rudy 8p 14r. MIN’s 45-point win is the 2nd largest margin of victory in NBA history when facing postseason elimination. -via Twitter @mcten / May 16, 2024
Shams Charania: Minnesota’s Mike Conley Jr. (calf) is expecting to return for must-win Game 6 vs. Denver tonight, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Key for the Wolves, facing 3-2 deficit after missing their veteran point guard in Game 5 loss. pic.twitter.com/olatIKwx4P -via Twitter @ShamsCharania / May 16, 2024
It wasn’t hard for Conley to engage; he’d always been the trusted veteran even when he wasn’t a veteran. But during his first few months in Minneapolis, he wasn’t sure of his personal future. The Timberwolves traded for him at last year’s deadline and he didn’t know if they would fully guarantee his $24.3 million salary or if he’d find himself back on the trade block. “It was one of those situations, I kind of felt vulnerable at that time,” Conley said. “I don’t want to like come in and just be that loud voice. These guys would resent me immediately. I’m just the new guy. I’ll get to know the situation. I’ll talk if I need to.” -via Yahoo! Sports / May 16, 2024