Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards trolled the ESPN personality with Shannon Sharp's words after Minnesota bouncing the Lakers out of the NBA playoffs in Game 5 on Wednesday night.
Edwards laughed at Tharp's “Lakers In 5” prediction. The Underdog Timberwolves advanced to the second round after a 103-96 victory over Los Angeles.
“Ant Man, Batman, Superman, Five Lakers,” Edwards said as he left the crypto.com arena, as he saw on social media videos.
The NBA All-Star saw him relying on his fingers as he repeated sharps. Became a meme for his “Lakers In 5” take, It involves reciting random words that he rhyme.
Edwards said while making the statement, “Five Lakers.” Improvised victory lap After the game, I went to the streets of Los Angeles.
In his recent article “Nightcap” podcastLakers fan and avid LeBron James supporter, Sharp predicted the Lakers would eliminate wolves in five contests.
Sharpe left ESPN's duties last month after being accused of rape by the sole fan model in a civil lawsuit – laughing about the whims of predictions during a “Night Cap” podcast, filmed shortly after Wednesday night's match.
“I was pushed in for time. What I meant was that the Lakers would go home at age five,” Sharp said. “That's what I mean, but don't finish my thoughts, my writing.
“If someone told me that Ali guys would struggle to shoot the ball tonight, they were going to win this game, so Rudy Goat would be one of the few guys in the playoff game to play 20-20 games… Rudy Goat averaged three points and six rebounds.”
Edwards finished firing five-in-19 with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Goat, the center of the Timberwolves, dominated both ends of the floor to take down the small Ball Lakers, which had no depth in the center position.
At the center, he had a playoff career highs with 27 points and 24 rebounds, earning more points than total in the first four games of the first round series.
The Lakers lost in the first round for the second year in a row.
The Timberwolves will face the winner of the Warriors-Rockets series in the Western Conference semi-finals.
Golden State has a 3-2 series lead, with Game 6 set at Chase Center on Friday night.
