Last year's playoff between the Timberwolves and Nuggets ended with Anthony Edwards missing a shot and tossing a chair.

This year's series between the teams began with Edwards making every kind of shot and suggesting he'll steal a throne.

Maybe the Wolves will prove they deserve one, too.

In Game 1, against the best team and player in the world, the Wolves ran away for a 106-99 victory in Denver on Saturday night.

Remember when Wolves fans were afraid of the Phoenix Suns? Now the defending champions and Nikola Jokic might have reason to fear the Wolves, who are 5-0 in these playoffs.

Edwards scored 43 points in 42 minutes, making 17 of his 29 shots from the field, including 3 of 7 from the 3-point line, and going 6 for 6 on free-throw attempts. He added seven rebounds, three assists, a steal and two blocks.

He outplayed Jokic throughout and was more of a force than Jokic and Nuggets guard Jamal Murray down the stretch, denting the Nuggets' reputation as the ultimate closers in close games.

Edwards is 22. He will turn 23 in August. During the TNT broadcast, Hall of Famer Reggie Miller asked whether Edwards is already the best two-way player in the game.

Later, Miller and former Wolves guard Jamal Crawford teased each other, seeing who would be the first to acknowledge the looming comparison:

Is Edwards becoming the closest we've seen to Michael Jordan since Michael Jordan?

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