Heading into their clash Thursday night, the Memphis Grizzlies held onto the No. 6 seed—the final guaranteed playoff spot—with a 47-32 record while the Minnesota Timberwolves

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Two of those teams, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies, faced off on Thursday, and thanks to a 44-point outburst from Anthony Edwards, Minnesota proved victorious, 141-125. That win was enormous for Minnesota, of course, but it has major ramifications all across the standings.

With their loss to the Spurs, and only two games remaining on the regular season schedule, the Warriors fell to the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference, putting themselves in jeopardy of playing in the play-in tournament to secure a spot in the postseason.

There was no getting around it, Thursday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies was the “biggest game of the season,” as Anthony Edwards said. For as inconsistent as the Wolves have been this season, they played like that statement was true in a 141-125 win over the Grizzlies that gives the Wolves a needed boost in the crowded Western Conference playoff race.

A game with major implications for the Western Conference playoff standings takes place on Thursday, April 10 between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves at FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.

A fter getting blown out by the Minnesota Timberwolves at home just eight days ago—in a contest which was far more lopsided than the final score suggested—the Brooklyn Nets hi