Julius Randle scored 29 points in 13 of 18, with Minnesota's Timberwolves winning their Western Conference second-round playoff series in Minneapolis 121-110.

Anthony Edwards scored 22 points and 12 assists at Minnesota, who won seven best series in five games. The Timberwolves advance to the finals, where they will wait for the winner of the series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Denver Nuggets.

"That's great," Randall said Wednesday night. “We already had a season full of adversity. Coach (Chris Finch) said at the end of the regular season that we didn’t do anything when it comes to trading or shooting coaches. We were just stuck and we were together.

"I'm very proud of our team, and everyone has strengthened somehow this year. We finished 8th (in the playoffs). We have to keep moving forward."

Brandin Podziemski scored 28 points in a 19-19 match, leading Golden State. Jonathan Kuminga added 26 points to the bench, while Jimmy Butler III scored with 17 points and 6 assists.

"It's a fight," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "I'm really proud of our guys. They're hanging there, and they're fighting the whole process.

"(This is a situation where we were all giving ourselves a chance and swinging on the plate a few months ago, there were some real chances to get into the deep. We were there. Obviously, it didn't go our way. The Wolves were great, they deserved it. But I'm very proud of our team."

The Warriors didn’t have Stephen Curry’s fourth straight game, who looked at street costumes from the bench. Curry was injured in the series opener after winning the first-round playoff series series ahead of Golden State.

Kerr said of the challenge of no curry game: "Injury is part of the playoffs. I learned a long time ago that the playoffs are really about health, and then just the guys got up and made some big shots to shine in the key game. That's what decides every series.

"We've been on both ends. It's just a part of it. It doesn't make sense to live on it, and I don't want to stand out from what Minnesota has just achieved."

The Timberwolves led by up to 25 points later in the third quarter. Randle transported the ball from one end of the court to the other and scored a running layup, giving the Timberwolves a 93-68 advantage, with a third remaining 1:01.

The Warriors firmly pushed the deficit in the fourth quarter, reducing it to nine. Moses Moody ran out of three-pointers and brought Golden State in 99-90 with a score of 7:11.

Moments later, Edwards helped Minnesota restore its double-digit advantage. He knocked down a three-pointer to put the Timberwolves in the top 102-90, while Jaden McDaniels added 14 points with steals and layups, leaving 6:36 left.

"The team is getting together at the right time and is playing the best basketball," Finch said.

The Timberwolves led 62-47.

Golden State fell 45-42 with Podziemski leaving 4:11 left in half.

Minnesota ended the second quarter with a 17-5 record, with a 15-point lead. Randle ended the first half with a three-pointer after scoring a layup and fouled.

The Timberwolves' overall hit rate was 62.8% (49 out of 49), and the arc exceeded 41.9% (13 out of 31). The Warriors shot 43.3% from the field (39 out of 90) and 28.2% from three-pointers (11 out of 39).

Celtics rebound to win Game 5 without Tatum

In an earlier playoff game Wednesday, Derrick White defeated the visiting New York Knicks 127-102 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference second round of the second round of the Eastern Conference, with the Boston Celtics extending the season.

The Knicks entered Game 6 of New York Friday with a 3-2 lead in the seven-innings Best Series.

White made 7 of 13 from 3 points territory and made nine of his 11 free throw attempts. Boston made up 22 of 49 shots behind the 3-point arc (44.9%) and beat New York 68-43 in the second half.

The Celtics scored Jaylen Brown 26 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds. Luke Kornet added 10 points, nine rebounds and seven blocks, and Payton Pritchard scored five 3-pointers and scored 17 points from the bench.

"We got victories at both ends of the floor," Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. "They got enough games to win. Give us another chance to play."

It was Boston’s second playoff game with no All-Star forward Jayson Tatum, who had surgery Tuesday to fix the rupture of the right follow-up tendon.

Josh Hart scored a team-high 24 points for New York, with 81 points (35.8%) shooting percentage. Jalen Brunson scored 22 points and 6 assists, but he played with a 7:19 foul. Brunson was asked to make his fifth foul with 2:45 left in the third quarter.

"We didn't play for 48 minutes," said Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau. "We didn't lead.