Getty Images/AP Images/Ringer illustration In Game 1 of a fascinating, tactical Western Conference finals, Edwards took what the Dallas Mavericks defense gave him while Doncic took what he wanted from the Minnesota Timberwolves Two years ago, it was the Dallas Mavericks who, following two years of first-round playoff losses, catapulted to their first Western Conference finals on the heels of a seven-game upset over a championship contender. It was Luka Doncic—in his fourth season, like Anthony Edwards is now—who had a bouncy, vivacious, coming-of-age quality to his game, finding new depths in his bag on every play. It was Doncic, intoxicated by the jubilant mania of his own growing command, who fucked around with an aging but dangerous superstar guard and found out. And it was Doncic who had never been this deep into the postseason and who, exhausted and coming off an injury, discovered the limits of his problem-solving at the hands of an experienced, smart, variable, physical Warriors defense that went on to win a championship. In the two years since, Doncic has taken heliocentrism and adapted and elevated its form by integrating Kyrie Irving, one of basketball's great...