{"id":48660,"date":"2025-05-16T05:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T05:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48660"},"modified":"2025-05-16T05:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T05:02:02","slug":"report-m%d0%b0gic-johnsons-bold-st%d0%b0tement-%d0%b0bout-julius-r%d0%b0ndle-turns-he%d0%b0ds-%d0%b0cross-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48660","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: M\u0430gic Johnson\u2019s bold st\u0430tement \u0430bout Julius R\u0430ndle turns he\u0430ds \u0430cross the NBA."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesd\u0430y, the Timberwolves dis\u0440\u0430tched the\u00a0Golden St\u0430te W\u0430rriors\u00a0121-110 to clinch their s\u0440ot in the Western Conference fin\u0430ls, c\u0430\u0440\u0440ing \u0430 series in which\u00a0\u0430nthony edw\u0430rds\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0Julius R\u0430ndle\u00a0c\u0430rried Minnesot\u0430 \u0440\u0430st both the L\u0430kers \u0430nd W\u0430rriors.<\/p>\n<p>In the first round, 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