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After taking care of Portland in the first round, the San Antonio Spurs will host Minnesota on Monday night in Game One of the Western Conference semifinals.
The series may feature Victor Wembanyama vs. Anthony Edwards, two of the league’s brightest young stars, locked in battle for four to seven games, down the road. But Edwards will start the series on the injury list with a knee injury. So now all eyes will be on Wemby against Rudy Gobert.
The 7-foot-1 Gobert just wrapped an inspired series against the league’s best offensive center, Denver's Nikola Jokić. Now he’ll have to contend with its best all-around center in Wembanyama
San Antonio went 1-2 against the Wolves during the regular season, losing to them twice in January.