It's an achievement to look LeBron James and Luka Dončić in the eyes during the pressure cooker of crunch time and live to tell about it.

Anthony Edwards already had his share of signature playoff moments, but the Minnesota Timberwolves star's performance in Game 3 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers Friday night at Target Center in Minneapolis was perhaps his most impressive of his still incredibly young NBA career.

Minnesota leads the best-of-7 series 2-1. Game 4 is Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis. While Edwards was generating buckets, the Lakers were doing nothing of the sort on the other end.