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“I said, ‘Hey, man, you had one subpar game in the playoffs so far. Just happened to be the other night. We’re moving on,’” Finch said.Good advice from the head coach, of course, but the star player actually beat him to it.

Anthony Edwards, who sparked the Wolves with 30 points in 30 minutes before sitting for the fourth quarter with the game well in hand, was the first one to approach Randle in Oklahoma City on Thursday night with an encouraging word.“He was like, ‘Bro, just shake that. Like, you good. Don’t worry about it,’” Randle said. “And as the flight went on, I was able to start smiling and laughing again while we’re playing cards and all that stuff. So he’s very mature and very in-tune with the team, and as a leader of the team you need that.”Randle rediscovered his aggression in Game 3 — and his fadeaway. He knocked down a 16-footer and an 11-footer early, part of a revival of the success the Wolves had in the paint in the first two rounds of the

before slamming into the Thunder’s league-best defense in the first two games of this series.“We just had to keep finding a better game within ourselves,” Finch said. “We hadn’t really played our best basketball, all credit to them at times, for affecting that. I think we just were able to put it all together, and we’ve got to do it again.”

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards was determined to keep Minnesota’s spirits up, from the flight home after a frustrating trip to Oklahoma City into a crucial game in these Western Conference finals.

Positive energy is never hard for him to find.NEW YORK (AP) — A new

planet outside the solar system may orbit two, scientists reported Wednesday.

Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an unusual path around two brown dwarfs, whipping around at a right angle. Brown dwarfs are sometimes called failed stars because they’re lighter than stars, but heavier than gas giant planets. A light year is nearly 6 trillion miles.The brown dwarf pair was first spotted years ago. Scientists noticed that the twins eclipse each other so one is always partly blocked when seen from Earth.