Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will miss at least one to 2 weeks with knee inflammation, the team announced on Tuesday.
Edwards was listed as “questionable” in every of Minnesota’s previous two video games however performed by way of his proper knee concern, scoring 42 factors in a highway win over the Golden State Warriors after which 19 in a highway loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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He acquired an MRI, which revealed the inflammation he is dealing with, and now the four-time All-Star guard shall be re-evaluated later this month, in response to the Timberwolves.
Minnesota will miss Edwards’ presence on the court docket Tuesday evening towards Phoenix in a pivotal Western Conference matchup that pits the sixth-place Timberwolves (41-27) versus the seventh-place Suns (39-29).
His absence towards Phoenix will mark his eleventh missed recreation of the season. He was additionally sidelined with hamstring and toe accidents earlier this season. While there are some exceptions, a participant typically should play a minimal of 65 regular-season video games to be thought-about for the NBA’s end-of-season awards, per a league rule that was instituted forward of the 2023-24 season in an try to fight load administration. In different phrases, a player typically can’t miss more than 17 games and be awards-eligible.
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The Timberwolves play seven video games over the following two weeks, together with Tuesday’s showdown versus the Suns, which means if Edwards is out a full two weeks, he’d be at 17 missed video games for the season.
Edwards had by no means missed greater than 10 video games in his profession earlier than this season, his sixth go-around within the league after he was drafted No. 1 general out of Georgia in 2020.
He’s at present averaging a career-high 29.5 factors per recreation, the third most within the league, behind solely Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Thunder (31.6 ppg) and Luka Dončić of the Los Angeles Lakers (32.9 ppg).
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Minnesota is again dwelling after going simply 1-3 on a four-game highway journey final week. The Timberwolves are two video games up on the Suns heading into Tuesday’s recreation. Phoenix owns the tiebreaker over the Wolves, although.
Dropping to seventh within the West would put Minnesota on monitor for the play-in event.