We are in the first quarter and after a pass, Anthony Edwards receives poorly. He twists his right ankle, then twists in pain, lying on the floor for a long time, grimacing.
Karl-Anthony Towns will support him to join the locker room, still with a marked face and without being able to set foot on the ground. He will not return from the game, finally lost by Wolves after two extensions.
“I couldn’t walk, so I knew it was serious”explains Anthony Edwards at ESPN after the meeting. “We’ll see how I feel this Saturday. »
Therefore, the All-Star finished his game after only eight minutes on the field, with 8 points on his clock. We saw him again in the last quarter, on the bench, wearing a protective boot.
Hard to hurt and having already played diminished in the past, the back / winger has not missed a game of the season so far. Can he be dressed tonight against the Raptors? Looking at the pictures, that seems unlikely…
“We know that no one is going to help us”, slipped Rudy Gobert, asked about playing without the team’s leading scorer. “We do with what we have. So we have to keep working. »
| Anthony Edwards | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 72 | 32 | 41.7 | 32.9 | 77.6 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 19.3 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 72 | 34 | 44.1 | 35.7 | 78.6 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 21.3 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 70 | 36 | 46.0 | 36.9 | 76.7 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 25.0 |
| Total | 214 | 34 | 44.0 | 35.2 | 77.5 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 21.8 | |
