Some injuries occur due to the anatomy of a player and internal risk factors. Some injuries occur due to an unfortunate interaction between two players on the court. And some injuries, unfortunately, are simply an old bad luck. That could have been the case of the star of the Timberwolves, Anthony Edwards, who left the Minnesota game against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday with what initially looked like one of the most unfortunate injuries he has ever seen.
The moment came with a little less than four remaining in the second quarter. Edwards recovered a triple lost by Julius Randle and raised a triple of his own. He entered, but when Edwards took a step back after the shot, he went back to the foot of the Nets coach Jordi Fernández. He was helped outside the court and the costume from there when the Timberwolves and the Nets finished the first half.
Fortunately for Minnesota, Edwards avoided a potentially serious injury when he returned to the floor with the team for the beginning of the second half. In a 105-90 victory in Minnesota, Edwards finished with 28 points in 10 of 15 shots in 32 minutes.
After the game, Fernández said he was still trying to leave Edwards, but that it was not quick enough.
“I was out of the limits trying to get away. I definitely have to be faster than that because the health of the players is the most important thing in the game,” said Fernández Through SNY. “The next time I have to move faster.”
Edwards, who has lost only 19 games in his career, has been one of the NBA Most durable players since they arrived in the League in 2020. It is in the midst of their best season. He is averaging 27.3 points per game, while leading the Timberwolves following his controversial decision to change the low season of Karl-Anthony Towns.
Now 45-32, the Timberwolves are tied with Memphis Grizzlies for seed No. 6 and are half-game ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers for Seed No. 7 at the West Conference. They are lucky that Edwards seems to have gone to the other side of their collision with Fernández unharmed.
