Anthony Edwards wasn’t expected to play Monday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Spurs. He did anyway, and when the final horn sounded, he had 18 points in the Timberwolves’ 104–102 upset win over the Spurs at Frost Bank Center.
But when Edwards joined the NBC broadcast after the game, he didn’t want to talk about his 18 points on an efficient 8-of-13 shooting just nine days after he suffered a devastating knee injury in the first round of the postseason, or his incredible fadeaway three-pointer over the outstretched arm of Victor Wembanyama.
