<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-is-anthony-edwards-playing-tonight-kings-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Is Anthony Edwards playing tonight? 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Timberwolves vs. Kings injury report</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-14T09:27:40-08:00">December 14th, 9:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-14T09:27:40-08:00">December 14th, 9:27am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Timberwolves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Sunday evening, the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-rudy-gobert-dunk-pat-spencer-looking"> Minnesota Timberwolves will hit</a> the floor at home for a game against the lowly Sacramento Kings. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-injury-report-warriors">Anthony Edwards is on</a> the injury report for this contest, currently listed as questionable due to right foot soreness. Here’s everything we know about Edwards’ injury and his playing status vs the Kings.</p><p><b><i>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (</i></b><a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener"><b><i>Get Access | Save $30</i></b></a><i>)</i><b><i>*</i></b></p><h2><b>Anthony Edwards’ playing status vs the Kings</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Anthony-Edwards-complains-about-a-call.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Krohn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Given <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2025-12-14_08AM.pdf" rel="noopener">his questionable designation</a>, there is currently some doubt as to whether or not Anthony Edwards will be able to give it a go vs the Kings on Sunday evening. Edwards missed the last game the Timberwolves played, on Friday vs the Golden State Warriors, but the team was still able to use their depth and size to get an impressive victory on the road in that one.</p><p>Joining Edwards on the injury report for the clash against the Kings is Mike Conley, who will miss another game with right Achilles tendinopathy, and Bones Hyland, who is questionable with a right knee contusion.</p><p>Meanwhile, for the Kings, Keon Ellis is questionable due to wrist soreness, while Dennis Schroder is doubtful with a right hip flexor strain. Domantas Sabonis will remain out of the lineup due to a partial meniscus tear in his left knee.</p><p>Overall, with Edwards out of the lineup, the head of the snake on Friday night was Julius Randle, who punished an undersized Golden State defense and will look to do so again on Sunday if the superstar remains out. The Timberwolves also got strong games from Naz Reid and Jaden McDaniels, as well as some clutch shot making from Donte DiVincenzo down the stretch.</p><p>In any case, the Timberwolves and Kings are slated to kick things off on Sunday at 7:00 pm ET from Minnesota.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Is Anthony Edwards playing tonight? Timberwolves vs. Kings injury report

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-video-anthony-edwards-fan-yelling-him-viral');   ga('set', 'title', 'Video of Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards reacting to yelling fan goes viral');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Edwards-laughs.jpg"><figcaption>Rob Gray-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Video of Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards reacting to yelling fan goes viral</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-13T13:24:23-08:00">December 13th, 1:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-13T13:24:23-08:00">December 13th, 1:24pm</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Timberwolves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Anthony Edwards did not play Friday night while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-injury-report-warriors">nursing a foot injury</a>, but he still managed to go viral. The Minnesota Timberwolves star was caught on camera having a comedic interaction with a frustrated Golden State Warriors fan.</p><p>Edwards watched the entire game from the bench in street clothes, which was apparently all the fan needed to remind him that he had <a href="https://x.com/TheDailyWolves/status/1999876502738116853" rel="noopener">“zero” points in the game</a> while being escorted out of the arena. Edwards did nothing but laugh while asking the fan, “What you mad at me for?”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Anthony Edwards getting yelled at by a Warriors fan last night. <a href="https://t.co/X4RGRLreyp">pic.twitter.com/X4RGRLreyp</a></p><p>— The Daily Wolves (@TheDailyWolves) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDailyWolves/status/1999876502738116853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p> </p><p>The interaction appeared to come near the end of the back-and-forth game. The Timberwolves left the Chase Center with a 127-120 victory in a game that featured <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401836796" rel="noopener">27 lead changes</a>, the second-most of the 2025-2026 season, per ESPN.</p><p>Minnesota fared well without Edwards with a disciplined game plan. The Timberwolves connected on 54 percent of their shots, while holding the Warriors to 46 percent from the floor.</p><p>Julius Randle led the team in Edwards’ stead with 27 points on 7-for-14 from the field. Rudy Gobert added 24 points and 14 rebounds, with Donte DiVincenzo pitching in 21 points against his former team. Naz Reid also played a big role off the bench, notching 18 points and a team-high seven assists.</p><p>Stephen Curry led the Warriors in a losing effort with 39 points in his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-stephen-curry-injury-update-timberwolves-clash">return from a five-game injury absence</a>. Curry was essentially a one-man wrecking crew all game, with none of his teammates scoring more than 16. Minnesota held Jimmy Butler to just 15 points on 6-for-11 shooting.</p><p>The Timberwolves improved to 16-9 with the win, while the Warriors fell to 13-13. Edwards’ next chance to return to the lineup will come on Sunday, when Minnesota returns home to face the Sacramento Kings.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Video of Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards reacting to yelling fan goes viral

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-injury-report-warriors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards lands on injury report for showdown vs. Stephen Curry, Warriors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Timberwolves-star-Anthony-Edwards-vs-Clippers.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Blewett-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards lands on injury report for showdown vs. Stephen Curry, Warriors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-12T10:12:17-08:00">December 12th, 10:12am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-12T10:12:17-08:00">December 12th, 10:12am</time><address><a>Yasmin Edañol</a>Yasmin D.G. Edañol is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at the University of the Philippines Diliman, with a background in scientific research and publishing. He brings a data-driven perspective to sports storytelling as an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints, with a focus on the NBA. Whether it's breaking down a clutch play or a stat line, he believes every great moment has a deeper layer waiting to be uncovered.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Timberwolves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-draymond-green-out-vs-timberwolves-birth-of-child">Minnesota Timberwolves enter a tense West clash</a> with uncertainty hanging over Anthony Edwards, whose name now sits on the injury report ahead of a showdown <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/is-stephen-curry-playing-tonight-warriors-timberwolves-injury-report">with Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors</a>. Edwards’ injury marks a late twist for the Timberwolves, which are trying to steady itself after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-deep-bag-tricks-creative-layup">a narrow 108–105 loss to the Phoenix Suns</a>. Edwards is listed as <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2025-12-12_08AM.pdf" rel="noopener">questionable</a> with right foot soreness, a development that instantly shifts the tone of this matchup. For a Timberwolves team sitting at 15–9 and sixth in the West, his status matters. Against a Warriors squad that feeds off rhythm and momentum, every absence feels louder under the lights.</p><p>Edwards has been brilliant this season. He is averaging 28.7 points per game while shooting 50.0 percent from the field and 41.6 percent from three. His burst sets the pace. His confidence bends defenses. When he attacks, the Timberwolves follow. Without him at full strength, the margin tightens fast. Mike Conley remains out, thinning stability at the guard spot. The Timberwolves still believe in their depth, but this night feels different. This is a temperature-check game.</p><h2>Pressure shifts to the Timberwolves</h2><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-stephen-curry-injury-update-timberwolves-clash">Warriors enter at 13–12, eighth in the West</a>, and quietly rolling. The Warriors are riding a two-game winning streak and leaning into their identity again. Stephen Curry continues to pull gravity toward half court. Draymond Green is away for personal reasons, and Al Horford remains sidelined, but the group has found a workable balance. The ball is moving. The pace is cleaner. Confidence is back.</p><p>This game becomes a question of control. If Anthony Edwards plays, the Timberwolves can trade punches and push tempo. His ability to score at all three levels forces rotations and opens lanes. If he sits or looks limited, the Warriors gain leverage. Curry thrives in those moments. He senses hesitation. He accelerates chaos.</p><p>For the Timberwolves, this is about resilience. For Golden State, it is about opportunity. Two teams chasing position. Two paths crossing at the same moment. And one injury note that could decide the night.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards lands on injury report for showdown vs. Stephen Curry, Warriors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-new-series-challenge-ex-mlb-star-pitcher');   ga('set', 'title', 'Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards’ new series leads to challenge from ex-MLB star pitcher');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Minnesota-Timberwolves-guard-Anthony-Edwards-5-works-around-Phoenix-Suns-forward-Dillon-Brooks-3.jpg"><figcaption>Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards’ new series leads to challenge from ex-MLB star pitcher</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-11T16:47:26-08:00">December 11th, 4:47pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-11T16:47:26-08:00">December 11th, 4:47pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Timberwolves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Tuesday, streaming service Amazon Prime dropped a new series centered on the athletic pursuits of Minnesota Timberwolves superstar guard Anthony Edwards.</p><p>Titled “Serious Business with Anthony Edwards”, the show is about the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-ascends-top-all-time-franchise-list-spurs-blowout">former No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick</a> stepping out of his comfort zone to challenge some of the best athletes and celebrities as well in other sports.</p><p>With Edwards’ show getting some buzz already, a former Major League Baseball star pitcher has come out to <a href="https://x.com/BauerOutage/status/1999235112316391661" rel="noopener">issue a challenge</a> to the Timberwolves’ franchise player.</p><p>“Hey @anthonyedwards if you want to face a Cy Young winner for your challenge series, I’m here in Phoenix. Come step in the box,” former Los Angeles Dodgers star hurler Trevor Bauer wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday.</p><p>It’s perhaps a long shot for now for Bauer to be on the show, but at least he grabbed Edwards’ attention.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/27C9N7uVHJ">https://t.co/27C9N7uVHJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/lABMsTfLNP">pic.twitter.com/lABMsTfLNP</a></p><p>— Anthony Edwards (@anthonyedwards) <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyedwards/status/1999238686232166769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Bauer used to be one of the best pitchers in the big leagues and even won a National League Cy Young Award in 2020, when he was still with the Cincinnati Reds.</p><p>But he has also not pitched in MLB since the 2021 campaign after getting suspended for 324 games (later reduced to 194) following allegations of sexual assault from multiple women. Bauer was never charged with a crime, however, and has since taken his talents overseas, while still keeping his hopes up for an MLB return one day.</p><p>At the end of the day, this is just nothing more than a side gig for Edwards, whose <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/5-milestones-anthony-edwards-needs-to-achieve-cement-legacy">main goal will always be winning an NBA championship</a>.</p><p>With Edwards as the clear face of the Minnesota franchise, the Timberwolves have become one of the top teams to watch out for not just in the Western Conference but in the entire league.</p><p>Edwards and the Timberwolves came so near to reaching the NBA Finals in each of the last two seasons, having made it to the Western Conference Finals in 2023 and 2024 before getting eliminated by the Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder in those playoff series, respectively.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards’ new series leads to challenge from ex-MLB star pitcher

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-pushed-for-minnesota-to-re-sign-bones-hyland-in-free-agency');   ga('set', 'title', 'Anthony Edwards pushed for Timberwolves to re-sign Bones Hyland in free agency');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ball_64eaa1.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Anthony Edwards pushed for Timberwolves to re-sign Bones Hyland in free agency</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-09T04:00:09-08:00">December 9th, 4:00am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-09T00:56:44-08:00">December 9th, 12:56am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Timberwolves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There seems to be a budding bromance brewing in Minneapolis. Despite the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 108-105 loss to the Phoenix Suns, the spirits were high in the locker room — with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-celebrates-bones-hyland-for-staying-ready">Anthony Edwards commending an unsung hero in bench point guard Bones Hyland</a> for stepping up amid the team’s point guard woes.</p><p>Mike Conley has aged two decades it seems over the span of a year, while Rob Dillingham hasn’t matured as quickly as the Timberwolves had hoped when they traded for his draft rights last year. This has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-minnesota-trying-pg-trade-now-anthony-edwards">opened up a void for the Timberwolves at the one</a>, and on Monday night, it was Hyland who stepped up to fill that opening.</p><p>Hyland put up 14 points in 16 minutes, and he was playing crunch-time minutes. And the Timberwolves may well benefit from giving him more minutes. After all, Edwards is clearly one of his biggest supporters in the locker room who even <a href="https://twitter.com/DaneMooreNBA/status/1998248929260134592?s=20" rel="noopener">lobbied for the team</a> to re-sign him over this past offseason.</p><p>“Ant’s a big advocate. He’s talked to the coaches every day concerning me. He has my back. Even in the summer time, he’s like, ‘We gotta re-sign Bones,'” Hyland said after the game, per Timberwolves insider Dane Moore.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Here's Bones Hyland on Anthony Edwards being a big advocate for him with the coaching staff.</p><p>"Ant's a big advocate. He's talked to the coaches every day concerning me. He has my back. Even in the summer time, he's like, 'we gotta re-sign Bones'." <a href="https://t.co/G5Y7x7XnSh">https://t.co/G5Y7x7XnSh</a> <a href="https://t.co/YfOmnXpP3t">pic.twitter.com/YfOmnXpP3t</a></p><p>— Dane Moore (@DaneMooreNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaneMooreNBA/status/1998248929260134592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Bones Hyland career revival incoming with the Timberwolves?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Timberwolves-guard-Bones-Hyland-8-celebrates.jpg"><figcaption>© Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Hyland looked like he would be a big rotation piece and one of the best backup point guards (at the very least) when he began his career by stepping up for the Denver Nuggets. But he seemed to buy too much into his own hype, and that had him bounce around the association as a result.</p><p>But Hyland seems to have found a home with the Timberwolves. He is not the answer to their point guard problems, but he is at least establishing himself in the point guard pecking order above Dillingham. And perhaps by working more closely with Edwards, some of Edwards’ incredible play would rub off on him as well.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Anthony Edwards pushed for Timberwolves to re-sign Bones Hyland in free agency

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He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Timberwolves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>One of the worst-kept secrets in the NBA is the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-trade-proposal-to-clippers-teams-up-james-harden-with-anthony-edwards">Minnesota Timberwolves’ desire to add a point guard</a> next to Anthony Edwards. Mike Conley has gotten old and Rob Dillingham is not yet ready for heavy minutes that the Timberwolves have resorted to using Edwards as a point guard. While Edwards has made plenty of ballhandling, playmaking, and conditioning strides, he is a more natural fit alongside a more natural floor general.</p><p>With the Timberwolves’ dearth of options at the position, they have now decided to turn over some minutes to Bones Hyland, a former first-round pick who’s bounced around in recent seasons. On Monday night, Hyland gave the Timberwolves quality minutes, scoring 14 points in 16 minutes on 5-8 shooting from the field and ending up being a plus-seven in a 108-105 loss to the Phoenix Suns.</p><p>Hyland was even on the floor for the Timberwolves in crunch-time, signaling the coaching staff’s increased trust in him. After the game, Edwards showered Hyland with praise,<a href="https://x.com/DaneMooreNBA/status/1998238896522473617?s=20" rel="noopener"> commending him</a> for stepping up when the team needs him.</p><p>“That’s my boy. I’ve been a fan of him for the last three years,” Edwards said, via Timberwolves insider Dane Moore.. “If you’ve seen him play, you know he’s incredible at basketball. Just a matter of time ’til he gets out there and he showed why he belongs tonight.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">After largely being out of the rotation for the last month, Bones Hyland was reinserted into the lineup tonight, scored 14 points, closed the game and received high praise from Anthony Edwards afterwards.</p><p>"That's my boy. I've been a fan of him for the last three years…… <a href="https://t.co/EyU71xPRt8">pic.twitter.com/EyU71xPRt8</a></p><p>— Dane Moore (@DaneMooreNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaneMooreNBA/status/1998238896522473617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Timberwolves to move with more sense of urgency?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Timberwolves-2.jpg"><figcaption>Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-minnesota-trying-pg-trade-now-anthony-edwards">Timberwolves lost another close game</a> to the Suns, this time a Suns team without Devin Booker (who’s out due to a groin injury). While having a 15-9 record is nothing to panic over, it’s the way they’re losing games that might end up being a cause for concern moving forward.</p><p>Minnesota at least has some time to mull over their current roster, and whether or not Hyland can continue to step up amid the team’s point guard troubles.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards celebrates Bones Hyland for staying ready

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-collin-gillespie-draws-praise-timberwolves-anthony-edwards');   ga('set', 'title', 'Suns’ Collin Gillespie draws big praise from Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Collin.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Suns’ Collin Gillespie draws big praise from Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-08T19:55:16-08:00">December 8th, 7:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-09T14:02:04-08:00">December 9th, 2:02pm</time><address><a>Rohan Brahmbhatt</a>Rohan Brahmbhatt is an adventure-driven sports writer, passionate footballer, mountaineer, and photojournalist. Rohan blends firsthand experience with storytelling—capturing the intensity of sport and the thrill of exploration. Whether on the field, a mountain trail, or behind the lens, he brings authentic, high-energy narratives that connect readers to the heart of the action.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns may have walked away with another impressive victory, but one moment after the final buzzer stood out: Anthony Edwards’ respect for Collin Gillespie.</p><p>Following the Suns’ 108-105 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night, Edwards was asked what made the matchup particularly challenging. His <a href="https://x.com/andrew_carlson2/status/1998233865798758477" rel="noopener">answer was short and honest</a>:</p><p>“Number 12. He’s pretty good at basketball,” Edwards said (via Andrew Carlson of Canis Hoopus).</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-devin-booker-dishes-phoenixs-surprising-breakout-star">That number belongs to Collin Gillespie</a>, and after his performance, it’s clear Edwards meant every word.</p><p>Gillespie finished with 19 points, shooting efficiently from the floor and hitting three critical three-pointers that helped Phoenix maintain control in the second half.</p><p>The Suns never trailed by more than two points and executed with confidence down the stretch, a feat that Gillespie played a major role in.</p><p>This marks another game in a growing trend where the 26-year-old guard is proving he belongs in big-moment rotations, especially on a Suns team with championship aspirations.</p><p>The Timberwolves entered the night riding a five-game winning streak, and despite Anthony Edwards dropping 40 points, Phoenix found a way to close late, something the Suns failed to do earlier in the season.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-mark-williams-ends-125-game-streak-timberwolves">Mark Williams led the way with 22 points</a> and seven rebounds, while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/is-dillon-brooks-playing-tonight-suns-timberwolves-injury-report">Dillon Brooks added 18 in a steady two-way effort.</a> Phoenix’s balance was key, as five players scored in double figures.</p><p>The win also serves as valuable momentum as the Suns now travel to Oklahoma City for an NBA Cup quarterfinal showdown against the 23-1 Thunder.</p><p>Gillespie’s rise has gone from hopeful storyline to undeniable reality, and when one of the league’s brightest young stars acknowledges your impact unprompted, it matters.</p><p>Phoenix already knew they had found something. Now the rest of the league is starting to notice.</p><p>And if Anthony Edwards is right, No. 12 is only getting started.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns’ Collin Gillespie draws big praise from Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-deep-bag-tricks-creative-layup');   ga('set', 'title', 'Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards shows off deep bag of tricks with creative layup');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Timberwolves-guard-Anthony-Edwards-ties-the-game.jpg"><figcaption>© Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards shows off deep bag of tricks with creative layup</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-08T17:50:06-08:00">December 8th, 5:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-08T18:24:58-08:00">December 8th, 6:24pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Timberwolves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Timberwolves have been playing some solid basketball this season, and it may go unnoticed at times because of how stacked the Western Conference is. Nonetheless, they’re handling business, and it’s always been great to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-second-half-minnesota-winning-streak">watch what Anthony Edwards is going to do</a> on a nightly basis.</p><p>He always has an array of moves that he can use to get a bucket, and he <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1998200392547811513" rel="noopener">pulled them out</a> in the first quarter against the Phoenix Suns, scoring 12 points in the period.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Anthony Edwards is getting CREATIVE at the rim early 😤</p><p>He has 12 points at the end of the first quarter! <br> <a href="https://t.co/iF3q1aKlnT">pic.twitter.com/iF3q1aKlnT</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1998200392547811513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Edwards has shown that he can score at will, and whether it’s a layup or a poster dunk, he’s going to make a highlight of it. His teammates love it, the fans love it, and there’s no doubt that he loves it as well.</p><p>The Timberwolves are on a five-game winning streak, and they are looking to add to that streak if they can take down the Suns, another team that has played well this season. It seems like a lot has changed for the Timberwolves after their loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and they had a players-only meeting following the game.</p><p>Mike Conley spoke about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-players-only-dinner-chris-finch-callout">why the Timberwolves had that meeting</a>, and it apparently wasn’t as serious as people may have assumed.</p><p>“It’s the perfect time to bring it all back together, perspective, who we want to be, what we want to accomplish on the court, how we can be better as a team, as players,” Conley said via Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic. “But also, it’s OK to eat, enjoy each other and watch other basketball games and talk basketball and not be all about business all the time. Sometimes you need that.”</p><p>Whatever happened during the meeting turned on a switch for the Timberwolves at the right time of the season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards shows off deep bag of tricks with creative layup

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-terrence-shannon-jr-added-injury-report-vs-suns');   ga('set', 'title', 'Anthony Edwards, Terrence Shannon Jr. added to Timberwolves injury report vs. Suns');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Edwards-dribbles.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Blewett-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Anthony Edwards, Terrence Shannon Jr. added to Timberwolves injury report vs. Suns</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-08T10:07:41-08:00">December 8th, 10:07am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-08T10:07:41-08:00">December 8th, 10:07am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Timberwolves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Monday evening, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-second-half-minnesota-winning-streak">Minnesota Timberwolves will hit the floor</a> at home for a matchup <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/is-dillon-brooks-playing-tonight-suns-timberwolves-injury-report">against the Phoenix Suns</a>. The Timberwolves are looking to pick up another win after recently knocking off the Los Angeles Clippers in narrow fashion at home.</p><p>Unfortunately, the Timberwolves got some concerning updates on the injury front on Monday afternoon<a href="https://x.com/JonKrawczynski/status/1998088455457505695" rel="noopener"> ahead of the clash</a> against Phoenix.</p><p>“Wolves added (Anthony) Edwards and (Terrence) Shannon to the injury report with illness. Neither were at shootaround,” reported Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>Edwards of course is the head of the snake for Minnesota, and the team operates completely differently (and less efficiently) with him off the floor. Meanwhile, Shannon Jr. has been able to carve out more rotational minutes for himself this season and is making the most of it, capitalizing off his surprise impact in the Western Conference Finals last year against the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><p>Overall, the Timberwolves will be looking to exact some revenge on Monday evening after the Suns beat them earlier in the year this season. In that game, Minnesota absolutely melted down in the final minute, with Edwards missing a pair of free throws and the team turning it over multiple times, ultimately falling victim to a buzzer beater by Collin Gillespie.</p><p>The Timberwolves will certainly be hoping that Edwards is able to be on the floor for the rematch. The Suns will be without Devin Booker, while Dillon Brooks is questionable.</p><p>Tipoff between Minnesota and Phoenix is set for 7:30 pm ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Anthony Edwards, Terrence Shannon Jr. added to Timberwolves injury report vs. Suns

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-trade-proposal-to-clippers-teams-up-james-harden-with-anthony-edwards');   ga('set', 'title', 'Timberwolves trade proposal to Clippers teams up James Harden with Anthony Edwards');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Timberwolves-trade-proposal-to-Clippers-teams-up-James-Harden-with-Anthony-Edwards-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Timberwolves trade proposal to Clippers teams up James Harden with Anthony Edwards</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-04T21:07:57-08:00">December 4th, 9:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-04T21:07:57-08:00">December 4th, 9:07pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Considering how the 2025-26 season has gone thus far for the Minnesota Timberwolves, one would think that they’re somehow languishing with a below .500 record. But <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-fans-melt-down-after-minnesota-chokes-yet-again-in-ot-loss-vs-kings">even with loud defeats and embarrassing choke jobs</a>, the Timberwolves are 14-8 on the season and look very much primed to contend in the West and defend their status as a Western Conference finalist.</p><p>However, it’s no secret that the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-trade-proposal-to-grizzlies-teams-up-ja-morant-with-anthony-edwards">Timberwolves are at least exploring the trade market</a>, preferably for a point guard. According to reports, they have been kicking the tires on a potential trade for Ja Morant, the embattled and enigmatic Memphis Grizzlies floor general — perhaps capitalizing on the fact that Morant’s trade value is at its nadir amid his frustrations with his situation in Beale Street.</p><p>But the Timberwolves aren’t without their options on the market, so they may prefer to find an alternative to Morant. To that end, someone like <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/why-chris-paul-decision-first-of-many-clippers-moves-to-come">James Harden could end up being available amid the Los Angeles Clippers’ mess</a>, if ClutchPoints NBA insider Brett Siegel’s report is any indication.</p><p>The Clippers recently sent Chris Paul home in a shocking move amid his retirement tour in the team he’s most known for. And it looks like there is a possibility that LA just blows it all up and starts over even though they owe their 2026 first-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder in unprotected fashion.</p><p>Harden certainly ups the Timberwolves’ ceiling as a playoff contender, and he also makes them a more consistent regular season team. But will Minnesota be willing to trade what it takes to acquire the Clippers star?</p><p>Here is the trade package the Timberwolves must consider sending LA in exchange for The Beard.</p><h2><b>Timberwolves finally address their point guard woes</b></h2><p><b>Timberwolves trade: Julius Randle, Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller, two second-round picks</b></p><p><b>Clippers trade: James Harden, Nicolas Batum</b></p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Clippers-21.jpg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>This trade is an admission that the Timberwolves’ gamble for Rob Dillingham in the 2024 NBA Draft was a miscalculation. Minnesota, amid their shortage of trade assets, decided to gamble away their 2030 first-round pick to the San Antonio Spurs to acquire the draft rights to Dillingham — clearly preparing for the future beyond Mike Conley.</p><p>Now, the post-Conley future is here, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/why-timberwolves-rob-dillingham-may-have-gone-under-the-radar-thanks-to-bronny-james">Dillingham isn’t yet ready for starting point guard duties</a>. It’s not even clear if he’s ready for a rotation role. He’s undersized, he’s a below-average defender, and he doesn’t quite impact the game offensively at a high enough level for the Timberwolves to live with the other deficiencies of his game.</p><p>Dillingham is only 20 years of age, however, and learning how to be a point guard in the NBA can be difficult. Even someone like Darius Garland or Jamal Murray needed some time to marinate before they became two of the best floor generals in the league.</p><p>Anthony Edwards is only 24 years of age, while Jaden McDaniels is 25, so it’s not like the clock is ticking that urgently for the Timberwolves. Logic would dictate that they should at least give Dillingham one more season to develop, but he’s looked so far away from contributing meaningfully on a consistent basis that it might be time to cut him loose while others still view him as someone with potential.</p><p>Edwards, despite making strides as a playmaker, is not a primary ballhandler, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-absolutely-gassed-after-dropping-44-on-pelicans">he’s been overtaxed sometimes</a> in carrying the burden the Timberwolves are asking of him. But having Harden around would make things so much easier for Edwards, as he need not initiate the offense on nearly every possession.</p><p>Harden may be 36 years old, but he’s still one of the best scoring playmakers in the league. At this point of his career, he most certainly would want to take a backseat, but the Clippers’ predicament is forcing him to put up herculean numbers just for LA to get a shot at victory.</p><p>Edwards would allow him to be the primary orchestrator, relieving him of duties as primary scorer as well. This should free Harden up to be more of a contributor defensively, and they should also get the best out of their big men, Rudy Gobert and Naz Reid, with Harden setting the table for them.</p><p>The huge loss for the Timberwolves would be Randle. Randle has been quite good this year, averaging 22.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 6.0 assists per contest. But a floor general, Randle is not. Randle has had his fair share of poor moments in the clutch, which is another reason as to why the Timberwolves need a true point guard to set things up for them in close games.</p><p>Randle is instrumental, however, to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-how-julius-randle-darkest-moment-fueled-minnesota-revival">the Timberwolves’ bully-ball identity</a>. They bludgeoned the Los Angeles Lakers on the glass in last year’s playoffs, and Randle is a mismatch problem for most forwards in the association. But the Timberwolves have Naz Reid anyway to take over at power forward, which makes losing Randle sting that much less.</p><p>This would sever the Timberwolves’ frontcourt depth, which is why acquiring Nicolas Batum will also be important in this transaction. Batum is far from his best, and he’s one step closer to retirement with each passing day, but he can at least defend bigger forwards and some wings while providing some spacing and rim protection.</p><p>It helps as well that Batum is familiar with Gobert, being French compatriots, which should make any transition for Batum easier especially when he wants to retire in LA under the tutelage of head coach Tyronn Lue.</p><p>The Clippers would want to keep Batum, but at this point, the 6’8″ forward may want a chance to compete for a title. Minnesota would be able to give Batum that chance.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/best-destinations-chris-paul-finish-nba-career-clippers">Minnesota could also target Paul</a> in a trade, but that’s old guard overkill at this point. The Timberwolves will still have Conley anyway in the aftermath of this hypothetical trade, so the spot for old floor generals who’re primarily just serving as a mentor at this point is already taken.</p><p>Considering how productive Harden remains, adding a few second-round picks to further sweeten the deal should not be a problem for the Timberwolves. Leonard Miller could also be a bit of a project for the Clippers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Timberwolves trade proposal to Clippers teams up James Harden with Anthony Edwards

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-second-half-minnesota-winning-streak');   ga('set', 'title', 'Timberwolves superstar Anthony Edwards takes over 2nd half to extend Minnesota winning streak');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Minnesota-Timberwolves-guard-Anthony-Edwards-5-warms-up-before-the-game-against-the-Houston-Rockets.jpg"></figure><h1>Timberwolves superstar Anthony Edwards takes over 2nd half to extend Minnesota winning streak</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-02T22:00:24-08:00">December 2nd, 10:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-02T22:00:24-08:00">December 2nd, 10:00pm</time><address><a>Josh Davis</a>Josh Davis is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints with a focus on MLB. As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Timberwolves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Timberwolves leaned on their franchise star again Tuesday night, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-absolutely-gassed-after-dropping-44-on-pelicans">Anthony Edwards delivered</a>. The superstar guard powered the sixth-seeded Timberwolves past the New Orleans Pelicans in a 149-142 overtime win, taking over the second half to extend the Wolves’ winning streak to three games. For a team trying to climb the Western Conference ladder, it felt like the kind of night that could shape the Timberwolves’ season.</p><p>Edwards <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1996079618760314966?s=20" rel="noopener">finished with</a> 44 points, five rebounds, and four assists while shooting 16-of-30 from the floor and 6-of-13 from beyond the arc. He dropped 34 of those points after halftime and tied a career high with 30 in the second half alone. The Timberwolves trailed by as many as 15 when the Pelicans went on a 15-0 run late in the second quarter, but Edwards kept attacking the rim and pulling up from deep to slowly but surely erase the deficit.</p><p>The biggest moment came late in the fourth quarter. With the Timberwolves down four in the final minute, Edwards knocked down a jumper and then drove for the game-tying layup with just over two seconds left, sending the matchup to overtime. In the extra period, teammates Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle took advantage of the momentum, delivering key buckets as the Timberwolves outscored the Pelicans 20-13 to close out the road win. Jaden McDaniels added timely scoring and steady defense on the wing. Gobert finished with 26 points, including three dunks in overtime, and 13 rebounds. McDaniels posted 17 points and Randle contributed 16 as the Timberwolves secured their third straight victory.</p><p>The hot stretch continues for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/5-milestones-anthony-edwards-needs-to-achieve-cement-legacy">the Timberwolves’ 24-year-old superstar</a>, who now has six-straight games with at least 30+ points, matching the top mark in franchise history and strengthening his case in early NBA MVP discussions.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Timberwolves superstar Anthony Edwards takes over 2nd half to extend Minnesota winning streak

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-absolutely-gassed-after-dropping-44-on-pelicans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards absolutely gassed after dropping 44 on Pelicans');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Timberwolves-guard-Anthony-Edwards-ties-the-game.jpg"><figcaption>© Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards absolutely gassed after dropping 44 on Pelicans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-02T20:27:09-08:00">December 2nd, 8:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-02T20:27:09-08:00">December 2nd, 8:27pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Timberwolves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After a rough stretch in which the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-fans-melt-down-after-minnesota-chokes-yet-again-in-ot-loss-vs-kings">Minnesota Timberwolves got embarrassed by the Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings</a> and then put into their place by the powerhouse Oklahoma City Thunder, they have rebounded to win two in a row against good, if injury-ravaged, opposition (Boston Celtics and San Antonio Spurs). This was what made the way they played for most of their 149-142 overtime victory against the New Orleans Pelicans that much more disappointing.</p><p>The Pelicans outplayed the Timberwolves for most of the night, requiring <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/5-milestones-anthony-edwards-needs-to-achieve-cement-legacy">another herculean effort from Anthony Edwards</a>, who had to snatch the win from the jaws of defeat. Edwards, with the Timberwolves down by two, 129-127, with a few seconds left in the fourth, attacked the basket and drove towards the hoop to make an easy layup to tie the game, setting up an eventual win for Minnesota in the extra period.</p><p>Edwards ended up with 44 points on the night on 16-30 shooting from the field (6-13 from beyond the arc) and he had to play 47 minutes just to avoid another embarrassing defeat for the Timberwolves. And come the end of the game, the exhaustion in him was palpable. He was hunched over and <a href="https://twitter.com/WolvesClips/status/1996064378093781345" rel="noopener">holding on to his shorts</a> just as the final buzzer had sounded after he put in a shift that required him to nearly play 36 consecutive minutes.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Anthony Edwards after playing almost 36 consecutive minutes in the OT win over the New Orleans Pelicans <a href="https://t.co/LnxxDlWMVV">pic.twitter.com/LnxxDlWMVV</a></p><p>— Timberwolves Clips (@WolvesClips) <a href="https://twitter.com/WolvesClips/status/1996064378093781345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Edwards rested for just five minutes and 33 seconds of game time on the night, as he proceeded to play the final 35:27 of the ballgame. That is simply an insane workload for the Timberwolves to be giving Edwards this early in the season against the lowly Pelicans, but to his credit, he was up to the task.</p><h2><b>Timberwolves nearly slip on another banana peel against weaker opposition</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG_0362.jpeg"><figcaption>Dennis Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>This Timberwolves team is slipping up against inferior teams, and this has been a bit of a trend for them over the past few seasons.</p><p>Nonetheless, Minnesota will want to give Edwards more room to breathe moving forward. They have to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-trade-proposal-to-grizzlies-teams-up-ja-morant-with-anthony-edwards">get another guard on the trade market</a> to prevent overtaxing their best player this early in the season.</p><p>Edwards has at least one full day of rest before they battle the Pelicans again on the road.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards absolutely gassed after dropping 44 on Pelicans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/5-milestones-anthony-edwards-needs-to-achieve-cement-legacy');   ga('set', 'title', '5 milestones Anthony Edwards needs to achieve to cement his legacy');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/5-milestones-Anthony-Edwards-needs-to-achieve-to-cement-his-legacy.jpg"></figure><h1>5 milestones Anthony Edwards needs to achieve to cement his legacy</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-02T15:16:48-08:00">December 2nd, 3:16pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-02T15:16:48-08:00">December 2nd, 3:16pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spencersee10" rel="facebook">Spencer See</a>Spencer See is a part-time writer at ClutchPoints focusing on the NBA, evergreen content and celebrity lifestyle. He is also a lifelong fan of LeBron James. In his free time, he either goes fishing or watches basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Anthony Edwards is considered one of the most exciting up-and-coming talents in the NBA. In his young career, Edwards has already earned three All-Star Game appearances and a pair of All-NBA Team selections. He has also led the Timberwolves to back-to-back Western Conference Finals appearances. While he’s enjoying a steady rise, he still has a lot of things to prove to show that he belongs with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/updating-ranking-the-50-greatest-players-nba">league’s all-time greats</a>. Check out the gallery to see the five milestones Anthony Edwards needs to achieve to cement his legacy.</p><h2><b>Reclaim FIBA World Cup gold</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Anthony-Edwards-reacts-to-a-play.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Terada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>There’s no question that Edwards will be the face of Team USA in the near future. He even played an instrumental role in helping the national team bring home the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/olympics-news-lebron-james-truth-team-usa-gold-medal-winning-roster"> gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics</a>. But while Edwards helped Team USA keep the gold medal streak alive at the Olympics, it was a different story at the 2023 FIBA World Cup.</p><p>Edwards had an emphatic FIBA debut, averaging 18.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game to make the FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team. However, Team USA also only finished fourth, as they narrowly missed out on a podium finish. This marked the second straight World Cup that the United States failed to medal. In order to convince everyone that the U.S. is still on top of the world in terms of basketball, reclaiming gold is essential. And by doing so, Edwards can cement himself as the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/10-best-team-usa-basketball-players-of-all-time-ranked">best American player in the NBA.</a></p><h2><b>Make the All-NBA First Team</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Anthony-Edwards-poses-for-a-photo.jpg"><figcaption>Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Edwards is certainly one of the best guards in the NBA today. In fact, the past two seasons saw him make the All-NBA Second team. Surprisingly, the Timberwolves star has narrowly missed out on making the All-NBA First Team. Perhaps that should be one of his pending milestones in order to cement his superstardom.</p><p>The three-time NBA All-Star will face a tall order in order to clinch a spot in the All-NBA First Team, especially with opposing guards such as Luka Doncic, Donovan Mitchell, and reigning NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the running. In a guard-heavy league, it’s going to require a nuclear season for Edwards to outplay the aforementioned names. Nonetheless, that might be the motivation he needs to take his game to the next level.</p><h2><b>Win scoring title</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Anthony-Edwards-dunks-the-ball.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Rempel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Since breaking out in the NBA, Edwards has become the driving force for Minnesota. He’s easily their number one option when it comes to scoring. And just last year, Edwards averaged a<a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/edwaran01.html" rel="noopener"> career-high</a> 27.6 points per outing. With his steady development, those numbers are expected to skyrocket even further as the focal point for the Timberwolves.</p><p>But despite putting some serious points on the board, Edwards has yet to lead the NBA in scoring. In the past few years, elite players have elevated their careers by winning scoring titles. Given the way the 6-foot-4 guard has been producing buckets, a scoring title could easily be on the horizon.</p><h2><b>Win NBA MVP</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Anthony-Edwards-complains-about-a-call.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Krohn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Another hardware lacking in Edwards’ growing collection is an NBA MVP trophy. Given that he possesses the keys to the Timberwolves franchise, he’s easily an MVP candidate in the present and the future. However, it’s worth noting that 2018 marked the last time an American player took home the award, which was James Harden. Since then, international players have taken over, with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-ends-nikola-jokic-fourth-mvp-award">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander extending the streak</a> earlier this year.</p><p>Ending the MVP drought for the United States will easily be a shot in the arm for Edwards’ rising superstardom. Furthermore, the award will certainly validate his play, placing him alongside the long <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/complete-list-nba-mvp-who-has-won-most-awards-history-year-by-year-results">list of MVP winners</a>, who are mostly composed of Hall of Famers. Statistically, the numbers are already there for Edwards.</p><h2><b>Lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a title</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Anthony-Edwards-attacks-the-defense.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Although individual awards are great ways to validate a superstar’s career, there’s nothing better than an NBA championship, which is the end goal for many. It’s safe to say that the Timberwolves have built around Edwards as of late, with the hopes of eventually gunning for a championship banner. Leading Minnesota to the promised land will easily cement Edwards’ place among the greats.</p><p>Fortunately, it looks like Edwards and the Timberwolves are on the right track. In the past two seasons, Minnesota has gone as deep as the Western Conference Finals, the deepest playoff runs the franchise has ever carved out. If the team can continue building on their success, the championship goal isn’t as impossible as it seems, especially if Edwards plays like a legitimate Finals MVP.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

5 milestones Anthony Edwards needs to achieve to cement his legacy

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-ascends-top-all-time-franchise-list-spurs-blowout');   ga('set', 'title', 'Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards ascends to top of all-time franchise list in Spurs blowout');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Minnesota-Timberwolves-guard-Anthony-Edwards.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Krohn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards ascends to top of all-time franchise list in Spurs blowout</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-30T20:21:41-08:00">November 30th, 8:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-30T20:21:41-08:00">November 30th, 8:21pm</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Timberwolves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Anthony Edwards made franchise history following another 30-point outing in the Minnesota <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-kat-franchise-record-jaylen-brown-duel">Timberwolves’ matchup against the San Antonio Spurs</a> on Sunday night.</p><p>Edwards is going through the sixth season of his career with the Timberwolves. He has shined as the top star for the franchise, hoping to lead them to title contention in the near future following two consecutive runs to the Western Conference Finals.</p><p>Edwards balled out in his matchup against the Spurs, who are in the playoff mix to start the season. In 36 minutes of action, he finished with a stat line of 32 points, six assists and three rebounds. He shot 13-of-18 from the field, including 4-of-6 from beyond the arc, and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line.</p><p>Edwards <a href="https://x.com/NBA/status/1995326430515700053" rel="noopener">made franchise history with his scoring efforts</a>. It marked the 102nd time in his career that he scored 30 or more points for Minnesota, breaking the all-time record on that category.</p><p>“Tonight marks @anthonyedwards 102nd-career game with 30+ PTS! He’s now the Timberwolves ALL-TIME LEADER in 30-PT games 🔥,” the post read.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tonight marks <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyedwards?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@anthonyedwards</a> 102nd-career game with 30+ PTS!</p><p>He’s now the Timberwolves ALL-TIME LEADER in 30-PT games 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/8ZhcqKFYuf">https://t.co/8ZhcqKFYuf</a> <a href="https://t.co/enTw0mbYZm">pic.twitter.com/enTw0mbYZm</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1995326430515700053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>How Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves played against Spurs</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Minnesota-Timberwolves-guard-Anthony-Edwards-2.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Krohn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Anthony Edwards’ scoring feat ended up helping the Timberwolves in a big way, beating the Spurs by a 125-112 score.</p><p>Both teams traded blows throughout the course of the game as San Antonio led by four points going into the fourth quarter. Despite this, Minnesota came alive in the final 12 minutes of regulation, torching the visitors 36-19 throughout the period.</p><p>Perimeter shooting and ball movement made the difference in this matchup. The Timberwolves prevailed in both categories by making 17 3-pointers and creating 35 assists. It wasn’t the same for the Spurs as they knocked down eight triples and dished out 17 assists.</p><p>Five players scored in double-digits for Minnesota in the win, including Edwards. Julius Randle delivered a solid performance with 22 points, 12 assists, six rebounds, and a steal. He shot 9-of-15 overall, including 2-of-5 from downtown, and 2-of-2 from the charity stripe. Donte DiVincenzo came next with 18 points and five rebounds, Naz Reid had 15 points and five rebounds, while Jaden McDaniels provided 13 points and four rebounds.</p><p>Minnesota improved to a 12-8 record on the season, holding the sixth spot in the Western Conference standings. They are above the Phoenix Suns by 0.5 games and Golden State Warriors by 1.5 games while trailing the Spurs by 1.5 games and Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets by 2.5 games.</p><p>The Timberwolves will look forward to their next matchup, being on the road. They face the New Orleans Pelicans on Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards ascends to top of all-time franchise list in Spurs blowout

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-mark-cuban-influenced-anthony-edwards-free-throw-form-change');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Mark Cuban influenced Anthony Edwards’ free throw form change');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/How-Mark-Cuban-influenced-Anthony-Edwards-free-throw-form-change.jpg"><figcaption>Jerome Miron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>How Mark Cuban influenced Anthony Edwards’ free throw form change</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-29T19:27:05-08:00">November 29th, 7:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-29T19:27:05-08:00">November 29th, 7:27pm</time><address><a>Allan Binoy</a>Allan Binoy is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NCAA Football, and NBA for ClutchPoints. With a deep passion for storytelling and analysis, he brings fans closer to the action by breaking down the biggest moments and storylines across the world of sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Timberwolves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Mark Cuban might not be anywhere near the free-throw line, but he is living rent-free in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-kat-franchise-record-jaylen-brown-duel">Anthony Edwards’ routine right now.</a> Minnesota Timberwolves star Edwards admitted this week that he changed his form at the stripe after Mark Cuban called him out for repeatedly stepping over the line on his free throws.</p><p>Cuban went on the “Road Trippin’” podcast in September and said Edwards “steps over the line every single time,” even claiming he talked to the league about it.  </p><p>That critique went viral, and Anthony Edwards felt it. In <a href="https://x.com/adukeMN/status/1994939761069322635?s=20" rel="noopener">an interview</a> shared by Andrew Dukowitz, he said, “Some famous guy went on Instagram or went on a podcast and was talking about my free throws, and he brought it to the attention of everybody, so I had to change it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Anthony Edwards on eliminating the step on his free throw (spoiler it’s Mark Cuban’s fault)</p><p>“Some famous guy went on Instagram or went on a podcast and was talking about my free throws and he brought it to the attention of everybody so I had to change it” </p><p>On changing a free… <a href="https://t.co/tJzRlKzI17">pic.twitter.com/tJzRlKzI17</a></p><p>— Andrew Dukowitz (@adukeMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/adukeMN/status/1994939761069322635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>He called changing his mechanics midcareer “hard,” but added that with how often he lives in the gym, he does not think it should be an excuse. Now he says he tries to shoot around 200 free throws a day.  </p><p>Anthony Edwards has eliminated the little step that used to carry him over the line as the ball was in the air, a movement Cuban argued should be whistled as a lane violation. Now Edwards is more upright and still at the stripe, focusing on rhythm instead of drifting forward.  </p><p>So far, the numbers say the adjustment is doing just fine. In Saturday’s 119-115 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/boston-celtics/celtics-news-anthony-edwards-reacts-jaylen-brown-savage-gesture">win over the Boston Celtics</a>, Anthony Edwards went 10-for-11 at the line <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-celtics-easy-layup">while dropping 39 points on 12-of-24 shooting</a>, including 5-of-11 from 3-point range via the ESPN Box Score. The Minnesota Timberwolves finished 16-for-20 as a team, an 80% night in a game decided in the final minute.  </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
26.5	4.3	3.5	0.7	1.5

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
26.5	4.3	3.5	0.7	1.5

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