Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards breaks silence on injury scare

That will be music to the ears of Timberwolves fans; they know that they can only make it as far into the playoffs as Edwards takes them, and his health will be of utmost importance as they look to handle their business against a Warriors team that’s currently without Stephen Curry, who is dealing with a hamstring injury of his own.

Edwards, in fact, was more than solid in the second half. He put up 13 of his 20 points during that time frame and made four of his six attempts from the field. The Timberwolves, however, ended up being cautious of a potential re-aggravation of his ankle injury and substituted him out of the game at the 4:03 mark of the fourth quarter with the game being out of the Warriors’ reach.

Timberwolves bounce back from horrid shooting in Game 1

The biggest story coming out of the Timberwolves’ Game 1 loss to the Warriors, other than Stephen Curry’s hamstring injury, is Minnesota’s horrendous shooting from beyond the arc. They went 5-29 from three in Game 1 and found scoring to be a tedious chore all night long, and losing Game 1 to a Curry-less Dubs team put so much pressure on them to win Game 2 to at least even up the series as they head on the road.

But with Edwards having to deal with an injury, the rest of the Timberwolves squad stepped up. Julius Randle put up 24 points, seven rebounds, and 11 assists in a dominant yet controlled performance, while they also got a massive 20-point performance from Nickeil-Alexander off the bench.

They will look to continue this hot shooting of theirs (they went 16-37 from three in Game 2), with the series shifting to the Bay Area on Saturday night for Game 3 at 8:30 PM E.T.