Wolves provide update on Anthony Edwards after ankle injury

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards. Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports

Timberwolves provide update on Anthony Edwards after scary ankle injury

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated 3/18/23

The Minnesota Timberwolves are updating the status of All-Star swingman Anthony Edwards’ following a frightening injury during Friday’s loss to the Chicago Bulls.

Edwards went down in the first quarter against Chicago after landing on Bulls center Nikola Vucevic off a cross-court pass. Edwards badly turned his right ankle and let out a disturbing scream. Here is the video.

Anthony Edwards made a jump pass and landed on the back of Vukovic's foot, was down for a while pic.twitter.com/pjx1PEKmdc

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The Timberwolves soon ruled Edwards out for the rest of the game, but he returned to the bench wearing a large boot on his right foot.

Anthony Edwards in a walking boot

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Before Saturday’s contest against the Toronto Raptors (the second end of a back-to-back set), Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch updated Edwards’ status. He said that Edwards remains in a boot and is out indefinitely, according to Underdog NBA.

Minnesota holds the eighth seed in the West and is a play-in team at 35-36 this season. The Wolves are already without All-Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns. However, Towns’ return may be right around the corner. Now they might have to traverse most of these final 11 regular-season games without Edwards, their leading scorer at 24.7 points per night as well as one of their top point-of-attack defenders.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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