Anthony Edwards explains why he congratulated Spurs early in playoff loss

Anthony Edwards drew criticism for how he congratulated the San Antonio Spurs with eight minutes left in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals, but the Minnesota Timberwolves star affirms that there was a reason he did what he did.

Edwards congratulated San Antonio’s players with over half the fourth quarter to go when he was removed from what was a Game 6 blowout (video here). In a new video on his YouTube channel, Edwards admitted he knew he would be too annoyed at the end of the game to congratulate the Spurs.

“Yeah, it’s eight minutes in the game, but we’re not going back in,” Edwards said. “When you win a playoff series, everybody’s celebrating at the end of the game. They’re going to be smiling while I’m pissed off that we just lost.

“I didn’t want to go dap them up at all, but then what would they have been saying about me?”