‘I Lost Track of Time’

Anthony Edwards missed the opening tip when the Minnesota Timberwolves confronted the Portland Path Blazers on Monday night time.

In consequence, he needed to come off the bench and was changed by Nickeil Alexander-Walker within the beginning lineup. Minnesota was additionally hit with a delay of recreation violation on account of the shakeup Edwards brought on.

“I misplaced observe of time,” mentioned Edwards, who tends to spend most of pregame warmups doing resistance band work exterior the crew’s locker room, according to ESPN.

The Timberwolves star entered the sport with 11:25 remaining within the first quarter and completed with simply 13 factors in 35 minutes, taking pictures 4-10 from the sphere. Edwards was affected by a proper elbow contusion within the third quarter, which he determined to play by.

It’s been an eventful time for the previous number-one draft decide, who simply three days in the past left Minnesota’s recreation towards Sacramento at halftime to witness the delivery of his youngster.

Edwards is averaging a career-high 26.3 factors, 5.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists on 46.6 % discipline objective taking pictures this season.

He has been instrumental in main the Timberwolves, a crew with an extended tortured historical past, to the primary seed within the Western Convention. The Wolves at present have a file of 43-19 and sit half a recreation forward of the second-placed Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder.

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