Minnesota trailed Houston by 16 factors with lower than 5 minutes remaining in regulation, however stormed all the best way again to eke out a one-point win, 113-112. Edwards hit the game-winning three-pointer after the membership’s supposed play, designed for All-Star ahead Julius Randle, fell aside.
“We made it occur,” Edwards stated of his crew’s comeback, per Timberwolves Rally (Twitter video link). “We acquired some stops. We made some huge pictures, and we made an enormous shot on the finish proper there. All I knew was, the play was for [Randle] to go… big-small pick-and-roll, as soon as he picked it up, I imply, who else? I acquired to go get it, s—.”
“And [Nickeil Alexander-Walker] discovered me,” Edwards stated. “I’m like, ‘S—, I’m going for the win.’ Like Gilbert Arenas stated, ‘I don’t do additional time,’ so f— it.”
Edwards completed the sport with 24 factors on 9-of-17 capturing from the ground and 2-of-3 capturing from the foul line, together with 5 rebounds, three assists and a block.
The 6-foot-4 wing was fined $75K for a similar type of infraction, cursing in a postgame interview, lower than every week in the past. Two weeks previous to that, the league penalized him with a $25K wonderful for swearing throughout a postgame media session after one other contest. In November, the NBA noticed match to ding Edwards for a cool $35K for flipping off a Sacramento fan.
It seems the league is hoping to ship a message to Edwards about talking so casually in these interviews with these escalating fines.
Throughout 30 contests thus far, the two-time All-Star is submitting usually stable numbers for a middling 16-14 Timberwolves squad. Edwards is averaging 25.3 factors on .447/.420/.803 capturing splits, 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists an evening.
