The Minnesota Timberwolves obtained tough information on the extent of Anthony Edwards’ harm early Sunday.
Edwards suffered a bone bruise and hyperextension in his left knee throughout Saturday’s win over the Denver Nuggets, based on Shams Charania of ESPN. Whereas Edwards averted any ligament injury, he’s anticipated to overlook a number of weeks.
In different phrases, Edwards is more likely to miss no less than a big portion of the Western Convention semifinals, supplied the Timberwolves shut out the Nuggets. They at present maintain a 3-1 lead within the collection.
Edwards had already been coping with a knee harm heading into the playoffs. He was in critical ache after struggling the harm and couldn’t put any weight on his left leg as he was helped to the locker room (video here).
The Timberwolves merely can’t catch a break within the harm division. Along with Edwards, they lost Donte DiVincenzo for the season to a torn Achilles of their Sport 4 victory. Minnesota gained because of an surprising 43-point eruption from backup guard Ayo Dosunmu.
Edwards was averaging 23 factors per sport for Minnesota within the first 4 video games of the collection. He was simply 1-of-8 with 5 factors on the time of his harm throughout Saturday’s contest.
