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Anthony Edwards brought the hammer against Jimmy Butler in the Wolves’ 5th straight win


Anthony Edwards had just played the entire third quarter, sparring with Jimmy Butler, burying 3-pointers to get the Timberwolves back in the game and putting a raucous Target Center crowd in the palm of his hand. The coaches came to him at the break, telling him they were going to get him a few minutes of rest so he had enough gas in the tank to finish the job.

Facing a franchise known for its toughness and led by an old nemesis who has almost single-handedly succeeded in painting the team, its players and the entire organization as soft, Edwards pushed to stay in the fight. He wasn’t here when Butler rode roughshod over the franchise during a messy exit. But he damn sure is here now.

“I’m like, bruh, don’t take me out at all,” he told assistant Micah Nori. “I can play these 12 minutes like these are the last 12 minutes of my life. I’m trying to win.”

Painted as stat-chasing, cliche-spewing losers since Butler’s exit in 2017, and deluged almost nightly with “Jimmy was right” missiles into their social media mentions, especially during a recent six-game losing streak, the Timberwolves are finally starting to push back, led by their indomitable young star. Edwards ended up resting for all of 29 seconds when coach Chris Finch called for him to get back in the game after Jaden McDaniels picked up his fifth foul. He finished the game with 33 points, a career-high 14 rebounds, six assists, three steals and a blocked shot in Minnesota’s fifth straight win, 113-101, on Wednesday night.





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