The Minnesota Timberwolves host the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night, and Anthony Edwards popped up on the injury report as questionable. Edwards is coming off a 30-point performance in a win against the Atlanta Hawks, and he is dealing with an illness. Here is everything we know about Anthony Edwards’ injury status for the Timberwolves game against the Blazers.
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Anthony Edwards’ injury status vs. Blazers
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Anthony Edwards is officially listed as questionable on the NBA’s official injury report due to an illness. It’s likely that a final status update will not come until right before the game. Players commonly try to go through pregame warmups and see how they feel before making a final determination on their playing status.
The Timberwolves are currently 33-22 and trying to keep pace in the Western Conference standings. They are essentially tied percentage-wise with the Los Angeles Lakers who are in fifth place in the West. But they are only a half game ahead of the No. 7 Phoenix Suns and falling to a play-in spot.
For Edwards, he was recently named to his fourth consecutive All-Star appearance. He’s appeared in 45 games this season at a little over 35 minutes per game. He’s averaging a career-high 29.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals with splits of 49.2 percent shooting from the field, 39.7 percent shooting from the 3-point line and 79.5 percent shooting from the free-throw line.
Timberwolves injury report
-Anthony Edwards questionable (illness)
-Johnny Juzang 0ut (G League two-way)
-Terrence Shannon Jr. out (G League assignment)
-Rocco Zikarsky out (G League two-way)
Blazers injury report
-Damian Lillard out (left Achilles tendon injury managment)
-Kris Murray out (lumbar strain)
-Shaedon Sharpe out (left calf strain)
-Matisse Thybulle out (right knee tendinopathy)