{"id":637071,"date":"2026-03-03T18:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/637071\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:03:16","slug":"cedric-coward-injury-update-more-reason-to-watch-vs-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/637071\/","title":{"rendered":"Cedric Coward injury update more reason to watch vs. Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/memphis-grizzlies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, and <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/memphis-grizzlies\/grizzlies-easing-cedric-coward-around-nba-rookie-wall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">standout rookie Cedric Coward<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/ak-static.cms.nba.com\/referee\/injury\/Injury-Report_2026-03-03_08_15AM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">listed on the team\u2019s<\/a> injury report as questionable. Coward has been dealing with a knee injury and has missed the team\u2019s last seven games. Here is everything we know about Cedric Coward\u2019s injury, and his playing status for the Grizzlies\u2019 game against the Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/lp\/nba\/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener sponsored nofollow\">(free trial)<\/a>*<\/p>\n<p>Cedric Coward injury status vs. Timberwolves<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3689622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Grizzlies-Cedric-Coward-eases-around-defender.jpg\" alt=\"Feb 2, 2026; Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Memphis Grizzlies forward Cedric Coward (23) shoots as Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels (3) defends during the second quarter at FedExForum. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>Feb 2, 2026; Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Memphis Grizzlies forward Cedric Coward (23) shoots as Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels (3) defends during the second quarter at FedExForum. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Given that Cedric Coward was officially listed on the NBA\u2019s injury report as questionable, a firm update on his status against the Timberwolves likely won\u2019t come until right before the game starts. Often times when players are questionable, it delves into a game time decision after seeing how they feel during warmups.<\/p>\n<p>This is a season that has gone relatively south for the Grizzlies. Their intention to essentially hit the reset button was made clear following their decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/memphis-grizzlies\/grizzlies-news-memphis-pays-tribute-jaren-jackson-jr-before-jazz-clash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trade one of their franchise cornerstones in Jaren Jackson Jr.<\/a>, to the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n<p>But amid the disappointing season, Coward has been a bright spot for the team. He was selected to participate in the Rising Stars event over All-Star Weekend, but was ruled out due to the aforementioned knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>Coward has appeared in 48 games, including 35 starts, at a little over 26 minutes per game. He\u2019s averaging 13.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists while shooting 46.8 percent from the field and 34 percent from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the question of Cedric Coward playing tonight against the Timberwolves, the answer is wait until game time.<\/p>\n<p>Grizzlies injury report<\/p>\n<p>-Santi Aldama questionable (right knee injury management)<br \/>-Kentavious Caldwell-Pope out (right 5th finger surgery recovery)<br \/>-Brandon Clarke out (right calf strain)<br \/>-Cedric Coward questionable (right knee sprain)<br \/>-Zach Edey out (left ankle stress reaction)<br \/>-Taj Gibson out (return to competition reconditioning)<br \/>-Ty Jerome questionable (left thigh contusion)<br \/>-Ja Morant out (left elbow sprain)<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves injury report<\/p>\n<p>-Enrique Freeman (G League two-way)<br \/>-Zyon Pullin (G League two-way)<br \/>-Rocco Zikarsky (G League two-way)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Memphis Grizzlies host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, and standout rookie Cedric Coward is listed on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,3522,294,293,177,4070,6,14502],"class_list":{"0":"post-637071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cedric-coward","10":"tag-grizzlies","11":"tag-memphis","12":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","13":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-injury"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116166565697485956","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}