{"id":691327,"date":"2026-04-01T06:06:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/691327\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:06:57","slug":"anthony-edwards-misses-opening-tip-at-dallas-due-to-pregame-poop-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/691327\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards misses opening tip at Dallas due to pregame poop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brief<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards returned from injury Monday night, but missed the opening tip for the second time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards told reporters after the game he needed an emergency trip to the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards scored 17 points in 23 minutes as the Timberwolves blew out the Mavericks 124-94.<\/p>\n<p>MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/tag\/nba\/timberwolves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnesota Timberwolves;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Minnesota Timberwolves&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>\u2019 star Anthony Edwards returned Monday night after missing six straight games with a right knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves blew out the Dallas Mavericks 124-94, but despite being listed in the starting lineup, Edwards was not on the floor for the opening tipoff. Turns out, he had to go to the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Edwards misses opening tip<\/p>\n<p>What we know<\/p>\n<p>Edwards had 17 points, four assists and two rebounds in 23 minutes in his return from injury. He was clearly on a minutes restriction, but the postgame was why he wasn\u2019t on the floor for the opening tip.<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves\u2019 coach Chris Finch offered an answer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nature calls, I guess,&#8221; Finch said.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards confirmed Finch\u2019s answer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was taking a s**t,&#8221; Edwards told reporters in the locker room after the game.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time Edwards wasn\u2019t on the floor ready to go for tipoff. The Timberwolves hosted the Portland Trail Blazers on March 5, 2024, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/sports\/anthony-edwards-misses-start-against-portland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edwards was nowhere to be found as the game started;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Edwards was nowhere to be found as the game started&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Edwards was nowhere to be found as the game started<\/a>. Finch had to start Nickeil Alexander-Walker in his place, and was not happy about it as they were assessed a delay of game warning.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Ayo Dosunmu stars in return<\/p>\n<p>Why you should care<\/p>\n<p>Ayo Dosunmu made his return from a sore right calf, and had a triple-double for the Timberwolves. He had 18 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists. Julius Randle led Minnesota with 24 points.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves (46-29) are at the Detroit Pistons Thursday night. With seven regular season games left, the Timberwolves have a half-game lead on the Houston Rockets for the No. 5 seed in the West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards returned from injury Monday night, but missed the opening tip for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3782],"tags":[375,4102,7,2026,149,188,194,126,376,2113,307,152,3954,6,379,87252,471,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-691327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-anthony-edwards","9":"tag-ayo-dosunmu","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-chris-finch","12":"tag-dallas-mavericks","13":"tag-detroit-pistons","14":"tag-houston-rockets","15":"tag-indiana-pacers","16":"tag-julius-randle","17":"tag-minneapolis","18":"tag-minnesota","19":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","20":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-nickeil-alexander-walker","23":"tag-opening-tip","24":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","25":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116327955997717100","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691327","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=691327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}