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The 65-game requirement officially claims another star as a missed game in Detroit ends the season-ending award hopes for 24-year-old Anthony Edwards<\/p>\n By Johnny Askounis\/ info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n The NBA\u2019s season-ending awards landscape adjusted on Thursday as Anthony Edwards was officially sidelined for the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>\u2018 113-108 loss to the Detroit Pistons<\/a>. Initially listed as questionable, Ant was downgraded just before tipoff due to right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and illness. This confirms he will fall short of the league\u2019s 65-game threshold, joining a list of ineligible stars including LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Stephen Curry. The restriction also affects Detroit\u2019s Cade Cunningham, who remains out with a collapsed lung.<\/p>\n The shorthanded clash of the 2025-26 Regular Season at Little Caesars Arena highlighted the impact of these absences. Without Edwards\u2019 scoring punch, Minnesota\u2019s European starters struggled to find a rhythm. France\u2019s Rudy Gobert was held to six points and seven rebounds in 27 minutes, while Italy\u2019s Donte DiVincenzo managed only five points in 30 minutes of action. In reserve options across both sides, France\u2019s Joan Beringer did not see action and Sweden\u2019s Bobi Klintman remained in the G League.<\/p>\n The game\u2019s intensity stayed high despite the missing star power, reaching a boiling point late in the third quarter with Detroit holding a narrow two-point lead. Minnesota\u2019s Bones Hyland was assessed a technical foul for elbowing Marcus Sasser, who received a technical foul of his own for responding with a shove.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n After falling to 46-30 and remaining sixth on the Western Conference standings, the team coached by Chris Finch completes a three-game road trip against the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> in Xfinity Mobile Arena on Friday. The leaders of the Eastern Conference also resume action in Philadelphia, but on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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