It was a strange scene. Nickeil Alexander-Walker was on the court for the announcement as the Minnesota Timberwolves’ starter against Portland on Monday night, but Anthony Edwards was already crouched at the scorer’s table, ready to replace him at the first whistle. There was nothing on the injury report and no reason given as to why Edwards was not making his 265th consecutive start.
So what happened?
“I lost track of time,” Edwards said after the match, via Associated Press.
OK so.
There will be a good team for this, and some teasing at a future movie screening, but in the end, everything turned out well. Edwards scored nine of his 13 points in the fourth quarter and Minnesota held on for a 119-114 victory, ending a two-game losing streak and putting them back in first place in the West (with the Thunder falling to the Lakers).
