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Minnesota Timberwolves rookie forward Anthony Edwards threw down a ferocious poster dunk over Toronto Raptors forward Yuta Watanabe all over his crew’s house game on Friday:
The Timberwolves equipped a stare at the dunk from one more perspective:
The NBA did as effectively:
Coincidentally, the Fox Sports activities North broadcast unintentionally gave Edwards four components for the dunk on the televised scoreboard as an different of two, even supposing the rookie doubtlessly ought to mild win some extra credit rating for an stunning slam.
Edwards’ effort helped Minnesota attain the third quarter on a 23-1 urge to turn a 57-41 deficit into a 64-58 lead heading into the fourth. However, the Timberwolves damage up falling to the Raptors 86-81.
“It changed into all comely,” Edwards acknowledged of the dunk. “But I did now not construct no shots. I did now not genuinely care referring to the dunk. I changed into hoping we would seize.”
The Timberwolves selected Edwards, a weak University of Georgia star, with the first overall declare in the 2020 NBA draft.
