Jordan had to deal with something similar to Edwards early in his career when he faced the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons were super physical with him and made sure to put a body on him anytime he went to the rim. Jordan came back the following season and found a way to combat that physical play, and was able to dominate them for years.
Twice this season they’ve beaten Denver. Minnesota has been stellar offensively on both occasions. It all stems from Edwards. Denver simply doesn’t have an answer for the guard. The Nuggets don’t have a premier perimeter defender to deter Edwards, nor do they have a rim protector to make him think twice about being aggressive.
Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves hosted the Denver Nuggets at the Target Center. The Timberwolves won by a score of 133-10
Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards made NBA history in arguably his team's best performance of the season. With less than 7 minutes remaining in a dominant 133-104 win over the Denver Nuggets on Jan. 25, Edwards floated back to the logo where he took a pass from Mike Conley and released a jumper from 32 feet.
Jordan's game evolved to a more rounded game, lifting up his teammates. Edwards is facing some of those same challenges.
Anthony Edwards scored 36 points, going 12-for-21 from the field in Minnesota’s 116-99 win over the Knicks to help them climb back to .500.
The Timberwolves fumbled it all, says Kendrick Perkins, due to their decision to trade away Karl-Anthony Towns to the Knicks.
This season, Anthony Edwards is currently averaging 4.2 3PM per game while shooting 42.5% from deep. Only three players have averaged 4+ 3PM on 40+ 3P% across an entire season: Stephen Curry (7x), Klay Thompson (1x), and Damian Lillard (1x). https://t.co/AJBEhuj10Y pic.twitter.com/U3zXUjzRxh
After the New York Knicks defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 143-106 on Monday, Karl-Anthony Towns selflessly used his NBA media availability to discuss his teammates.; Towns revealed a heartfelt message for a specific Knicks star.
After taking apart two of the hottest teams in the Western Conference, next up for the surging Knicks will be welcoming the challenge of the reigning league MVP. Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, who has earned that award in three of the previous four years,
Karl-Anthony Towns has already secured his spot in the upcoming NBA All-Star Game, but he’s not done campaigning. After Monday night’s 143–106 win over the Memphis Grizzlies, the Knicks center shouted out teammate Josh Hart,