Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards holds the ball as a referee follows after he was ejected throughout the second half of an NBA basketball sport in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/Mark J. Terrill)
LOS ANGELES — Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will doubtless be suspended for one sport after being ejected and selecting up his sixteenth technical foul of the NBA season throughout the third quarter in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night time.
Edwards additionally might draw a superb after throwing the ball into the stands after being ejected.
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“He’s obtained to be higher. He’s had too many outbursts. I feel a variety of them are deserved,” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch stated about Edwards after the 111-102 loss. “They’re going to overlook some calls every now and then for positive. We’ve been speaking to him about it. It’s on him.”
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Crew chief James Williams stated in a pool report that Edwards obtained his second technical for guiding profanity towards an official. Edwards was upset after he felt Lakers guard Gabe Vincent ought to have been known as for a blocking foul as Edwards tried to drive.
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Finch did come to Edwards’ protection in saying that he felt like a foul ought to have been known as.
“It was a block. Simply name the block and nothing occurs,” Finch stated. “After that, I don’t actually know what was stated and what was not stated. Clearly, it was a block proper in entrance of me.”
The Timberwolves trailed 74-59 when Edwards was ejected with 5:21 remaining within the third quarter. They rallied to inside three halfway by way of the fourth quarter earlier than dropping.
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NBA guidelines state a participant receives a one-game suspension after selecting up 16 technical fouls in a season. For each two further technicals, the suspension will improve by one sport.
Minnesota’s subsequent sport is Friday night time at Utah.
Los Angeles’ Jarred Vanderbilt and Edwards obtained technical fouls earlier than the beginning of the second quarter after each shoved one another on the finish of the primary quarter.
Edwards, who’s fourth within the league in scoring at 27.3 factors per sport, had 18 factors in 26 minutes.