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Anthony Edwards gets tech against Nets, suspension looms for regular-season finale

Minnesota will likely be without its leading scorer for its all-important regular-season finale on Sunday.
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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards prepares to play the Brooklyn Nets before the game at Target Center in Minneapolis on April 11, 2025.
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards prepares to play the Brooklyn Nets before the game at Target Center in Minneapolis on April 11, 2025. | Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images

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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards picked up a technical foul during the second quarter of Friday night's game against the Brooklyn Nets at Target Center in Minneapolis. The technical foul was his 18th of the season, and it'll prove a costly one as Edwards will likely now be suspended for Minnesota's regular-season finale against the Utah Jazz.

A player who acquires 16 technical fouls in a season receives an automatic one-game suspension by NBA rules. After that, a player will receive an additional one-game suspension for every two technical fouls they receive. Coincidentally, Edwards' previous suspension after receiving his 16th technical foul came against the Jazz, a game the Wolves dropped.

Edwards was frustrated after he was whistled for a foul on the defensive end.

"I tried to play good defense, they called a foul and I said, 'Where was the effing foul?' And they gave me a tech," Edwards said. "I hope they look at it and rescind it so I can play in a couple days."

The only caveat for the suspension would be if Edwards' technical foul was rescinded upon league review.

"I'm praying (it'll be rescinded)," Edwards said.

If Edwards is out, it'll be a big blow for the Wolves, who will secure a top-six seed in the Western Conference with a win over the Jazz following Friday's blowout of the Nets. While Utah is among the bottom feeders of the West, the team has beaten an Edwards-less Wolves team not all that long ago. Minnesota will be forced to play its all-important regular-season finale against Utah without its leading scorer in Edwards, whose 27.6 points per game rank fourth in the NBA.

The Wolves and Jazz tip off at 2:30 p.m. CT on Sunday at Target Center.

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Nolan O'Hara
NOLAN O'HARA

Nolan O'Hara covers all things Minnesota sports, primarily the Timberwolves, for Bring Me The News and Sports Illustrated's On SI network. He previously worked as a copy editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota's Hubbard School of Journalism. His work has appeared in the Pioneer Press, Ratchet & Wrench magazine, the Minnesota Daily and a number of local newspapers in Minnesota, among other publications.

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