Wolves' Anthony Edwards available for game vs. Mavericks
DALLAS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves star guard Anthony Edwards will be available for Monday night’s game against Dallas, coach Chris Finch said before the game. Edwards, averaging a career-high 29. 5 points per game, returns after missing the previous six games with pain in his right knee .
Edwards would need to play in all eight remaining Wolves games to be eligible for All-NBA consideration . He finished seventh in most valuable player voting in each of the last two seasons. Edwards has played in 58 games, but his 3 minutes, 8 seconds against Indiana on Oct.
26 don’t count toward the NBA’s records for games played. The Wolves, fifth in the Western Conference, are 10-6 in games that Edwards has missed. Minnesota announced earlier Monday that power forward Jaden McDaniels is week-to-week after an MRI revealed left knee patella tendinopathy and a bone bruise.
McDaniels, averaging a career-high 14. 8 points per game, left Wednesday’s game with the injury and didn’t play Saturday. ___ AP NBA: https://www.
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