If you listened closely to Target Center on Monday night, you could hear a collective exhale by every single person in the building.
In a marquee game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers tabbed as “AE1” night to celebrate the release of a new colorway of his wildly successful shoe, the evening that was supposed to be all about number 5 ended up being about all 13 on the bench, literally (we had Luka Garza minutes).
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) December 2, 2024
In fact, it would be fair to say that it was the furthest thing from being about Anthony Edwards on the floor.