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Minnesota Timberwolves novice onward Anthony Edwards tossed down a vicious poster dunk over Toronto Raptors onward Yuta Watanabe throughout his group’s residence video game on Friday:
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DUNK OF THE YEAR.
ANTHONY EDWARDS. #SCTop 10 https://t.co/hmnhFvldF0
The Timberwolves supplied a take a look at the dunk from an additional angle:
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BOY STOOD UP
@theantedwards_ &#x 1f4f8; https://t.co/qlR0zrhh7l
The NBA did too:
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Anthony Edwards in trip. &#x 2708; þ 0f; https://t.co/9fKskTKJHs
Coincidentally, the Fox Sports North program inadvertently offered Edwards 4 factors for the dunk on the telecasted scoreboard as opposed to 2, although the novice possibly must obtain some additional credit history for an amazing bang.
Edwards’ initiative aided Minnesota complete the 3rd quarter on a 23-1 go to transform a 57-41 deficiency right into a 64-58 lead heading right into the 4th. However, the Timberwolves ended up being up to the Raptors 86-81.
“It was all right,” Edwards stated of the dunk. “But I didn’t make no shots. I didn’t really care about the dunk. I was hoping we could win.”
The Timberwolves picked Edwards, a previous University of Georgia celebrity, with the initial general choice in the 2020 NBA draft.