{"id":506560,"date":"2026-02-27T01:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506560\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T01:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:55:11","slug":"anthony-edwards-fined-by-nba-for-throwing-basketball-into-stands-during-wolves-vs-blazers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506560\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards Fined by NBA for Throwing Basketball into Stands During Wolves vs. Blazers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The NBA fined Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards $25,000 for throwing a game ball into the stands during a recent matchup with the Portland Trail Blazers, the league announced Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Edwards threw the ball into the crowd at halftime of Minnesota&#8217;s 124-121 victory over Portland on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">He finished the game with 34 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals while shooting 11-of-27 from the field. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Adidas used Edwards&#8217; fine as a chance to drop a new video:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Edwards has been fined for similar actions in the past, as the NBA\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/anthony-edwards-fined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">handed<\/a>\u00a0him a $35,000 fine for failing to leave the court in a timely manner following an ejection and throwing a game ball into the spectator stands in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The four-time All-Star faced discipline from the league throughout his 2024-25 campaign, racking up $430,000 in total fines for the season (h\/t ESPN&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/45261239\/wolves-anthony-edwards-fined-50k-postgame-profanity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Dave McMenamin<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">A large portion of that sum came from technical fouls, as Edwards has picked them up fairly often as of late.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">He&#8217;s received nine technicals this season,\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/stats?category=misc&amp;sort=tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ranking<\/a>\u00a0No. 5 among all players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Still, Edwards has continued to serve as the leading scorer on a Timberwolves squad looking to go on another deep playoff run after advancing to the Western Conference Finals in each of the past two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">He&#8217;s averaging a career-high 29.6 points to go along with 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, shooting 49.3 percent from the field and 40.0 percent from three-point territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Minnesota holds the No. 5 spot in the West standings with a 36-23 record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA fined Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards $25,000 for throwing a game ball into the stands during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-506560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}