{"id":639970,"date":"2026-05-01T03:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639970\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T03:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:54:08","slug":"timberwolves-guard-ayo-dosunmu-calf-out-for-game-6-vs-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639970\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves guard Ayo Dosunmu (calf) out for Game 6 vs. Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Timberwolves, clinging to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\/west-first-round-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3-2 series lead<\/a> against the Nuggets after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/anthony-edwards-donte-divincenzo-injuries\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a pair of injuries<\/a> sidelined the starting backcourt, are heading into Game 6 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/den-vs-min-0042500166\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">9:30 ET, ESPN<\/a>) shorthanded further still.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota guard Ayo Dosunmu \u2013 who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/watch\/video\/ayo-dosunmu-goes-off-for-43-points-off-the-bench?plsrc=nba&amp;game-highlights=0042500164\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scored 43 points<\/a> in the crucial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/den-vs-min-0042500164\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game 4 victory<\/a> \u2013 has been ruled out of Thursday\u2019s contest due to a calf injury. The news was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2050000013569245620\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first reported<\/a> by ESPN.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATED Minnesota <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timberwolves?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Timberwolves<\/a> Status Report in advance of tonight\u2019s Game 6 vs. Denver Nuggets:<\/p>\n<p>AVAILABLE<br \/>Hyland- Left Knee Soreness <\/p>\n<p>OUT<br \/>Anderson- Illness<br \/>DiVincenzo- Right Achilles Tendon Repair<br \/>Dosunmu- Right Calf Soreness<br \/>Edwards- Left Knee Bone Bruise <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rqmEJeovJz\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/rqmEJeovJz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Timberwolves PR (@Twolves_PR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twolves_PR\/status\/2050011812708438277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fifth-year veteran, a trade deadline acquisition from the Bulls, has averaged a career-best 15.0 points along with 3.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists. He\u2019s done it efficiently as well, knocking down 51.7% of his attempts, including 43.9% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Timberwolves, clinging to a 3-2 series lead against the Nuggets after a pair of injuries sidelined the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[238886,49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-639970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ayo-dosunmu-out","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}