Minnesota star Anthony Edwards is expected to play against the Spurs on Monday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals, according to media reports.<\/p>\n
Citing anonymous sources, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Edwards will be available “baring any setbacks pregame” just nine days removed from the left knee injury the four-time All-Star guard suffered against Denver in Game 4 of a first-round series.<\/p>\n
Although Charania reported Edwards has “received medical clearance,” the Timberwolves continue to list him as questionable for Monday’s game.<\/p>\n
Citing anonymous team and league sources, the Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski also reported Edwards is “planning to play” in Game 1.<\/p>\n
“The exact role is still being discussed, but he’s ready to give it a go,” Krawczynski wrote on X.<\/p>\n
Edwards’ dramatic recovery didn’t shock his teammates.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m on record calling him Wolverine. I’m not surprised,” Julius Randle told reporters.<\/p>\n
In other major injury news, Minnesota has downgraded guard Ayo Dosunmo (right calf strain) from questionable to out.<\/p>\n
The Spurs were asked after Monday’s shootaround how they are dealing with the uncertainty surrounding Edward’s status.<\/p>\n
“We’re preparing as if he’ll play,” forward Devin Vassell said. “We have matchups, and if he doesn’t play, we’re still consistent in what we’re doing. So obviously, it’s a big change if he plays, if he doesn’t, but we’re ready.”<\/p>\n
In Spurs injury news, rookie forward Carter Bryant participated in shootaround after the team listed him as questionable on Sunday for Game 1 with a right foot sprain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minnesota star Anthony Edwards is expected to play against the Spurs on Monday night in Game 1 of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-425780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}