{"id":623685,"date":"2026-05-04T22:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/623685\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T22:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:03:22","slug":"will-anthony-edwards-play-in-timberwolves-spurs-game-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/623685\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Anthony Edwards Play in Timberwolves-Spurs Game 1?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> gave their fans fresh hope on Sunday when they listed Anthony Edwards<\/a> as questionable for Monday\u2019s Game 1 of the Western Conference playoffs semifinals against the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Edwards missed the final two games of Minnesota\u2019s first-round series against the Denver Nuggets<\/a> after suffering a left knee injury in Game 4. The injury occurred on an awkward landing in the game and was later diagnosed as a hyperextension along with a bone bruise. He was ruled out for the remainder of the series despite avoiding structural damage, and the team confirmed he\u2019ll be out for multiple weeks.<\/p>\n

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In a surprise turn of events, the Timberwolves cleared Edwards for on-court basketball activities days after his injury, and he has progressed faster than initially expected after being considered week-to-week.<\/p>\n

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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

On Monday, ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania confirmed that Edwards is expected to play, barring any setback pregame, noting that \u201cEdwards has received medical clearance and will get final sign-off after his pregame routine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The latest update came after Charania confirmed in an earlier report<\/a> that Edwards \u201cwas a significant participant in Timberwolves shootaround\u201d and is pushing to play.<\/p>\n

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Game 1 between the Timberwolves and Spurs tips off at 9:30 p.m. ET at Frost Bank center in San Antonio<\/a>. The game will be broadcast on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n

Minnesota will be eager to have its superstar back on the floor as they face a dangerous and well-rested Spurs team led by Defensive Player of the Year Victor Wembanyama<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related: Anthony Edwards Update: Timberwolves Make Unexpected Announcement for Game 1<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 4, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Timberwolves gave their fans fresh hope on Sunday when they listed Anthony Edwards as questionable for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[31513,1753,52575,11951,355,6999,2116,6400,99,32090,270045],"class_list":["post-623685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-knee-injury","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-shams-charania","tag-sports","tag-victor-wembanyama","tag-western-conference-playoffs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}