{"id":636762,"date":"2026-05-11T15:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/636762\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:18:10","slug":"anthony-edwards-dedicates-36-point-game-to-late-mother-on-emotional-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/636762\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards Dedicates 36-Point Game to Late Mother on Emotional Mother’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> star Anthony Edwards<\/a> lost his mother to cancer in 2015. This is where he drew inspiration from for Sunday\u2019s Mother\u2019s Day game against the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Edwards went off<\/a> for a game-high 36 points on 13-of-22 from the floor. The four-time All-Star also added six rebounds, two assists, a steal and three triples in 40 minutes of action.<\/p>\n

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It was a big-time performance for Edwards, who led the Wolves to a 114-109 victory<\/a> in Game 4 of their second-round series against the Spurs. Thanks in large part to Edwards\u2019 strong play, Minnesota was able to tie the series at 2-2.<\/p>\n

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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards.Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Edwards sent a heartbreaking message as he spoke to the press during his postgame interview.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old dedicated his performance to his late mother. Edwards admitted that his mom was on his mind the whole day.<\/p>\n

“Today is Mother’s Day, I just wanted to win for my mom,” he said. \u201c\u2026 I couldn’t lose this game for her.<\/p>\n

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Edwards\u2019 mother passed away when he was just in eighth grade. She died of cancer in January 2015. He then lost his grandmother to cancer just eight months later.<\/p>\n

It was an emotional performance for Edwards, who willed the Timberwolves to a crucial win to tie the series.<\/p>\n

The West semis will now shift back to San Antonio<\/a> for Game 5 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The winner of this series will face the winner between the other semifinal matchup in the conference. Right now, the defending champions Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> hold a commanding 3-0 lead over the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Related: Dylan Harper’s Reaction to Victor Wembanyama Incident Goes Viral<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 11, 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":"Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards lost his mother to cancer in 2015. This is where he drew inspiration…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[31513,1055,11951,236625,355,6402,6999,2116,99],"class_list":["post-636762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-mothers-day","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636762","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=636762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}