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Anthony Edwards rallies Wolves, dedicates game to late mother - ESPN

ESPN.com·Anthony Slater·21 days ago
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Ant drops 36 points to help Wolves even series vs. Spurs (1:49) Anthony Edwards scores 36 points to lift the Wolves to a 114-109 win in Game 4 against the Spurs. (1:49) Anthony Slater May 10, 2026, 10:40 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS -- Anthony Edwards scored a game-high 36 points to temporarily rescue a Minnesota Timberwolves season that was teetering and, afterward, gave a nod to his late mother for the performance. "Today is Mother's Day," Edwards said, redirecting the first news conference question. "I just wanted to win for my mom. It was that simple." Edwards' mother, Yvette Edwards, died of cancer in 2015, and his grandmother, Shirley Edwards, died of cancer eight months later. Edwards has said that he wears No. 5 because they both died on the fifth of the month, and he had portraits of them next to him the night the Timberwolves selected him first in the 2020 NBA draft. "For sure," Edwards said when asked whether he was thinking about his mother Sunday. "I couldn't lose this game for her." Edwards didn't.…

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