The Minnesota Timberwolves will begin their NBA playoffs run on Saturday on the road against the Denver Nuggets. The Timberwolves are not just looking to make it back to the Western Conference Finals for a third straight year. They want to break through and reach the NBA Finals this time around.

Minnesota has Edwards as “questionable” for Game 1 in Denver on Saturday night, due to what is listed as “right knee; injury maintenance.” This has been an ongoing development for Edwards as he was absent for 11 of the Timberwolves' last 15 games to close out the season ahead of the postseason.

The Minnesota Timberwolves announced a new Anthony Edwards injury update before their first-round playoff series vs the Denver Nuggets.

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Denver slugged its way past Minnesota in 2023 on its way to the NBA title. The Timberwolves derailed a Nuggets repeat with a Game 7 upset in 2024.

The Minnesota Timberwolves will be the ones initially tasked with trying to stop Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets to open the NBA Playoffs, and one of the players who will be tasked with handling him is already looking to the heavens for answers.

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Anthony Edwards had a simple response when asked about his recovery from the knee injury ahead of the Timberwolves' playoff series.