Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards blasted the league’s referees on Monday night time following his staff’s 107-101 win over the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, and preemptively accepted a possible nice within the course of.
Because the Wolves had been celebrating the slim win over their Northwest division rivals, the published caught Edwards yelling about “dishonest ass refs.”
He did not cease there, although. Throughout his post-game interview on the court docket, Edwards expanded on his criticisms of the officiating throughout Monday’s sport.
“I do not know [how we got it done],” Edwards said. “And I am gonna take the nice, as a result of the refs didn’t give us no calls tonight. We needed to play by means of each bump, each seize. I do not know. I do not understand how we gained tonight. Large shoutout to my staff, huge shoutout to my coaches, for positive.”
The fouls calls had been nearly even, with 19 referred to as on the Wolves and 17 on the Thunder. Likewise, there wasn’t a large disparity in regard to free throws, although the Thunder did have an edge with 22 in comparison with 15. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who’s fourth within the league at 9.2 free throws per sport, accounted for 16 of the Thunder’s makes an attempt from the road.
Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch made a passing remark concerning that stat. “We had plenty of guys to throw at Shai, he is a troublesome cowl,” Finch said. “Each night time you look he goes to the road 15, 16 instances, it is kinda powerful to protect him if that is the case. However we did a reasonably good job of simply mixing it up.” In any other case, although, Finch did not have something to say concerning the officiating.
Edwards is not the primary individual to criticize the refs this season and he will not be the final. Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown just lately acquired a $50,000 nice for his on-court and post-game antics after a loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. That was an excessive instance, nevertheless. Edwards’ feedback fall extra consistent with these made by Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic earlier this month, which resulted in a $25,000 nice.
With the win, the Timberwolves reclaimed sole possession of first place within the Western Convention and have the second-best report within the league. At 33-14, they’re half a sport up on the defending champion Denver Nuggets and one sport up on the Thunder.
