Edwards shakes off injury scare and scores 28 points to lead Timberwolves past Nets 105-90

NEW YORK AP Anthony Edwards shook off an injury scare and finished with points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves past the Brooklyn Nets - on Thursday night for their fourth straight win Edwards who also added five rebounds appeared to avoid serious injury when he briefly left the battle after he stepped backward onto the foot of Nets coach Jordi Fernandez while making a -pointer late in the second quarter Edwards was helped off the court but returned for the start of the second half Rudy Gobert added points for Minnesota while shooting of from the field and adding rebounds Nic Claxton had points for Brooklyn and Dariq Whitehead scored Key moment The Timberwolves took the lead with left in the second quarter and never looked back Edwards led his club in scoring with points in the first half to help put them up - at the break Key stat The Timberwolves shot of from -point range led by Edwards of Up next Timberwolves Take on the ers in Philadelphia on Saturday night Nets Host the Toronto Raptors on Sunday AP NBA https apnews com hub nba Source