Timberwolves star Edwards cited for alleged assault following playoff sport

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been eradicated from the NBA playoffs on Tuesday after a 112-109 loss to the top-seeded Denver Nuggets. However as if that wasn’t dangerous sufficient for Minnesota, one in every of their greatest gamers now faces potential authorized motion.

Anthony Edwards has been formally cited for 2 circumstances of third-degree assault after two girls alleged that he hit them with a folding chair as he walked off the court docket after the ultimate buzzer, including extra salt to Minnesota’s wounds.

What occurred following Recreation 5?

Edwards missed a possible game-tying three-pointer within the dying seconds Tuesday because the Nuggets held on to shut out the collection. Denver police allege that after the miss, Edwards picked up a chair and swung it, hitting a safety guard and her colleague.

NBA TV cameras appeared to choose up a portion of the incident:

Edwards in sizzling water once more

Whereas Edwards’s expertise on the basketball court docket is plain, this isn’t the primary time the 21-year-old has discovered himself mired in controversy off it.

Edwards was reprimanded final 12 months for homophobic feedback he made in a video posted to his Instagram web page. The previous No. 1 total choose apologized, and the NBA fined him $40,000 for referring to group of males as “queers.”