Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards is an psychological player. The NBA playoffs by their really mother nature are an psychological party.
You can guess exactly where this story is heading.
On Saturday, Edwards driven his way to the hoop to put the Timberwolves up 73–68 on the Denver Nuggets with 1:15 left in the third quarter of Match 1 of the teams’ Western Meeting semifinal series. Enthused, Edwards turned close to to communicate trash—and was promptly strike with a technological foul.
Color commentators Jamal Crawford and Reggie Miller instantly rose to Edwards’ defense on the TNT broadcast of the activity.
“No, Courtney (Kirkland)! I’m sorry!” Miller exclaimed. “We are in the second spherical of the playoffs. Feelings are often gonna be higher.”
“That is dreadful. You are not able to celebrate someone for becoming a puppy and then we connect with a specialized on a staredown,” Crawford concurred.
Later on, Miller took issue with the perceived hypocrisy of issuing Edwards a complex but not Nuggets guard Jamal Murray for a finger-gun celebration.
“You see what my dilemma is with that? Why isn’t that a taunting technological foul if you termed a staredown?” Miller asked. “Why is not that a technological foul on Jamal Murray?”
