Former Georgia basketball guard Anthony Edwards continued his incredible rookie season in the NBA last night with a cold-blooded 42 point career-high performance.
Edwards finished his night on 15/31 shooting and added another 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in the Timberwolves 123 – 119 win over the Phoenix Suns.
Anthony Edwards dropped a career-high 42 PTS 🔥 pic.twitter.com/4Cm4oIHoUz
— NBA TV (@NBATV) March 19, 2021
Complimenting Edwards’ big night was Minnesota’s center Karl-Anthony Towns, who had 41 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists himself.
Edwards is now the third youngest player in NBA history to score 40+ points in a game. The only younger players to reach the mark? Kevin Durant and Lebron James.
Anthony Edwards is the 3rd-youngest player in NBA history with a 40-point game:
LeBron – 19 yrs old, 88 days
Durant – 19 yrs old, 200 days
Edwards – 19 yrs old, 225 days pic.twitter.com/5cEXYNGeJl— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 19, 2021
I’d say Edwards looks quite comfortable in the league, keeping himself in the company of some all-time greats.
The T-Wolves are now 10-31 and sit in last place in the Western Conference. Edwards currently leads all rookies in points-per-game with 16.8.
