Anthony Edwards will not miss the Minnesota Timberwolves“Regular season final due to a suspension after all.
The NBA announced on Saturday a technical fault called Edwards during 117-91 victory on Friday above the Brooklyn Nets was canceled during the examination. It would have been the 18th technical fault of Edwards of the season, which has a suspension of a match and would have prevented it from playing in the match on Sunday against the Utah jazz.
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Any player who has accumulated 16 technical faults during a season obtains a penalty from a match. Both techniques from this point take another suspension in a single match.
Sunday's match is important for the T-Wolves, which can either win a place in the playoffs, or have to participate in the game tournament to win the seeded n ° 7 or 8. Minnesota could also finish up to fourth The classification of the Western ConferenceWhich would mean organizing an eliminatory series in the first round.
The technical fault in question occurred during the second quarter of the Friday match when Edwards wondered for a personal fault while defending Keon Johnson.
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After the game, Edwards explained what had happened and said that he hoped that the technique would be canceled to cancel a suspension.
“They called a fault and I said,” Where was the fault F ***? “And he gave me a T,” said Edwards, Via Dane Moore from Bluewire. “I hope they look at it and cancel it so that I can play in a few days.
“I pray for having canceled it, because I don't think it should have been a technology. Me and Ray (Acosta) had a good relationship. We talked after the fact, but I still don't have the impression of the technology just for this little gesture.”
The crew chief Bill Kennedy told a swimming pool journalist that Edwards had received a technique for the use of blasphemies towards referee Ray Acosta, According to the Associated Press.
Minnesota coach Chris Finch said that he had not been clearly explained why the technique was called.
“It didn't seem like there was something blatant or too demonstrative,” he said.
Edwards provided an example of “blatant” and “demonstrative” behavior justifying a technical fault when it was called for his 16th of the season, throw a basketball in the stands In a February 27 match against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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The Edwards suspension served for its 16th technical fault has also occurred against jazz, and The T-Wolves lost this February 28 match117-116.
Since this suspension, Minnesota went 16-4 with sequences of victories of eight and five games. T-wolves will need another victory on Sunday to help move them towards better positioning of the playoffs.
