MILWAUKEE — A few minutes after the horn sounded on the Timberwolves' 113-108 victory over Milwaukee at Fiserv Forum, Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" played to console Bucks fans as a couple dozen Wolves fans made their way down to the team's tunnel.
Anthony Edwards came by to greet them, jersey off, all smiles and gave his shoes to a fan. After a few moments Edwards disappeared into the tunnel, hands raised and then made a right past executive vice president Sachin Gupta. Edwards let out a loud "Yes, sir!" that echoed off the walls.
A day after Edwards called out himself and teammates Karl-Anthony Towns and D'Angelo Russell on Monday for not sharing the ball on offense, the Wolves had their first "testy" practice of the season. Towns would say after the game, "The game was won in practice."
That's because on Wednesday, the Wolves showed the past 48 hours might have brought them closer together instead of farther apart as they played their most complete game of the young season with a wire-to-wire victory over the defending champions.
"It shows that all three of us are willing to take criticism and take it the right way, not the wrong way, and grow," Edwards said.
Edwards finished with 25 points and iced the game as it got close late with a key driving bucket and a pair of free throws.
"I had it at the end, DLo was coming, I was like 'Bruh, just don't. I got it. Let me be a closer, too," Edwards said.
Instead Russell, who shot like a rec-leaguer the past two games, was the starter. He hit his first five shots on his way to a team-high 29 points, while Towns responded by keeping his composure with officials to score 25 on an efficient 9-for-13 from the field and stayed out of foul trouble.
