Timberwolves Anthony Edwards creates history with lights-out shooting vs. Nuggets

Minnesota Timberwolves wing Anthony Edwards trailed off against the Denver Nuggets, leading his team to a 124-107 road win.

Edwards added 38 points on an efficient 14 of 21 from the field and 10 of 14 from the 3-point line, setting some important career milestones along the way.

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That’s a lot of green!

“My teammates do a great job of telling me to just be me, just go. It doesn’t matter if I’m hot or not,” Edwards said.

“If I’m not throwing the ball, PB [Patrick Beverley] looking at me crazy. Trainer [Chris Finch] looking at me crazy. Everybody looks at me crazy like, ‘What are you doing?’ I think they do a great job of giving me more confidence than I already have. “

Let’s take a look at some of the numbers behind the big sophomore night.

10: youngest with 10 triples in a game

Steph Curry? Klay Thompson? JR Smith? No!

Anthony Edwards stands alone as the youngest player in NBA history to drop 10 3-pointers in a single game.

At 20 years, 132 days, Edwards eclipsed the record previously held by Kyrie Irving (22 years, 311 days) for the youngest to do so.

After averaging 2.4 on 32.9 percent of three in his rookie season, Edwards is hitting 3.1 on 8.6 attempts on 36 percent in 28 games this season, while continuing to develop as a shooter from long range.

1: most of the three in franchise history

No other player in Minnesota Timberwolves history has hit more triples in a single game than Anthony Edwards.

Edwards’ 10 3s broke the previous record of eight he held alongside Kevin Love and Stephon Marbury.

Most of the three in one game: Timberwolves

7: Edwards joins the elite company

LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving Luka Doncic, and Zion Williamson. That’s one company that will stick with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 draft.

After tonight’s performance, Edwards is only the seventh player in NBA history to score 2,000 points in his first 100 games at age 20 or younger.

4: Fourth highest scoring game of his career

Edwards is beginning to make these special scoring nights a little more frequent, dropping 48 points to the Golden State Warriors earlier this season.

Tonight’s 38 is the fourth most points he has scored in a single game and the fourth 30-point game of his career.

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