“I don’t know what to say,” Edwards said. He asked someone nearby for a boxscore from the latest in this string of calamities, a 106-98 loss Wednesday to an undermanned, rebuilding Portland team that was without three key players in Anfernee Simons, Robert Williams and DeAndre Ayton. The Wolves were only down Mike Conley (rest) but still lost to Portland for the second time in as many nights. Edwards scanned the boxscore for any answer in the numbers. His and the Wolves’ three-point shooting was abysmal; Edwards (24 points) was 0-for-9, the team 7-for-39 (18%). But that wasn’t why the Wolves also lost the previous two games. Then he offered this about the team’s once-vaunted defense: “I think the effort is there. Just processing it in our minds isn’t there,” Edwards said. “Once fatigue kicked in, everybody as a team we just forget low man, gap, stunt … and it’s a domino effect.” -via Minneapolis Star-Tribune / November 14, 2024
