Anthony Edwards will be on the floor Sunday when the Timberwolves attempt to secure their fourth straight playoff berth with a win over the tanking Jazz.
Edwards picked up his 18th technical foul of the season in Minnesota’s blowout win Friday over Brooklyn, which would have resulted in another one-game suspension had it stood. But the NBA announced on Saturday it had rescinded the tech, so Edwards will be available.
The Wolves are 21.5 point favorites to beat the Jazz.
After the game, Edwards said he told the ref “where was the (bleeping) foul?” after he was whistled for an infraction.
“I hope they look at it and rescind it so I can play in a couple day,” Edwards said after the game. “I’m praying they rescind it. I don’t feel it should’ve been a tech.”
Minnesota players and coaches pleaded with the officials immediately after the call was made, to no avail.
“I did not really get a good or clear explanation,” Wolves coach Chris Finch said of the tech. “It didn’t seem like there was any egregious or overly demonstrative (action) or anything like that.”
In a pool report, NBA official Bill Kennedy said Edwards received the tech “for use of profanity directed toward an official.”
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