By Jon Krawczynski | The Athletic, 2026-05-03 22:03:16
周日晚间，安东尼·爱德华兹 (Anthony Edwards) 在明尼苏达森林狼队的伤病报告中被上调为“出战成疑”，这进一步表明他正努力争取尽快重返这轮对阵圣安东尼奥马刺队的次轮系列赛。在森林狼首轮对阵丹佛掘金队的第四场比赛中，他遭遇了左膝过度伸展，缺席了最后两场多的比赛。
自从在第四场比赛倒下后，爱德华兹就一直在为早于预期的复出铺路。周日，当他的团队在 YouTube 频道发布了一段名为“别把我排除在外”的视频时，他加大了复出的势头。
这段时长 9 分钟的视频深入展示了他的康复幕后。其中包括他在对阵掘金的前四场比赛中，顶着右膝酸痛作战的画面。在第一场比赛后的某个时刻，他的朋友兼商业伙伴特雷·麦凯恩 (Tre McCain) 问他感觉如何。
“这是季后赛，”爱德华兹告诉他，“如果必须的话，哪怕只有一条腿我也会上场。”
这段视频还包括了对森林狼医疗运营与表现副总裁大卫·海因斯 (David Hines) 以及罗比·西卡 (Robby Sikka) 的采访。西卡在爱德华兹职业生涯的前两个赛季曾是森林狼教练组的重要成员，并在离职后一直与爱德华兹保持联系。
“我们管他叫‘金刚狼’……你看到其他球员可能无法坚持的情况，在爱德华兹身上，他总能迅速康复，”海因斯说道。
西卡详述了爱德华兹本赛季经历的几次伤病，包括腿筋伤势和今年早些时候困扰他的脚趾感染。西卡表示，在谈到从伤病中恢复的能力时，“在我的职业生涯中，从未见过像他这样的人”。
“这孩子正忍受着膝盖的疼痛在战斗，他整个赛季都在战斗，因为他想上场，因为他想赢球，因为他想代表这座城市，因为他想把总冠军带到这里，”西卡说道。
据 The Athletic 的消息人士透露，爱德华兹一直在对受伤的左膝进行全天候治疗，他已经告诉队友，计划在这轮系列赛的某个时间点复出。
这印证了森林狼主教练克里斯·芬奇 (Chris Finch) 在对阵掘金第五场赛前的说法，他当时表示，如果森林狼能将季后赛征程延续到首轮之后，“我们将有幸迎来他的回归”。芬奇在周六练习后表示，爱德华兹“每周观察”的状态没有改变。球队尚未发布正式的复出时间表，这使得他几乎不可能在周一的第一场比赛中登场。
周六练习结束后，爱德华兹在场上进行了投篮练习，但他没有参加正式训练。他在对阵掘金的第四场比赛中遭遇了左膝过度伸展和骨挫伤，缺席了系列赛最后两场半的比赛。不过，所有人都在准备迎接他在本轮系列赛的某个时刻现身。
“任何时候能迎来伤员回归，尤其是爱德华兹，考虑到他所拥有的影响力，哪怕只是站在场上都会给我们带来巨大帮助，”前锋杰登·麦克丹尼尔斯 (Jaden McDaniels) 说道，“我告诉他，无论他什么时候准备好，在他复出之前我们都会稳住阵脚。”
爱德华兹处理膝盖问题已经超过一个月了。右膝炎症曾导致他缺席了常规赛最后 14 场比赛中的 11 场，并在对阵掘金的系列赛初期对他造成了困扰。他在第四场比赛试图盖帽卡梅隆·约翰逊 (Cam Johnson) 时伤到了左膝。许多人曾担心伤势会比实际情况严重得多。
球队消息人士告诉 The Athletic，爱德华兹一直在向队友传达他计划在这轮系列赛中归队的意愿。在系列赛可能的前五场比赛中，两队将每隔一天进行一场比赛。如果有必要进行第六场，第五场和第六场之间将有两天的休息时间。第二场比赛将于周三在圣安东尼奥举行。系列赛随后将移师明尼苏达，于周五进行第三场，周日进行第四场。
预计森林狼将在周一上午对阵圣安东尼奥的第一场比赛前进行投篮训练。在进一步确定其出场状态之前，爱德华兹可能会进行一次训练以测试他的膝盖情况。
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Anthony Edwards upgraded to questionable for Timberwolves-Spurs series
Anthony Edwards was upgraded to questionable on the Minnesota Timberwolves’ injury report Sunday evening, further indication he is pushing to get into this second-round series against the San Antonio Spurs as quickly as possible. He suffered a hyperextension of his left knee in Game 4 of Minnesota’s first-round series against the Denver Nuggets, missing the final two-plus games.
Edwards has been laying the groundwork for a faster-than-expected return since he went down in Game 4, but he ramped it up Sunday when his team posted a video to his YouTube channel titled “Don’t count me out.”
The nine-minute video gave an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at his recovery. It includes footage of him playing in the first four games of the Denver series while dealing with his right knee soreness. At one point after Game 1, his friend and business partner Tre McCain asked him how he was feeling.
“It’s the playoffs,” Edwards told him. “I’ll go out (there) on one leg if I have to.”
The piece also includes interviews with David Hines, Timberwolves vice president of medical operations and performance, and Robby Sikka, who was a prominent figure on the Wolves staff during Edwards’ first two seasons in the league and has maintained contact with Edwards since he departed.
“We call him Wolverine. … Certain things you see other players might not be able to play through, those are injuries that Ant has been able to recover quickly from,” Hines said.
Sikka detailed several of the injuries Edwards has endured this season, including a hamstring injury and a toe infection that bothered him earlier this year. Sikka said “there’s nobody like him that I’ve been around in my professional career” when it comes to his ability to come back from injury.
“This kid’s battling through pain in his knee, and he’s been battling all season because he wants to play, because he wants to win, because he wants to represent the city, because he wants to bring a championship here,” Sikka said.
Edwards has been doing around-the-clock treatment on his injured left knee, and he has told teammates he plans on returning at some point in the series, team sources told The Athletic.
That backs what Wolves coach Chris Finch said before Game 5 of Minnesota’s series against the Nuggets when he said that if the Wolves could extend their playoff run beyond the first round, “we will be lucky enough to get him back.” Finch said Saturday after practice that Edwards’ “week to week” designation has not changed. The team has not issued an official timeline for his return, making it all but impossible for him to play in Game 1 on Monday.
Edwards was on the court after practice Saturday getting some shots up, but he did not participate in practice. He suffered a hyperextension and a bone bruise in his left knee in Game 4 against the Nuggets and did not play in the final 2 1/2 games of the series. Everyone is preparing to see him at some point this round, though.
“Anytime you can get someone that’s been hurt back, especially Ant, just the gravity that he carries, even him just being on the court will help us out a lot,” forward Jaden McDaniels said. “Whenever he’s ready, I told him we’re going to hold it down until he gets ready.”
Edwards has been dealing with knee issues for more than a month. The inflammation in his right knee caused him to miss 11 of the final 14 games of the regular season and was hampering him early in the series against Denver. He injured his left knee in Game 4 after trying to block a shot from Cam Johnson. Many feared the injury could have been much worse than it actually was.
Team sources have told The Athletic that Edwards has been communicating to teammates his plans to join them at some point in this series. The teams play every other day through the first five potential games of the series. There will be two days off between games 5 and 6 if that is necessary. Game 2 is Wednesday in San Antonio. The series shifts to Minnesota for Game 3 on Friday and Game 4 on Sunday.
The Timberwolves are expected to have a shootaround Monday morning ahead of Game 1 against San Antonio. Edwards will likely go through a workout to test his knee before they make any further determination on his status.
By Jon Krawczynski, via The Athletic
