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Anthony Edwards seen running stairs late night at Target Center

Edwards gave the world a glimpse of his work ethic.

Joe Nelson

Anthony Edwards seen running stairs late night at Target Center
Anthony Edwards seen running stairs late night at Target Center /

Anthony Edwards, fresh off scoring 34 points and being criticized about his nutrition by teammate Karl-Anthony Towns, gave the world a glimpse of his work ethic when he put in extra work after the Timberwolves beat the Spurs 134-122 win Wednesday night. 

Not only did Edwards get in extra shots after lighting up San Antonio with a barrage of jump shots, step backs and threes, he also ran the stairs inside Target Center despite playing 38 minutes in the game. 

Radio broadcaster Alan Horton, whose play-by-play desk is above the first level at Target Center, said Edwards and Taurean Prince each took 100 threes after the game. He also posted his view of Edwards running stairs. 

Edwards was the subject of criticism on Monday night after the Wolves lost at home to the Spurs in a game they trailed by as many as 35 points. Edwards scored just 9 points on 3-of-15 shooting, but has scored 30+ points in three of his last four games. But after laying that egg, Towns was asked how he can help Edwards play better when the Wolves play games on consecutive nights and Towns indicated Edwards needs to improve his nutrition. 

"Maybe I could do a better job of teaching him how to take care of his body, diet and everything. That'll be on me. I know you all think it's funny up here when he talks about Popeyes and all that s***. That doesn't make me happy to hear. We're high-level athletes," Towns said.

“I haven’t ate Popeyes in two years, so it didn’t bother me,” Edwards said Wednesday night when asked about it, according to Jon Krawczysnki of The Athletic. 

Towns also shook off critics who said he comments were out of line, saying he and Edwards were laughing about it and playing "Call of Duty," Krawczynski reported. 

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Joe Nelson
JOE NELSON

Title: Bring Me The Sports co-owner, editor Email: joe@bringmethenews.com Twitter: @JoeBMTN Education: Southwest Minnesota State University Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Expertise: All things Minnesota sports Nelson has covered Minnesota sports for two decades, starting his media career in sports radio. He worked at small market Minnesota stations in Marshall and St. Cloud before joining one of the nation's highest-rated sports stations, KFAN-FM 100.3 in the Twin Cities. There, he was the producer of the top-rated mid-morning sports show with Minnesota Vikings announcer Paul Allen.  His radio experience helped blossom a career as a sports writer, joining Minneapolis-based Bring Me The News in 2011.  Nelson and Adam Uren became co-owners of Bring Me The News in 2018 and have since more than tripled the site's traffic and launched Bring Me The Sports in cooperation with the Sports Illustrated/FanNation umbrella. Nelson has covered the Super Bowl and numerous training camps, NFL combines, the MLB All-Star Game and Minnesota playoff games, in addition to the day-to-day happenings on and off the field of play.  Nelson also has extensive knowledge of non-sports subjects, including news and weather. He works closely with Bring Me The News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard to produce a bevy of weather and climate information for Minnesota readers.  Nelson helped launch and manage the Bring Me The News Radio Network, which provided more than 50 radio stations around Minnesota with daily news, sports and weather reports from 2011-17. 

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