Technical foul called on Anthony Edwards for looking at Reggie Jackson

Adam Uren | May 4, 2024

May 4, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) reacts in the / Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Anthony Edwards was unstoppable for the Minnesota Timberwolves as they won Game 1 in Denver, but the refs did their best to hobble him anyway.

Towards the end of the third quarter Edwards pulled off a stunning move on Reggie Jackson to score and reacted by giving the Nuggets' No. 7 a smoldering glare.

That was just too much for the officials who called a technical foul on the Wolves star, much to his disbelief.

A tech called on Anthony Edwards for this is shameful smh

These celebrations make the game exciting, please stop making these calls!!!! pic.twitter.com/beqBMzXbuO

— Bri Lewerke (@brilewerke) May 5, 2024

"No for me, I'm sorry," said TNT color commentator Reggie Miller. "We're in the second round of the playoffs. Emotions are always gonna be high."

"That's awful," fellow commentator Jamal Crawford said. "You can't celebrate someone for being a dog and then we call a technical on a staredown."

The call was all the more perplexing given that Jamal Murray drained a three and got an and-one when he was fouled by Karl-Anthony Towns and immediately spun around to give him finger-guns.

The refs? Crickets.

🚨Jamal Murray splashes a three on Karl Anthony Towns then points finger guns at him

nahh this is crazyy pic.twitter.com/5GFtdngTek

— bobo (@ohitsbobo) May 5, 2024

It ultimately didn't matter as Edwards went crazy, scoring 43 points to make him only the second player aged 22 or younger score 40 in consecutive games, the other being Kobe Bryant.

The Wolves won Game 1 by a score of 106-99.