None of them — or some other Timberwolves youngster besides — scored as numerous focuses in his freshman season as Anthony Edwards did on Thursday night.

The No. 1 in general pick of the 2020 draft poured in a vocation high 42 focuses in Minnesota's staggering 123-119 success against the Phoenix Suns. The exhibition dominates past Timberwolves freshman evenings by Zach LaVine (37), Karl-Anthony Towns (35), and Christian Laettner (35), and furthermore outperforms Philadelphia's Tyrese Maxey for most focuses scored by a first-year player this season.

Game Recap: Timberwolves 123, Suns 119

At 19 years and 226 days old, Edwards turns into the third-most youthful part in NBA history to score at least 40 of every a game, following just LeBron James and Kevin Durant. Edwards is likewise the main newbie to score at least 40 focuses in a game since Grayson Allen dropped 40 on the LA Trimmers as a youngster with the Utah Jazz on April 10, 2019.

Edwards got to the edge voluntarily against a Suns group flaunting the fourth-best cautious rating in the association. He shot 11-for-18 inside the curve and procured a game-high 13 free toss endeavors, as well. His driving layup with 2 minutes, 36 seconds remaining put him beyond the 40-point mark and gave Minnesota the lead for great.

Edwards has been released since Timberwolves mentor Chris Finch supplanted Ryan Saunders on Feb. 22. In the 10 games since, the 6-foot-4 gatekeeper is averaging 24.7 focuses, 5.8 bounce back and 2.3 takes while shooting an extraordinarily improved 41.9% from the field.

"I put in the work," Edwards said after Thursday's down. "I work in obscurity. It should go to the light."

"He's sprouting for us at the opportune time," Finch added.

Edwards wasn't the lone previous No. 1 pick to go off for the Timberwolves against Phoenix. Towns likewise ruled the Suns' regularly closefisted guard for 41 places of his own, an empowering season-high after the 25-year-old large man had struggled wounds and Coronavirus recently.

Towns and Edwards become only the seventh pair of colleagues to each score at least 40 in similar game in the course of the last 20 seasons, and the first since Kawhi Leonard and Paul George did as such on Dec. 13, 2019.

Towns and Edwards become only the seventh pair of partners to each score at least 40 in similar game throughout the last 20 seasons, and the first since Kawhi Leonard and Paul George did as such on Dec. 13, 2019.

Towns and Edwards become only the seventh pair of partners to each score at least 40 in similar game in the course of the last 20 seasons, and the first since Kawhi Leonard and Paul George did as such on Dec. 13, 2019.

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