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Anthony Edwards

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Minnesota Timberwolves

Playoffs · First round · Game 4 · Apr 25, 2026 · DEN 96 @ MIN 112 · Final

Anthony Edwards 5 points on 1-of-8 in 18 minutes vs Nuggets (Apr 25, 2026)

ANSWER

5 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 17:36 MIN

Usual: 2025-26 regular season, 61 games, Oct 22 – Apr 10 (28.8 PTS · 20.2 FGA · 35.0 MIN)

Game Score 0.7 against a usual 20.7 (-20.0)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
below usual

Playoff game · against the 2025-26 regular season

No more than 2 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far below their usual: playoff games, each against the player's regular-season usual.

How the score works

Why did Anthony Edwards score 5 points?

Anthony Edwards scored 5 points in 17:36 against the Nuggets on Apr 25, 2026, Game 4 of the first round: 1-of-8 from the field, 1-of-3 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Edwards had averaged 28.8 points on 20.2 shots in 35.0 minutes, from 61 regular-season games. Shot attempts: 8, against a usual 20.2. By shot type: two-pointers 0 points (usual 13.0); threes 3 points (usual 10.1); free throws 2 points (usual 5.7). Minutes: 17:36, against a usual 35.0; Game Score per 36 minutes: 1.4, against a usual 21.2. Edwards had 0 turnovers and 0 fouls, against a usual 2.9 and 1.9. At home against the Nuggets, the Timberwolves won 112-96. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

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What changed

Edwards in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (61 games)Change
Minutes17:3635.0-17.4
Points528.8-23.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-820.2 · 48.9%-12.2
3PA · 3P%1-of-38.4 · 39.9%-5.4
FTA · FT%2-of-27.2 · 79.6%-5.2
Rebounds35.0-2.0
Assists03.7-3.7
Turnovers02.9-2.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 61 games21.631.8-10.2
Game Score per 36 minutes1.421.2-19.8
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Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (61 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-3)10.1 (3.4-of-8.4)-7.1
Twos0 (0-of-5)13.0 (6.5-of-11.8)-13.0
Free throws2 (2-of-2)5.7 (5.7-of-7.2)-3.7
Total528.8-23.8
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

0.7 against a usual 20.7 (-20.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-18.3
Rebounds-0.8
Assists-2.6
Steals and blocks-1.9
Turnovers and fouls+3.6
Total-20.0
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This postseason so far

Playoff games in date order, this game last; no score

This postseason's games, oldest first, this game last
DateRoundOppMINPTSREBASTGame Score
Apr 18, 2026First round · Game 1@ DEN38:06229716.2
Apr 20, 2026First round · Game 2@ DEN40:003010220.1
Apr 23, 2026First round · Game 3vs DEN23:4217538.5
Apr 25, 2026This gameFirst round · Game 4vs DEN17:365300.7
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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Timberwolves won 112-96 at home against the Nuggets.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 23, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier in this series: 22 points (Game 1), 30 points (Game 2), 17 points (Game 3).
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What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own regular-season usual line, never blended with last season. How rare a gap is comes from NBA playoff games of 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26, each postseason checked on a table fit on the others; the top tier is Rare.