Sitting at 48 points with 2 minutes, 21 seconds remaining in Wednesday night's game against the Chicago Bulls, the Minnesota Timberwolves star got to the free-throw line, where he hadn't missed a shot all night. The sold-out Target Center crowd in Minneapolis was chanting "MVP" as he stepped to the line. Then Edwards missed the front end.

Anthony Edwards scored 49 points, including 20 in the third quarter, as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the short-handed Chicago Bulls 127-108.

Timberwolves coach Chris Finch showed his team how much worse they were in various statistical categories at home than they were on the road. The Wolves entered Wednesday’s game against a shorthanded Chicago team 12-12 at Target Center,