At some point during Wednesday night’s Minnesota Timberwolves game, it became clear that the New Orleans Pelicans didn’t have a prayer of guarding Anthony Edwards.
The Pelicans, mind you, boast plenty of perimeter defenders ranging from good to elite in caliber, including one of the absolute best in Herb Jones. It didn’t matter. Edwards scored a game-high 37 points on 25 field goal attempts, damn good efficiency despite receiving the majority of New Orleans’ defensive attention.
It wasn’t the jumper — Edwards made four of his 10 3-point attempts — or any fancy ball handling maneuvers that drove home the futility of the Pelicans’ efforts, though.