Minnesota may need to take care of business without their superstar.
The Minnesota Timberwolves got the news they were dreading on Tuesday morning.
ESPN's Shams Charania reported on Get Up that Anthony Edwards is done for the remainder of the first-round series against the Denver Nuggets and will be sidelined at least two weeks with a bone bruise and hyperextension in his left knee.
Edwards suffered the injury in the second quarter of Game 4 on April 25 when he went up to block a fast-break layup from Cam Johnson and landed awkwardly on his left leg.
He immediately went down clutching his knee and was helped off the court.
An MRI confirmed no ligament damage, which is about the only good news here, but the timeline still puts a potential return somewhere in the second round if Minnesota can advance.
What Edwards Brought
Before the injury, Edwards was doing exactly what the Timberwolves needed from him in this series.
He put up 30 points and 10 rebounds in a Game 2 comeback win that erased a 19-point deficit in Denver, and he was the biggest reason the series was tied heading back to Minneapolis.
The four-time All-Star averaged a career-high 28.8 points per game during the regular season for a Timberwolves team that finished 49-33 as the sixth seed, and that scoring punch was supposed to be what separated them against a 54-28 Nuggets squad.
Now Minnesota has to figure out how to close things out without him and without Donte DiVincenzo, who ruptured his right Achilles in the same game and is done for the season.
Can the Wolves Finish?
The Timberwolves still hold a 3-2 series lead heading into Thursday's Game 6 at Target Center.
They need one win, and they get to play for it at home.
Ayo Dosunmu has been the biggest reason Minnesota is still in control of this series despite the injuries.
The midseason acquisition from Chicago dropped a career-high 43 points in Game 4 on 13-of-17 shooting with a perfect 5-of-5 from three and 12-of-12 from the free throw line, which was the highest-scoring playoff performance by a reserve in 50 years.
Combined with his 25-point game in Game 3, Dosunmu scored 68 points over two games and turned himself into the most important offensive player on the roster practically overnight.
Julius Randle has been solid throughout, putting up 27 points in the Game 5 loss, and Rudy Gobert's defense on Nikola Jokic through the first four games held the three-time MVP to just 34 percent shooting from the field.
The depth is there.
Denver did force a Game 6 by winning 125-113 on Monday behind a Jokic triple-double of 27 points, 16 assists and 12 rebounds.
But having home court for what could be a closeout game gives Minnesota a real edge, and this is a team that has played with an edge all season long.
If Dosunmu and Randle bring it again Thursday night, one more win is sitting right there for the taking.