Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.

On the day first-year point guard Rob Dillingham was slated to being a rehab assignment with a G-League game in Iowa after sitting out the past three weeks with an ankle sprain, the Timberwolves announced rookie wing Terrence Shannon Jr. will miss two to four weeks with a foot sprain suffered in the Iowa Wolves’ contest on Saturday.

In his postgame scrum Wednesday, Anthony Edwards did not want to focus on the fact that the Minnesota Timberwolves were down 13-0 against the Golden State Warriors about four minutes into the first quarter and down 34-14 heading into the second.

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) prepares to shoot a jump shot in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, in Dallas.

Two of the NBA’s best players will be going head to head when Kyrie Irving (24.3 points per game, 15th in league) and the Dallas Mavericks (21-16) welcome in Anthony Edwards (25.8, seventh) and the Minnesota Timberwolves (19-17) on Wednesday,