Anthony Edwards returned to the Minnesota Timberwolves to face the NBA-leading Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night, after a three-game absence while managing a foot injury. Edwards missed four games earlier this season with a strained hamstring.

A wild night at Target Center featured an early coaching ejection, relentless defense and clutch plays from Anthony Edwards as the Thunder suffered just their third loss of the season.

That's because the play-by-play announcer for the Amazon Prime broadcast is Michael Grady, who, of course, works as Minnesota's primary play-by-play voice on FanDuel Sports Network North. He'll be joined by Brent Barry as the lead analyst, and sideline reporter Allie Clifton.

Tonight, the Minnesota Timberwolves take on the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder for a marquee Western Conference matchup, and now, the team has received even better news.

The Wolves coach was ejected from a game for only the second time in his career. For most of the first six minutes of Friday night’s game against defending NBA champion Oklahoma City at Target Center, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch sat on the bench quiet and didn’t argue many calls.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are gearing up for two sets of back-to-back games, as they’ll be playing four games in just six days. Luckily, the Thunder have experience this season in these sets and will have four full days of rest before starting this stretch.

The last time we saw the Oklahoma City Thunder, it was in a dramatic NBA Cup loss to Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. That dropped the Thunder to 24-2 on the season, "only" a record 76-win pace.

Thunder rookie guard Nikola Topic returned to the floor during pregame warmups amid his recent cancer treatment.

Excitement builds as the San Antonio Spurs face the dominant Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Cup semifinals this Saturday in Las Vegas. Victor Wemban