Edwards shakes off injury scare and scores 28 points to lead Timberwolves past Nets 105-90

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Edwards shook off an injury scare and finished with 28 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves past the Brooklyn Nets 105-90 on Thursday night for their fourth straight win.

Edwards, who also added five rebounds, appeared to avoid serious injury when he briefly left the game after he stepped backward onto the foot of Nets coach Jordi Fernandez while making a 3-pointer late in the second quarter. Edwards was helped off the court, but returned for the start of the second half.

Rudy Gobert added 21 points for Minnesota while shooting 9 of 10 from the field and adding 18 rebounds.

Nic Claxton had 18 points for Brooklyn and Dariq Whitehead scored 17.

The Timberwolves took the lead with 8:26 left in the second quarter and never looked back. Edwards led his team in scoring with 15 points in the first half to help put them up 49-37 at the break.

The Timberwolves shot 31.0% — 13 of 42 — from 3-point range, led by Edwards' 5 of 10.

Timberwolves: Take on the 76ers in Philadelphia on Saturday night.

Nets: Host the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.

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Minnesota Timberwolves' Julius Randle (30) passes to a teammate during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Thursday, April 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Timberwolves' Rudy Gobert (27) fights for control of the ball with Brooklyn Nets' Keon Johnson (45) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, April 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Brooklyn Nets' Drew Timme (26) and Tosan Evbuomwan (12) defend Minnesota Timberwolves' Jaden McDaniels (3) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, April 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Timberwolves' Rudy Gobert (27) protects the ball from Brooklyn Nets' Keon Johnson (45) and Nic Claxton (33) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, April 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Timberwolves' Julius Randle (30) drives past Brooklyn Nets' D'Angelo Russell (1) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, April 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Timberwolves' Rudy Gobert (27) defends Brooklyn Nets' Nic Claxton (33) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, April 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Timberwolves' Mike Conley (10) passes away from Brooklyn Nets' Trendon Watford (9) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, April 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez, left, and D'Angelo Russell, right, check on Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards, below, after he was injured during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, April 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards (5) passes to a teammate during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Thursday, April 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards (5) celebrates with Nickeil Alexander-Walker (9) during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Thursday, April 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)