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The dunk of the year belongs to Anthony Edwards.
The Minnesota Timberwolves star threw down an absolutely ridiculous dunk in the second half of their 114-104 win over the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center on Monday night. Edwards rose up on a fast break and didn’t flinch while putting Jazz forward John Collins on a poster.
In fact, Edwards threw down the dunk so hard he appeared to actually hurt his finger in the process. Edwards drew the foul on the play, and stayed in the game.
"I’m gonna tell my kids: I passed it. That’s my assist," Nickiel Alexander-Walker said, via the Minneapolis Star Tribune's Chris Hine. "I can really be like, ‘Oh I was about to shoot it, but I turned it down.’ … What he did, bro, he got me going. I was mad the rest of the game."
Without a doubt, Edwards said, it was the best dunk of his career.
Collins was ruled out of the game later in the fourth quarter due to the dunk to be evaluated for a concussion. According to The Athletic's Shams Charania, he was diagnosed with a head contusion but avoided a concussion.
Edwards entered Monday averaging a career-high 26.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and five assists per game this season, his fourth in the league. The former No. 1 overall pick earned his second straight All-Star nod this season, and he agreed to a five-year, $260 million extension with the Timberwolves last summer.
Despite falling into a 16-point hole near the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves fought their way back into the game and then surged ahead midway through the fourth quarter on a quick 12-1 burst. From there, they held on to take the 10-point win.
Collin Sexton led the Jazz with 24 points off the bench in the loss. Lauri Markkanen added 22 points and 12 rebounds, and Keyonte George finished 15 points and eight assists. The Jazz, who have now lost two straight to the Timberwolves and eight of their last 10, hold just a 29-39 record.
Edwards led the Timberwolves with 32 points, seven assists and seven rebounds while shooting 13-of-23 from the field. Naz Reid added 17 points, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 13 points off the bench. The Timberwolves have on three straight, and will return home to kick off a four-game homestand against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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