Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama makes Anthony Edwards admission ahead of playoff matchup

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Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama makes Anthony Edwards admission ahead of playoff matchup

Josue Pavon, ClutchPoints · ClutchPoints

Fri, May 1, 2026 ·

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All-Star Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs will host the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series, while All-Star Anthony Edwards ' status for the series remains uncertain. For many of Wembanyama's teammates, the Spurs reaching the second round of the playoffs is a first, including All-Star De'Aaron Fox.

Ahead of Game 1, a reporter asked Wembanyama, from a competitive standpoint, whether he's hoping Edwards will be cleared to play at some point in the best-of-7 series, per The Athletic's Jared Weiss.

"Yeah, of course," Wembanyama replied. "We have more than Edwards [to worry about] and DiVincenzo , but those two are players that I like watching. I like playing against [them]. They go hard."

Wembanyama added, "It always breaks my heart when I see somebody get hurt," he said, in hopes that Edwards will be cleared to play for Game 1 on Monday.

Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards , who suffered a left bone bruise knee injury and a hyperextension in his left knee in Game 4 of his first-round series against the Denver Nuggets , is expected to miss the start of the Timberwolves' series against the Nuggets.

Why Victor Wembanyama had a 'different feeling' after Spurs win

After All-Star Victor Wembanyama won his first Spurs playoff series, he admitted that ending a team's season felt different. He'd never done it before at this stage. In his first NBA playoff series, Wembanyama and the Spurs defeated the Blazers, 4-1.

However, it is something that Wembanyama takes great pride in , considering it's his first playoff series. Is he too focused on the Spurs' ultimate goal of winning a championship to celebrate heading to the Western Conference semifinals?

"A little bit of both," Wembanyama responded. "Definitely a different feeling to win against somebody and to think that their season's over, and also playing the same team over and over again. But, we're all competitors, so it's good," the generational talent concluded in his answer to ClutchPoints after Game 5's victory against the Blazers.

The Spurs will host the Timberwolves in Game 1 on Monday.

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