WATCH: Anthony Edwards hit the dagger and gets in head coach Chris Finch’s face

Anthony Edwards is never going to stop being Anthony Edwards, and thank god for that.

With 43 seconds left and the Minnesota Timberwolves clinging to a four-point lead over the Clippers, Anthony Edwards forced a fadeaway jumper over two defenders to extend it to 92-88 and effectively put the game away.

When the Clippers called timeout and the Timberwolves went to the bench, Anthony Edwards turned to head coach Chris Finch and let him know exactly how he felt about it.

Anthony Edwards to Chris Finch: “That’s what I fuck do!”

Chris Finch told Anthony Edwards to pass the ball after he missed…

Next play: Ant drills a CLUTCH bucket over 2 defenders and gets in Chris Finch's face:

"THAT'S WHAT THE F*CK I DO!" pic.twitter.com/O6etCIlCsf

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Ant hit a CLUTCH jumper and got in his coach’s face 😭

“THAT’S WHAT I F*CKIN DO!” pic.twitter.com/ADu4g12xnS

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Anthony Edwards on what he said to coach Finch:

"The play before, Finchy, when I took the midrange over two [players], he was like 'Pass the ball!'

"I just told him, like, 'You don't want me to pass the ball. You want me to shoot it.'"pic.twitter.com/Sh53fyJySJ

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The context makes it even better. In the postgame interview Edwards explained that Finch had been on him to pass the ball. Rudy Gobert was sitting wide open in the paint. The coach wanted the easy bucket. Edwards wanted the contested fallaway over two guys with the game on the line.

“The play before, when I took a midrange, Finchie was like, ‘Pass the ball!’ You know, I just told him, you don’t want me to pass the ball, you want me to shoot it.”

Anthony Edwards Postgame:

"I told him, you don't want me to pass the ball, you want me to shoot it." 🗣️

Anthony Edwards tells @Kristina_Pink what he told Wolves coach Chris Finch after his clutch three. pic.twitter.com/Qcw1iaXFPh

— NBA on Prime (@NBAonPrime) February 27, 2026

Anthony Edwards finished with 31 points on 12-of-24 shooting with three rebounds and five assists in a 94-88 Timberwolves win.

Julius Randle had four points on 1-of-10 shooting, so Edwards was carrying the full load down the stretch and he knew it. When you are the one keeping your team alive in a close game, you get to run your mouth at your coach a little bit when the shot goes in. That is the unwritten rule.

The relationship between Anthony Edwards and Chris Finch is clearly built on mutual respect and a shared competitive intensity, so nobody is reading too much into the exchange.

This is just what Anthony Edwards looks like when he is locked in and feeling himself, which is exactly when you want your best player to be.

The Timberwolves are 37-23. Edwards is a four-time All-Star at 24 years old who just hit a contested fallaway over two defenders in a must-win moment and then immediately reminded his coach that he told him so.

The Clippers fell to 27-31 and played without Kawhi Leonard, but the Timberwolves still had to grind it out, and Edwards was the reason they did not let it slip.

There is nobody in the NBA quite like him right now. That play, that reaction, that postgame explanation delivered with complete confidence and zero apology.

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