The Minnesota Timberwolves have spent much of December building credibility. Wins over elite teams created belief inside Target Center that this crew had turned a corner and Saturday night ripped that comfort away. Against a short-handed Brooklyn Nets team, Minnesota delivered one of its flattest performances of the season, walking off its home floor to boos after a 123–107 loss on December 28.
This was not about a single bad stretch or a cold shooting night. The T-Wolves were outplayed with energy, discipline, and physicality for most of the night. Fans felt that heat. And afterward, Anthony Edwards did not sugarcoat what everyone had just watched.
Anthony Edwards Voices Fan Frustration After Nets Loss
After the defeat, Edwards faced reporters, speaking about the video showing fans at Target Center jeering in the second half. At that point, the T-Wolves had dropped three quarters and were behind by a dozen going into the last. The Nets owned the inside game, grabbed more rebounds, and set the pace all night. According to the Associated Press, Brooklyn hit 55 percent of their shots, dominating down low with a 66–46 edge in points near the basket.
The video showed Ant-Man standing still, processing the moment, before articulating the frustration. There was no deflection. No leadership talk. Just honesty.
The star said, “We got boo’d and shit by the fans today. I’m with the fans. I would have boo’d us, too, but yeah, lack of energy. I don’t know what’s going on; I guess this is just Timberwolves basketball.”
Anthony Edwards on a lack of energy tonight and how it gets corrected
“We got boo’d and s*** by the fans today, I’m with the fans, I would have boo’d us too, but yeah, lack of energy. I don’t know what’s going on, I guess this is just Timberwolves basketball” pic.twitter.com/DpbimivUWm
— Andrew Dukowitz (@adukeMN) December 28, 2025
The quote landed hard, given the present state. Minnesota entered the night at 20–11, fresh off a double-overtime loss in Denver on December 26, per AP reporting. Fatigue was not an excuse. Health was not an issue. This was an effort, and Edwards was aware of it.
He backed it up statistically. Edwards finished with a team-high 28 points on 10-of-22 shooting in 35 minutes. No other Timberwolves player reached 20. Jaden McDaniels scored 16. Naz Reid and Julius Randle added 13 each. The production was spread out, but the impact was not.
Things clicked better for Brooklyn this time around. Coming back after missing twenty games with a left hamstring issue, Cam Thomas poured in thirty points in less than twenty minutes. In the third quarter, he tallied twelve in a row for the Nets. Michael Porter Jr. chipped in twenty-seven points and grabbed ten boards, staying hot through December with a 28.4-point average.
HC Chris Finch reflects Edwards’ frustration postgame. Speaking to the media, Finch called out the team’s lack of physicality and pointed specifically to breakdowns in interior defense. He later questioned the group’s self-awareness, a pointed remark for a team eight days removed from beating the defending champion Thunder.
For Edwards, the boos were not personal. They were earned. And unless the Timberwolves fix the energy problem he openly questioned, nights like this will keep repeating.
