Timberwolves' injury woes worsen with Dosunmu sidelined for Game 6 by sore calf, Anderson out ill
The injury-ravaged Minnesota Timberwolves lost two more players for Game 6 of their first-round NBA playoff series against the Denver Nuggets by scratching guard Ayo Dosunmu with a sore right calf and forward Kyle Anderson with an illness
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The injury-ravaged Minnesota Timberwolves lost two more key players for Game 6 of their first-round NBA playoff series on Friday against the Denver Nuggets, scratching guard Ayo Dosunmu with a sore right calf and forward Kyle Anderson with an illness.
After sparkplug Donte DiVincenzo went down with a ruptured right Achilles tendon in the first minute of Game 4 and All-Star Anthony Edwards was sidelined with a bone bruise in his left knee in the second quarter, the Timberwolves beat the Nuggets 112-96 on Saturday behind a career-high 43 points from Dosunmu.
The injuries caught up to Minnesota in Denver for Game 5 during a 125-113 defeat on Monday that pulled the Nuggets within 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. With the backcourt thinned significantly, coach Chris Finch put 19th-year veteran Mike Conley and 2024 first-round draft pick Terrence Shannon in the starting lineup.
Backup guard Bones Hyland was listed on the injury report with a sore left knee, but he was available off the bench. Jaylen Clark, who played sparingly during the regular season, was also in line to join the backcourt rotation. Anderson has been a deeper reserve since rejoining the Timberwolves last month, but he would've given Finch another experienced and trustworthy option to help fill the injury voids.
DiVincenzo visited the team's morning shootaround on a scooter, after having surgery Sunday. Timberwolves players wore his jersey to the arena in tribute.
For the Nuggets, forwards Aaron Gordon (left calf tightness) and Peyton Watson (strained right hamstring) were held out again. Gordon has missed three of the six games. Watson has yet to play.
Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO
personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who
make comments. Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. Don't threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Anyone violating these rules will be issued a
warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be
revoked.
Please purchase a Premium Subscription to continue reading.
To continue, please log in, or sign up for a new account.
We offer one free story view per month. If you register for an account, you will get two additional story views. After those three total views, we ask that you support us with a subscription.
A subscription to our digital content is so much more than just access to our valuable content. It means you’re helping to support a local community institution that has, from its very start, supported the betterment of our society. Thank you very much!
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.