What was Anthony Edwards' injury? Why Timberwolves star returned ahead of timeline to face Spurs

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In the end, Anthony Edwards wanted to play.

The Minnesota Timberwolves superstar seems to have made that happen. A multi-week expected injury absence is in line to be just nine days. Edwards is lined up to play Game 1 against the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.

It's clearly huge news for the Timberwolves, and really for this whole series. Victor Wembanyama against Ant should be a movie.

It's just a surprise that Edwards is already back.

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What was Anthony Edwards' injury?

Edwards had both a bone bruise and a hyperextension in his left knee.

When Charania reported that on April 26, he said Edwards was "expected to miss multiple weeks."

The two-week mark from that post would've gone to May 10, but Edwards seems set to return on May 4.

Edwards didn't have ligament damage, which clearly helped the cause.

What's hard to know is whether Edwards is 100%, or close to it, or if he'll be playing through a significant amount of pain.

But after the Timberwolves closed out the Nuggets without Edwards, he's back. And that's a big, big deal.