Anthony Edwards Makes History with Record-Breaking 24-Point First Quarter at Target Center

The Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards set a new Target Center record for most points in a single quarter with 24 in the first quarter of the game against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.

Edwards shot 8-for-10 from the floor and 6-for-8 from 3-point range while playing all 12 minutes, before taking his first break to start the second quarter of the rematch of the Western Conference finals from last season. Dallas beat Minnesota in five games.

Edwards went scoreless in the second quarter and finished with 37 points on 12-for-20 shooting in the Wolves 120-114 loss to the Mavs.

The only Timberwolves player in history with a higher-scoring quarter was Karl-Anthony Towns, who had 32 points in the third quarter at San Antonio on March 14, 2022. Towns had 60 points in that game. Chauncey Billups also had 24 points for the Timberwolves in a third quarter at Dallas on Feb. 19, 2002, and finished with 36.

Edwards’ 1st-quarter shot chart