Kyle Anderson will not play Sunday against the Pelicans because of right knee injury maintenance, leaving Minnesota without one of nine players for the final game of the regular season.
Anderson averaged 6.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 43 regular-season contests this campaign, splitting time between the Grizzlies, Jazz and Timberwolves. Minnesota closes its regular season Sunday, and Anderson’s absence adds to a long list of unavailable players for the finale.
The timing matters because the game is the last chance for the Timberwolves to finish the regular season with their available roster intact, even as Anderson’s workload has already been spread across three teams. His numbers reflect a steady role rather than a headline-grabbing one, but the knee maintenance leaves Minnesota with one more absence in a game that has already been reduced by personnel losses.
The question now is less about Anderson’s season line than what Minnesota chooses to do with the rest of its available players in a final game that arrives with nine names already out. For Anderson, the schedule moves on only after the regular season ends, with his next appearance dependent on how the knee responds.