John Collins is dealing with a head contusion after he was on the wrong end of an Anthony Edwards dunk.
The Jazz forward escaped a concussion but is dealing with a head injury, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported late Monday night.
The posterizing slam dunk went viral as soon as Edwards threw down the one-handed jam over Collins eliciting a roar from the Delta Center crowd and bringing the Timberwolves bench to its feet.
Collins had attempted to contest the dunk on the fast break, but instead ended up being run over by Edwards, who put the ball into the net with such force that he dislocated his finger.
It wasn’t clear on replay if Edwards had caught Collins with a piece of his leg on the dunk.
Collins very clearly grabbed his head after the dunk and was ruled out of the game in the fourth quarter.
Edwards looked down at his hand immediately after the dunk, which occurred with just under five and a half minutes left in the third quarter.
Edwards eventually reacted to the dunk after the game when he watched it back on a broadcast monitor with Bally Sports.
The T-Wolves star screeched when he saw the dunk, according to the video posted by the Star Tribune’s Chris Hine.
“Oh my god,” Edwards said in the clip posted to X. “That was the best dunk of my career, I’m not gonna lie. … I couldn’t even react ’cause I dislocated my finger.”
The Timberwolves came away with the 114-104 win over the Jazz on Monday night.
Edwards had entered the game against Utah averaging a career-best 26.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and five assists per game this season.
He finished the night with 32 points, seven assists, and seven rebounds, and shot 13-of-23 from the field.
