The San Antonio Spurs host the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 31, 2026, and the headline is simple: Anthony Edwards will not play. Minnesota’s top scorer is out after a knee issue that required surgery, leaving the Timberwolves short-handed for a game that already carried playoff weight.
The matchup starts at 7:00 PM CT and will be shown on DAZN, with WOAI 1200 AM carrying the radio call. San Antonio enters at 3-2, Minnesota at 4-2, and the Spurs are listed as 11.5-point favorites as they try to extend a three-game winning streak that followed an 0-2 start.
That is why Timberwolves Vs Spurs is drawing attention now. The teams are meeting again after last year’s Western Conference Semifinals, and Minnesota’s recent run gives the game a sharper edge than a normal early-season stop. The Timberwolves reached back-to-back Western Conference Finals in 2024 and 2025, which is part of why the absence of Edwards matters so much.
He had already played only four games before the knee problem forced surgery, a reminder that the Timberwolves are not just missing a star but doing so at a point when they were trying to keep pace in the Western Conference. Dante DiVincenzo is also out for Minnesota with an Achilles injury, while Tobias Harris is sidelined for San Antonio with a calf injury.
There is also a strand of unfinished business beneath the schedule. Edwards was limited in last year’s second round series against the Spurs, and this meeting was supposed to help measure where both teams stand now. Instead, it arrives with the Spurs looking like a playoff team and a possible Finals contender, while Minnesota walks in wounded and without the player who usually changes the shape of the game.
The next thing to watch is not just the result, but how long Minnesota has to manage without Edwards. Surgery makes the absence more than a night-to-night problem, and for a team that has built recent success around him, that is the detail that will hang over everything that follows.
