Anthony Edwards received his seventh technical foul of the season Wednesday in Detroit after he threw his arms up in the air and jumped up and down after not receiving a foul call on a drive to the bucket on which he scored.

Aside from the potential free point that awards the opposition, Edwards is also nearly halfway to the season-long technical foul tally required for a suspension. Should Edwards receive 16 technical fouls during the regular season, he will be suspended a game without pay.

“It’s a little bit of a concern. He did a good job of keeping it in check, really, from the middle of last season onward. But it’s up,” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch told reporters Wednesday. “He’s got to get it under control. It’s really not acceptable to be getting a technical right now at the rate that he is.”

Edwards last technical foul came exactly two weeks prior to the infraction in Detroit.

“I haven’t gotten one in a minute, actually,” Edwards told reporters in Detroit. “I think it was due for that, because I should’ve gotten another one, man, to be honest. I think I needed that one tonight (to keep me in check).”

Frankly, Edwards has gotten a better whistle this season. The all-star guard is averaging a career-high 6.6 free-throw attempts per game. But, as is the case with all players, he likely thinks there are times where he should have more.

“He’s a dynamic player. He’s explosive. There’s going to be contact at times. Sometimes he’s going to get fouled, and sometimes it’s not going to get called,” Finch said. “He’s got to put that to the side, and he’s got to get back and he’s got to quit arguing with the refs. And it’s just going to happen, they’re not going to catch them all.”

ALL-STAR RETURNS

The latest all-star fan voting returns were released by the NBA on Thursday, and the list of the leading Western Conference vote getters is not littered with Timberwolves.

Despite touting the West’s best record, Edwards was the only Minnesota player among the 20 Western Conference players listed. He is currently sixth among West guards in voting.

Karl-Anthony Towns fell out of the top 10 of big men in voting after he was listed as 10th in recent returns. Rudy Gobert has not appeared in the top 10 among West big men in any return.

Fan voting ends Saturday. The fan voting has no impact on reserve selections, but it is 50 percent of the equation for determining all-star starters.

NATIONAL TV

Thursday’s game was played at 9 p.m. local time thanks to its placement on TNT. The Memphis-Minnesota matchup is generally juicy, but less so when the Grizzlies are missing so many of their marquee players.

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Still, it served as a chance for Minnesota to strut its stuff in front of fans who don’t generally get to see them play. But the Wolves didn’t seem overly concerned with a larger television viewership.

“We’re not really worried about the audience. Obviously, we want to get a win. That’s what matters,” Rudy Gobert said in his postgame, television interview Wednesday. “Whether there is a national audience or League Pass or nobody, we just want to keep getting better every day and be there for one another. That’s what matters.”