Here’s the simple explanation for why Anthony Edwards and a referee high-fived

There’s a good explanation for this.

Out of context, this looks pretty bad: Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards blocked a Bradley Beal shot in Game 2 of the playoff series against the Phoenix Suns … and a referee — Zach Zarba — daps him up.

But there’s context, as far as I can tell, and it explains the whole thing. After Ant’s block on Beal, Zarba might have just been trying to show where the inbounds was coming from (Refs don’t give high fives, ask Tom Brady).

The video is still a little perplexing, with the referee not really reacting to the exchange, but it makes more sense now and isn’t a sign that the refs are in cahoots with the T-Wolves: