The NBA has fined Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards $25,000 for using profane language during media availability following the team's 107-90 win over the Golden State Warriors on Dec. 6.

Edwards knew the punishment was coming and didn't speak to the media after Sunday's 114-106 loss to the Warriors, saying he didn't want to get fined again for cursing.

Edwards—who finished with 27 points but shot 1-of-7 in the fourth quarter with two turnovers—was clearly frustrated after Sunday's loss, to the point that he could be overheard in the background of a locker room media scrum with Julius Randle loudly saying, "I just gotta f--king play better."

"I gotta find my teammates," he added. "F--king terrible by me."

The loss moved the Timberwolves to 12-11 on the season, in what has been an inconsistent start after the team went 56-26 a year ago. The Wolves had been trending up before Sunday, however, with the loss snapping a four-game winning streak.

"We've shown flashes," Randle told reporters. "Up and down, but we've shown flashes of who we can be, especially on the defensive end. We just gotta keep doing consistency with that."

Rudy Gobert, meanwhile, expressed optimism despite Sunday's loss.

"I like where we're at, not in terms of the standings, but more in terms of the things we've been through as a team and our awareness right now," he told reporters. "A game like tonight, we can exactly feel what happened. With that mindset, I think good things will happen. Now we just gotta keep each other accountable."

The Wolves are still adjusting to life without Karl-Anthony Towns, who was traded to the New York Knicks in early October for Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Keita Bates-Diop and a future first-round pick as part of a three-team deal.

That has left Edwards to shoulder a large load offensively, and he's done so willingly, averaging 26.4 points on 20.3 attempts per game while shooting 45.3 percent from the field and 42.7 percent from three. His ratio of four assists to 3.1 turnovers per game, however, remains a work in progress, which was evident on Sunday.