Overview
- Minnesota closed out Friday’s game with an Anthony Edwards step-back three in the final minute to hand Houston a 136-132 loss and end the Rockets’ eight-game run.
- The Timberwolves were short-handed without Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle, and Edwards returned from a week out to score 22 in 27 minutes.
- Terrence Shannon Jr. powered Minnesota’s bench with 23 points and five made threes that changed the flow of the game.
- Houston shot 61 percent from the field but went 4-for-18 from deep while Minnesota hit 15 threes, creating a 33-point difference on the perimeter.
- The Rockets got a career-high scoring night from Amen Thompson and 33 from Kevin Durant, who surpassed 2,000 points this season at age 37, as both teams head to Sunday home finales before the playoffs.