Overview
- Minnesota, which won 136-132 Friday in Houston, ended the Rockets’ eight-game surge and stalled their late push for a higher playoff seed.
- The result positions Houston at No. 5 in the Western Conference with one regular-season game to play, according to local reports.
- A 17-4 Wolves burst early in the fourth quarter, driven by Donte DiVincenzo and hot perimeter shooting, flipped a 10-point deficit and shifted control.
- Anthony Edwards, back after missing most recent games, hit a step-back 3 over Josh Okogie with about 50 seconds left to cap the win for a short-handed lineup missing Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle and Naz Reid.
- Amen Thompson logged a career high—reported as 41 points by the Associated Press and 39 by the Houston Chronicle—while 37-year-old Kevin Durant became the oldest player to score 2,000 points in a season.