It didn’t look good for the Minnesota Timberwolves for many of the night time till Anthony Edwards knocked down this clutch stepback three within the nook to provide Minnesota a 113-112 win over the Houston Rockets on Friday.
As if that was not sufficient from Edwards, he obtained this shot to go on the basket and transformed the and-one to cap off a 10-0 run from the Timberwolves and minimize the Rockets’ result in 110-108 with 1:31 to play.
General, the Timberwolves went on a 20-4 run to shut out the sport. The Rockets led 108-93 with 4:19 remaining earlier than Minnesota fully took over the sport.
Edwards had 24 factors, 5 rebounds and three assists. Six of his 24 factors got here within the last 1:31.
The comeback from Minnesota spoiled a season-high 38 point-effort from Alperen Sengun. Sengun shot a formidable 16-of-25 from the ground and had 12 rebounds.
It has been an eventful season for the Timberwolves (16-14) up up to now. Minnesota has had a pair of three-game dropping streaks and misplaced 4 straight video games as properly. Earlier than Friday night time, the Timberwolves had dropped three of their final 4.
Whereas the Timberwolves have allowed fewer than 100 factors in 9 of their 30 video games, their offense ranks twenty third within the league with 109.1 factors per recreation, according to TeamRankings. Pretty much as good because the protection has been at instances, the offense must step up.
Other than Edwards (25.3 PPG) and Julius Randle (20.1 PPG), heart Naz Reid is the third-leading scorer with solely 12.2 PPG. The Timberwolves want some further contributions from their position gamers on a nightly foundation if they’ll enhance their mediocre file.
Fortunately for Minnesota, the late heroics from Edwards proved to be sufficient in opposition to Houston in an exhilarating come-from-behind win on Friday night time.
