HOUSTON — — Anthony Edwards had 22 factors, with a key 3-pointer late, Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 23 factors off the bench and the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped the Houston Rockets‘ eight-game profitable streak with a 136-132 victory Friday night time.
Amen Thompson had a career-high 41 factors and Kevin Durant added 33 for the Rockets, who’ve clinched a playoff berth however are nonetheless enjoying for postseason seeding. The Timberwolves are additionally heading for the playoffs with the sixth seed within the Western Conference.
Minnesota led by 10 with about 4 minutes left earlier than Houston used an 8-2 run, with 4 factors from Alperen Sengun, to chop the result in 132-128 with a couple of minute to go.
But Edwards hit a 3-pointer a couple of seconds later to push the result in 135-128 and ship the house followers streaming towards the exits.
The Rockets led by 5 earlier than Minnesota used a 13-4 run, with the primary eight factors from Donte DiVincenzo, to take a 116-112 lead with about eight minutes to go.
Reed Sheppard made a basket for Houston, however Minnesota scored the following seven factors, capped by a 3 from DiVincenzo, to push the result in 123-114 halfway by the quarter.
The 37-year-old Durant has scored 2,026 factors this season, making him the oldest participant to achieve 2,000 in a season. He handed Karl Malone, who did it within the 1999-00 season when he was 36. It’s Durant’s eighth season with at the very least 2,000 factors and the primary since 2023-24.
The Timberwolves performed with out Julius Randle, who missed a second straight sport with proper hand soreness. They used a balanced scoring assault to get the win with seven gamers scoring at the very least 15 factors.
Timberwolves: Host New Orleans on Sunday night time.
Rockets: Host Memphis on Sunday night time.
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