Make it 4 straight for the Minnesota Timberwolves as they beat the Houston Rockets 104-96 on Sunday night time in Texas.
The Wolves trailed by 9 after the primary quarter and had been down by as many as 20 factors within the second quarter, however got here again and outscored the Rockets 27-15 within the fourth quarter to tug off one other win as needed.
Rudy Gobert had 18 factors (together with six dunks) and 11 rebounds, D’Angelo Russell completed with 22 factors and 6 assists, and Anthony Edwards crammed the sheet with 21 factors, four rebounds, three assists, 2 blocks and 1 theft.
“We simply discovered one other piece of kit,” Edwards mentioned after the sport at Bally Sports activities North. “I recognize my teammates, they’ve been via massive moments.”
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The Taurean prince was a teammate Edwards talked about in his temporary post-match chat. The veteran ahead had 14 factors and four assists off the bench and was a team-best plus-19 for the sport.
The four-game profitable streak is one away from Minnesota’s longest hitting streak of the season, and so they’re now again inside a recreation of .500 at 20-21. That is good for ninth place within the Western Convention, simply 1.5 video games behind fifth place Sacramento and three video games behind fourth place Dallas.
Subsequent: Wolves at Detroit, Wednesday, 6 pm CT