On the 7th, the NBA Timberwolves faced the Rockets at home. Timberwolves' first brother "Ant-Man" Edwards still maintained yesterday's quite hot hand, scoring 41 points in a single game to break a number of records, and leading the team to stage a comeback show in the final quarter. In the end, the Timberwolves defeated the Rockets 127-114 to close the second consecutive victory.
Edwards
In the first half, Edwards scored 21 points on 4-of-8 shooting, including 2 three-pointers and 11-of-11 free throws, but the Rockets relied on Green's 20-point performance, and the team of four reached double-digit points to take the lead 71:66, even in the third quarter, the Rockets were led by Whitmore who started from the bench, and scored 11 points in a single quarter to help the team continue to lead.
The game entered the deciding quarter, and Edwards, who showed firepower in the first half, continued to launch an offensive, hitting 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting, 3-of-5 three-pointers, and 1-of-2 free throws in a single quarter, helping the Timberwolves turn the game around, and even led by as many as 13 points at one point, and finally kept the victory at home.
Green
According to StatMuse, including yesterday's 49-point performance against the Bulls on the 6th, Ant-Man scored as many as 90 points in the past 24 hours, and even set a record for the most three-pointers, 40 points and 45 points in team history in the past two weeks, and today also reached the 1,000th three-pointer of his career, becoming the fastest record holder in NBA history.
In addition to Edwards, Timberwolves rookie Clarke, who joined the team in the second round of the 2023 draft, scored a career-high 17 points, while Conley and Reed scored 16 and 15 points, respectively. In the Rockets part, Green contributed a team-high 28 points, Thompson,Shen JingHe had 16 points with Whitmore and 15 points from Brooks.