MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 113 (16-14), HOUSTON ROCKETS 112 (21-10)
December 27, 2024
Timberwolves Notes
Player Notes
• Anthony Edwards led the way for the Timberwolves tonight against the Houston, finishing with 24 points on 9-of-17 shooting, including 4-of-8 from deep and five rebounds. Tonight marked Edwards’ second straight 20+ point game and 25th of the season (216th career).
• With 23.2 seconds left in tonight’s game, Edwards rose and connected on a 25-foot three-pointer. It marks his first career game-winning three-pointer in the final 1:00 of a game (Game-Winners are attempts that put a team ahead for good).
• Tonight marked Edwards’ 21st game with 4+ threes this season, the most in the NBA.
• Edwards recorded one block tonight, tallying his 200th career block, becoming the fourth guard to reach 200 blocks with the Timberwolves and the fastest to do so (in game 332). The previous quickest Wolves guard to 200 career blocks was Trenton Hassell in 350 games.
• Julius Randle led the Wolves in scoring tonight, ending the game with 27 points on 10-of-16 shooting, including a season-high-tying 5-of-6 from deep, his fourth 25+ point game of the season (167th career). Minnesota is 4-0 this season when Randle scores 25 or more points.
• Randle added eight rebounds and game-high and season-high-tying eight assists, marking his first 25+ point/5+ rebound/5+ assist game of the season (75th career). Tonight also marked his second straight 20+ point/5+ rebound/5+ assist game and fifth of the season (126th career).
• Randle’s teams are now 11-0 when he reaches eight or more assists since the start of last year, tied Payton Pritchard for the most wins without a loss in such games.
• With Edwards and Randle both tallying 20+ points in the same game, it marks the second straight game and 17th game this season the duo scored 20+ each in the same game, second most in the NBA behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander/Jalen Williams (18).
• In a season-high 36:37 minutes of action off the bench, Donte DiVincenzo ended tonight’s game in Houston with a season-high 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting, including a season-high 6-of-10 from deep. Tonight marks DiVincenzo’s first 20+ point game of the season (33rd career) and the fourth time in his career scoring 20 or more points off the bench (first since Dec. 1, 2023 at Toronto).
• With six three-pointers tonight, DiVincenzo becomes the 11th player in Timberwolves history to tally 6+ threes off the bench and the first since Naz Reid (seven three-pointers on March 8, 2024 at Cleveland).
• DiVincenzo scored 14 of his season-high 22 points in the second quarter of tonight’s game in Houston, a season-high for points in a quarter and just the fifth time in his career he’s tallied 14 or more points in a single quarter.
• With Randle (27 points), Edwards (24 points) and DiVincenzo (22 points) all scoring 20+ points in tonight’s contest, it marks the third time this season the Timberwolves have had three or more players score 20+ points in the same game.
Team Notes
• Down by 16 points with 4:57 in the fourth quarter (90-106), the Timberwolves stormed all the way back to defeat the Rockets 113-112. Tonight marked the first time the Wolves have comeback from 15+ points in the fourth quarter of a road game since being down 15 points to the LA Clippers on Dec. 7, 2003 (68-83 with 7:56 left in fourth quarter to a 96-94 win). Since 2002-03, this marks the first time Minnesota has erased a 15+ point deficit with under 5:00 left in a game in that time.
• The Timberwolves have now won six of their last seven games in Houston since the start of the 2020-21 season, their best road record against any team over the past five seasons. Minnesota went 15-45 (.250) in Houston previously.
• Minnesota finished the night shooting 50.6% (42-of-83) from the field, the seventh time this season shooting 50% or better from the field. The Wolves move to 5-2 when doing so.
• The Timberwolves connected on 21 three-pointers in tonight’s contest, the fourth time this season with 20+ threes in a game. The Wolves remain undefeated this season when doing so.
• Minnesota tallied 12 of its 22 three-pointers tonight in the first half, the first time connecting on 12+ threes in a half on the road since March 16, 2024 at Utah (second half). Tonight marked the first time doing so in the first half of a road contest since Oct. 23, 2023 at Atlanta.
(info courtesy of Timberwolves)
