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Minnesota Timberwolves at Brooklyn Nets

· National Basketball Association
45-32, 22-16 Away
Final
105 - 90

25-52, 11-26 Home

Edwards shakes off injury scare and scores 28 points to lead Timberwolves past Nets 105-90

Edwards flushes home the breakaway slam

Edwards, who also added five rebounds, appeared to avoid serious injury when he briefly left the game after he stepped backward onto the foot of Nets coach Jordi Fernandez while making a 3-pointer late in the second quarter. Edwards was helped off the court, but returned for the start of the second half.

Rudy Gobert added 21 points for Minnesota while shooting 9 of 10 from the field and adding 18 rebounds.

Nic Claxton had 18 points for Brooklyn and Dariq Whitehead scored 17.

Key moment The Timberwolves took the lead with 8:26 left in the second quarter and never looked back. Edwards led his team in scoring with 15 points in the first half to help put them up 49-37 at the break.

Key stat The Timberwolves shot 31.0% — 13 of 42 — from 3-point range, led by Edwards' 5 of 10.

Up next Timberwolves: Take on the 76ers in Philadelphia on Saturday night.

Nets: Host the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.

Regular Season Series

MIN leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 105 - 90
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 105 - 90
4th 19.2 Bones Hyland defensive rebound 105 - 90
4th 23.1 Tosan Evbuomwan misses 25-foot three point jumper 105 - 90
4th 25.0 Maxwell Lewis offensive rebound 105 - 90

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/min.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originMIN https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/bkn.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originBKN
39-78 FG 38-89
50.0 Field Goal % 42.7
13-42 3PT 11-36
31.0 Three Point % 30.6
14-21 FT 3-4
66.7 Free Throw % 75.0
45 Rebounds 34
10 Offensive Rebounds 8
35 Defensive Rebounds 26
27 Assists 30
6 Steals 11
10 Blocks 0
17 Turnovers 10
1 Team Turnovers 2
18 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
20 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 8
8 Fast Break Points 14
46 Points in Paint 52
13 Fouls 17
18 Largest Lead 4
Brooklyn Nets Brooklyn Nets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Ziaire Williams, F Out Apr 13
Reece Beekman, G Out Apr 13
Cameron Johnson, SF Out Apr 12
D'Angelo Russell, G Out Apr 12
Day'Ron Sharpe, C Out Apr 12
Minnesota Timberwolves Minnesota Timberwolves Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Rob Dillingham, G Out Apr 24

Game Information

Barclays Center

Location: Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 17,926 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 68 14 .829 - W4
Denver 50 32 .610 18 W3
Minnesota 49 33 .598 19 W3
Portland 36 46 .439 32 W1
Utah 17 65 .207 51 L2

2024-25 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 61 21 .744 - W2
New York 51 31 .622 10 W1
Toronto 30 52 .366 31 L2
Brooklyn 26 56 .317 35 L3
Philadelphia 24 58 .293 37 L2
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