Edwards leads a brilliant closing<\/h2>\n![\"Timberwolves\"](\"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/timberwolves-2.jpg\")
PHOTO: Minnesota Timberwolves Instagram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWith his sublime finish on offense and defense, Edwards was ecstatic at the end of the game, in which he scored 26 points and finished with 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n
Rebounding was precisely one of the Thunder’s weak points and allowed the home team to score 29 second-chance points.<\/p>\n
Rudy Gobert grabbed 14 rebounds (6 offensive) while Julius Randle added 8 total rebounds, five of them offensive.<\/p>\n
Free throws, however, nearly cost the Minnesota Timberwolves dearly, as they made just 33 of 47 (70.2%) compared to the Thunder’s 28 of 30 (93.3%).<\/p>\n
Scoring was very spread out for the Timberwolves, with as many as six players finishing in double figures.<\/p>\n
In addition to Edwards’ 26 points, Randle scored 19, Donte DiVincenzo and Naiz Reid 15, and Jaden McDaniels and Bones Hyland 13.<\/p>\n
Gilgeous-Alexander scores 35, but Thunder deflate<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/timberwolves-3.jpg\")
PHOTO: Minnesota Timberwolves Instagram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDespite his erratic finish, Gilgeous-Alexander was the leading scorer for the visitors with 35 points and 12-of-26 shooting.<\/p>\n
Chet Holmgren, who had a poor performance, scored 14 points and was held to just 5 rebounds.<\/p>\n
The Thunder got off to a fantastic start, closing the first quarter with a 50% shooting percentage that put them ahead 33-23.<\/p>\n
However, these percentages decreased in the second and third periods, reaching the final period just two points ahead (83-85).<\/p>\n
Minnesota’s defensive intensity continued in the fourth, and it took Oklahoma more than four minutes to get a basket in play, allowing the Timberwolves to take a 95-89 lead.<\/p>\n
But a 9-3 run for the Thunder brought the game back to even with 2:12 remaining.<\/p>\n
A three-pointer, a block and a steal to seal the game<\/h2>\n![\"Timberwolves\"](\"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/timberwolves-4.jpg\")
PHOTO: Minnesota Timberwolves Instagram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAfter an exchange of baskets and free throws that put the reigning champions up by two with 53 seconds left, Edwards’ three-pointer came.<\/p>\n
After a step back and with his defender in front of him, to make it 108-107.<\/p>\n
Then came a block on Gilgeous-Alexander when he finished a penetration surrounded by four Minnesota Timberwolves players.<\/p>\n
In the last second he would prevent last season’s MVP from tying the game with a three-pointer when he stole the ball off the dribble.<\/p>\n
The Timberwolves (18-10) avenged their loss in the conference finals of the last playoffs, where they fell 4-1 to the Thunder.<\/p>\n
They are currently sixth in the West.<\/p>\n
The Thunder (25-3) continue to lead the West with a four-game lead over the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n
With his sublime finish on offense and defense, Edwards was ecstatic at the end of the game, in which he scored 26 points and finished with 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n
Rebounding was precisely one of the Thunder’s weak points and allowed the home team to score 29 second-chance points.<\/p>\n
Rudy Gobert grabbed 14 rebounds (6 offensive) while Julius Randle added 8 total rebounds, five of them offensive.<\/p>\n
Free throws, however, nearly cost the Minnesota Timberwolves dearly, as they made just 33 of 47 (70.2%) compared to the Thunder’s 28 of 30 (93.3%).<\/p>\n
Scoring was very spread out for the Timberwolves, with as many as six players finishing in double figures.<\/p>\n
In addition to Edwards’ 26 points, Randle scored 19, Donte DiVincenzo and Naiz Reid 15, and Jaden McDaniels and Bones Hyland 13.<\/p>\n
Gilgeous-Alexander scores 35, but Thunder deflate<\/h2>\nPHOTO: Minnesota Timberwolves Instagram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDespite his erratic finish, Gilgeous-Alexander was the leading scorer for the visitors with 35 points and 12-of-26 shooting.<\/p>\n
Chet Holmgren, who had a poor performance, scored 14 points and was held to just 5 rebounds.<\/p>\n
The Thunder got off to a fantastic start, closing the first quarter with a 50% shooting percentage that put them ahead 33-23.<\/p>\n
However, these percentages decreased in the second and third periods, reaching the final period just two points ahead (83-85).<\/p>\n
Minnesota’s defensive intensity continued in the fourth, and it took Oklahoma more than four minutes to get a basket in play, allowing the Timberwolves to take a 95-89 lead.<\/p>\n
But a 9-3 run for the Thunder brought the game back to even with 2:12 remaining.<\/p>\n
A three-pointer, a block and a steal to seal the game<\/h2>\nPHOTO: Minnesota Timberwolves Instagram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAfter an exchange of baskets and free throws that put the reigning champions up by two with 53 seconds left, Edwards’ three-pointer came.<\/p>\n
After a step back and with his defender in front of him, to make it 108-107.<\/p>\n
Then came a block on Gilgeous-Alexander when he finished a penetration surrounded by four Minnesota Timberwolves players.<\/p>\n
In the last second he would prevent last season’s MVP from tying the game with a three-pointer when he stole the ball off the dribble.<\/p>\n
The Timberwolves (18-10) avenged their loss in the conference finals of the last playoffs, where they fell 4-1 to the Thunder.<\/p>\n
They are currently sixth in the West.<\/p>\n
The Thunder (25-3) continue to lead the West with a four-game lead over the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n
Despite his erratic finish, Gilgeous-Alexander was the leading scorer for the visitors with 35 points and 12-of-26 shooting.<\/p>\n
Chet Holmgren, who had a poor performance, scored 14 points and was held to just 5 rebounds.<\/p>\n
The Thunder got off to a fantastic start, closing the first quarter with a 50% shooting percentage that put them ahead 33-23.<\/p>\n
However, these percentages decreased in the second and third periods, reaching the final period just two points ahead (83-85).<\/p>\n
Minnesota’s defensive intensity continued in the fourth, and it took Oklahoma more than four minutes to get a basket in play, allowing the Timberwolves to take a 95-89 lead.<\/p>\n
But a 9-3 run for the Thunder brought the game back to even with 2:12 remaining.<\/p>\n
A three-pointer, a block and a steal to seal the game<\/h2>\nPHOTO: Minnesota Timberwolves Instagram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAfter an exchange of baskets and free throws that put the reigning champions up by two with 53 seconds left, Edwards’ three-pointer came.<\/p>\n
After a step back and with his defender in front of him, to make it 108-107.<\/p>\n
Then came a block on Gilgeous-Alexander when he finished a penetration surrounded by four Minnesota Timberwolves players.<\/p>\n
In the last second he would prevent last season’s MVP from tying the game with a three-pointer when he stole the ball off the dribble.<\/p>\n
The Timberwolves (18-10) avenged their loss in the conference finals of the last playoffs, where they fell 4-1 to the Thunder.<\/p>\n
They are currently sixth in the West.<\/p>\n
The Thunder (25-3) continue to lead the West with a four-game lead over the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n
After an exchange of baskets and free throws that put the reigning champions up by two with 53 seconds left, Edwards’ three-pointer came.<\/p>\n
After a step back and with his defender in front of him, to make it 108-107.<\/p>\n
Then came a block on Gilgeous-Alexander when he finished a penetration surrounded by four Minnesota Timberwolves players.<\/p>\n
In the last second he would prevent last season’s MVP from tying the game with a three-pointer when he stole the ball off the dribble.<\/p>\n
The Timberwolves (18-10) avenged their loss in the conference finals of the last playoffs, where they fell 4-1 to the Thunder.<\/p>\n
They are currently sixth in the West.<\/p>\n
The Thunder (25-3) continue to lead the West with a four-game lead over the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n