Overview
- The Timberwolves erased a 19-point deficit and outscored the Spurs 33-18 in the fourth to win 104-103.
- Anthony Edwards hit the go-ahead floating bank shot with 16.8 seconds left and finished with 23 points.
- Victor Wembanyama went 0-for-4 from the field in the fourth, limited largely by a physical Julius Randle assignment that Edwards praised postgame.
- Edwards also lauded Jaden McDaniels’ late-game stops and labeled him a Defensive Player of the Year candidate as Minnesota forced seven fourth-quarter turnovers.
- Head coach Chris Finch missed the game with an illness as Micah Nori coached, and Rudy Gobert’s flagrant in the win reportedly pushed his season total to a threshold that triggers a one-game suspension for Tuesday’s matchup.