{"id":5792,"date":"2023-01-09T02:44:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T02:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/russell-and-edwards-help-timberwolves-beat-rockets-104-96\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T02:44:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T02:44:52","slug":"russell-and-edwards-help-timberwolves-beat-rockets-104-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/russell-and-edwards-help-timberwolves-beat-rockets-104-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell and Edwards help Timberwolves beat Rockets 104-96"},"content":{"rendered":"

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D’Angelo Russell scored 22 points and Anthony Edwards added 21 as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Houston Rockets 104-96 for their fourth straight win. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Minnesota scored the first 11 points of the fourth quarter to lead 88-81. Rudy Gobert scored 4 points in that span and Taurean Prince added 3. Houston missed six of his shots and had a turnover that helped the Timberwolves come out on top. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kenyon Martin Jr. dunked Houston’s first point of the quarter, but Minnesota scored the next six points to push their lead to 94-83 with about six minutes remaining.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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With Houston leading 8-2, Kevin Porter Jr. and Martin scored 3s to put the Rockets ahead by 5 minutes later. But Gobert scored a dunk for the Timberwolves to start a 6-0 spurt and with about two minutes left he made it 102-91 to secure the win. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Porter scored 25 points and Alperen Seguin added 18 points for the Rockets on a seven-game losing streak. Jalen Green had a tough game, making only 4 of 15 shots overall, including one of six 3-point attempts to finish with 9 points. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Rockets had an early 20-point lead, but the Timberwolves cut the lead to 62-58 by halftime. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Edwards scored the first five points of the second half to put Minnesota up 63\u201362. Porter made Houston’s 3 and Russell’s 3 to extend the lead to 70\u201365 before the Timberwolves scored the next seven points.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Porter made a three to end the run before both teams fell into a scoring drought, with neither scoring nearly two and a half minutes. Jabari Smith Jr. scored the next point on a jump shot with about six minutes left in the quarter, and his free throw put Houston on top 71\u201370 seconds later.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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A basket by Prince gave the Timberwolves a one-point lead late in the third quarter. However, Houston scored the final five points of the period to lead 81-77 and advance to the fourth round. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Timberwolves: Gobert had 18 points and 11 rebounds. …Jaden McDaniels he had 12 points and 9 rebounds. \u2026Prince scored 14 points. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rockets: Martin scored 12 points off the bench. \u2026Eric Gordon has four assists and he added 11 points. \u2026 Houston made only 11 of his 36 3-pointers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Timberwolves: Heading to Detroit Wednesday night. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Rockets: Play back-to-back games in Sacramento on Wednesday and Friday to kick off a four-game trip.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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