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Minnesota Timberwolves at Brooklyn Nets

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

Brooklyn Nets
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 Field Goal % 43
13-42 3PT 11-36
31 Three Point % 31
14-21 FT 3-4
67 Free Throw % 75
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
Nolan Traore, G Out Apr 12
Nic Claxton, C Out Apr 11
Ziaire Williams, F Out Apr 11
Noah Clowney, F Out Apr 11
Terance Mann, G Out Apr 11
Minnesota Timberwolves Minnesota Timberwolves Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Donte DiVincenzo, G Out Apr 26

Game Information

Barclays Center

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

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 64 18 .780 - L2
Denver 54 28 .659 10 W12
Minnesota 49 33 .598 15 W2
Portland 42 40 .512 22 W2
Utah 22 60 .268 42 L1

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 56 26 .683 - W2
New York 53 29 .646 3 L1
Toronto 46 36 .561 10 W1
Philadelphia 45 37 .549 11 W2
Brooklyn 20 62 .244 36 L3
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