Anthony Edwards wasn't going to let the Minnesota Timberwolves lose. Edwards made a pair of 3-pointers and had two and-1s in the waning minutes of a wire-to-wire battle to lift the Wolves to a 127-119 victory over the Houston Rockets Thursday night at a sold-out and loud Target Center in Minneapolis.

Timberwolves coach Chris Finch showed his team how much worse they were in various statistical categories at home than they were on the road. The Wolves entered Wednesday’s game against a shorthanded Chicago team 12-12 at Target Center,