Brooklyn Nets @ Minnesota Timberwolves
Friday, April 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM ET
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN | Game ID: 22401179
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIN 28 36 34 19 117BKN 16 36 21 18 91
ESPN UpdateESPN Update
Timberwolves beat depleted Nets 117-91 behind Gobert's 35 points to close in on top-6 finish
MINNEAPOLIS -- — Rudy Gobert matched his career high with 35 points and had 11 rebounds for Minnesota in a 117-91 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night that put the Timberwolves on the brink of a top-six finish that would avoid the play-in games.
Julius Randle added 21 points for the Timberwolves (48-33), who would win the majority of multi-team tiebreakers within the cluster of clubs that have pinballed back and forth for weeks in the Western Conference from third through eighth place.
One problem: Anthony Edwards picked up his 18th technical foul of the season . That prompted an automatic suspension for the next game on Sunday that the Timberwolves will need to win to improve their seed.
Edwards had just nine points while shooting 1 for 7 from 3-point range. He scored 44 points and went 7 for 11 from deep to lead Minnesota's 141-125 win at Memphis the night before.
Keon Johnson scored 20 points for the Nets (26-55), who will finish with their worst record in eight years.
Takeaways Nets: The scratch list included the entire starting frontcourt of Nic Claxton , Cam Johnson and Ziaire Williams . Claxton (rest) and Williams (knee) both played on Thursday. The starting lineup included rookies Reece Beekman and Drew Timme with Trendon Watford the oldest at 24.
Timberwolves: The absence of the 6-foot-10 Claxton and the lack of incentive for the Nets gave Gobert plenty of space to operate in the paint. He went 13 for 17 from the floor.
Key moment Edwards was whistled for a foul while closely guarding Johnson on the wing midway through the second quarter. After a complaint to official Ray Acosta, he quickly got the technical, too.
Key stat The Timberwolves are 26-10 this season when Randle has scored 20-plus points.
Up next The Nets finish at home against New York on Sunday, when the Timberwolves host Utah.
MIN KarmaHide StintsShow StintsHide PMShow PMHide KarmaShow KarmaHide ScoresShow Scores
Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
BKNDT D. Timme
DW D. Whitehead
JW J. Wilson
KJ K. Johnson
ML M. Lewis
RB R. Beekman
TE T. Etienne
TE T. Evbuomwan
TM T. Martin
TW T. Watford
MINAE A. Edwards
DD D. DiVincenzo
JC J. Clark
JM J. McDaniels
JM J. Minott
JR J. Randle
LG L. Garza
MC M. Conley
NA N. Alexander-Walker
NR N. Reid
RD R. Dillingham
RG R. Gobert
TS T. Shannon Jr.
BKN/MIN the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur