Minnesota Timberwolves @ Houston Rockets
Friday, April 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM ET
Toyota Center, Houston, TX | Game ID: 22501178
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
HOU 36 37 33 26 132MIN 37 32 34 33 136
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Timberwolves snap Rockets' 8-game winning streak with a 136-132 victory
HOUSTON -- — Anthony Edwards had 22 points, with a key 3-pointer late, Terrence Shannon Jr . scored 23 points off the bench and the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped the Houston Rockets ' eight-game winning streak with a 136-132 victory Friday night.
Amen Thompson had a career-high 41 points and Kevin Durant added 33 for the Rockets, who have clinched a playoff berth but are still playing for postseason seeding. The Timberwolves are also heading for the playoffs with the sixth seed in the Western Conference.
Minnesota led by 10 with about four minutes left before Houston used an 8-2 run, with four points from Alperen Sengun , to cut the lead to 132-128 with about a minute to go.
But Edwards hit a 3-pointer a few seconds later to push the lead to 135-128 and send the home fans streaming toward the exits.
The Rockets led by five before Minnesota used a 13-4 run, with the first eight points from Donte DiVincenzo , to take a 116-112 lead with about eight minutes to go.
Reed Sheppard made a basket for Houston, but Minnesota scored the next seven points, capped by a 3 from DiVincenzo, to push the lead to 123-114 midway through the quarter.
The 37-year-old Durant has scored 2,026 points this season, making him the oldest player to reach 2,000 in a season. He passed Karl Malone , who did it in the 1999-00 season when he was 36. It’s Durant's eighth season with at least 2,000 points and the first since 2023-24.
The Timberwolves played without Julius Randle , who missed a second straight game with right hand soreness. They used a balanced scoring attack to get the win with seven players scoring at least 15 points.
Up next Timberwolves: Host New Orleans on Sunday night.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MINAD A. Dosunmu
AE A. Edwards
DD D. DiVincenzo
JB J. Beringer
JC J. Clark
JM J. McDaniels
KA K. Anderson
MC M. Conley
TS T. Shannon Jr.
HOUAH A. Holiday
AS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
CC C. Capela
JO J. Okogie
JS J. Smith Jr.
JT J. Tate
KD K. Durant
RS R. Sheppard
TE T. Eason
MIN/HOU 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