Kevin Durant scored 39 points and made a season-best six 3-pointers to lead the Houston Rockets to a 110-105 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Rockets took on the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night, desperately needing a win to keep themselves out of the Play-In range in the Western Conference.

Kevin Garnett is supposed to be coming back to the Minnesota Timberwolves... but he doesn't sound so sure of the plan.

The Timberwolves are shooting just 74% from the free-throw line in losses this season. It’s an issue that cost Minnesota on Friday, and could rear its head again at inopportune times when the stakes are at their highest in the months to come.

The San Antionio Spurs will look to salvage a game in the season series with Minnesota and solidify their place in the Western Conference standings when they host the Timberwolves on Saturday.

Kevin Durant anotó 39 puntos y acertó seis triples, su mejor marca de la temporada, para que los Rockets de Houston se apuntaran el viernes un triunfo de 110-105 sobre los Timberwolves de Minnesota.

Randle had season-high 39 points for the Timberwolves on a night when Anthony Edwards missed a second straight game with a foot issue.

Kevin Durant and Anthony Edwards share an interesting mid-game moment during Rockets vs. Timberwolves showdown in Houston.

Anthony Edwards will miss the Minnesota Timberwolves' January 16, 2026 game against the Toronto Raptors due to a re-infection in his right foot. This ongoing issue has sidelined the team's leading scorer,

The margin for error just shrank in Minnesota, and it happened immediately after one of the Timberwolves’ most dominant wins of the season. Fresh off a blowout that suggested momentum was finally building,