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.

Edwards scored more than 40 points for the second straight night, finding an energy boost from Houston's chippy, chirpy ways.

The Timberwolves stood pat at Thursday’s trade deadline in part because there is a strong internal belief that when they are fully healthy, the Wolves have the ability to make a run. With Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo out at least another few weeks,