Wednesday night was the Minnesota Timberwolves' fifth gamewithout superstar Anthony Edwards. That number is expected to rise significantly before he recovers from arthroscopic knee surgery and returns to the floor.
Their 117-107 win over the Houston Rockets was their most impressive outing without Edwards thus far. It improved their record to 3-2 since he was sidelined.
The first four games shared a common theme: beat the teams they were expected to beat, and lose to the better ones (the Golden State Warriors weren’t seen that way at the time, but their win over Minnesota was their second straight, and the win streak is now at five).