Edwards caps Wolves' comeback with clutch block vs. Thunder - ESPN

OKLAHOMA CITY — Anthony Edwards blocked Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's go-ahead shot attempt, capping a 25-point second-half comeback as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 131-128 in overtime on Monday night.

Jaden McDaniels scored 27 points, Naz Reid had 22 points and 11 rebounds and Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 21 points for the Timberwolves. Edwards had 17 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists for Minnesota, which lost 130-123 to the Thunder on Sunday night.

Gilgeous-Alexander had 39 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, but Edwards blocked him at the rim with 13.2 seconds left in overtime. Gilgeous-Alexander also missed a 3-pointer with 2.9 seconds left in the extra period that would have tied the score.

The Timberwolves were trailing by as many as 16 points in the final four minutes of the fourth quarter. They are only the second team in the play-by-play era (since 1997-98) to win after trailing by at least that many points with that little time left in regulation, according to ESPN Research. The Bucks did it against the Raptors on Jan. 4, 2023 after trailing by 21 in the final four minutes.

The Timberwolves trailed by 24 points in the fourth quarter of Monday's win, making it the fourth-largest fourth-quarter comeback in the play-by-play era.

After the game, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch applauded his team's «mental toughness» in battling the league's top-ranked defense, a unit he says fouls «all the time.»

«It's so frustrating to play this team because they foul a ton,» Finch said. «They really do. They foul all the time. And then you can't really touch Shai. And it's a very frustrating thing and it takes a lot of mental toughness to try and play through it. And we just eventually were able to get