Timberwolves scrounge up victory over Miami, running winning streak to four

They did that just enough Friday. When he returned, Edwards didn’t look like himself, but he saved whatever energy he had for the end. He hit a three to put the Wolves up 95-92 with 5 minutes, 12 seconds remaining. He finished with 13 points (4-for-10), his second-lowest scoring output of the season. But he skied several times down the stretch to secure rebounds of Heat misses on his way to tying a season high with 13 rebounds.

“A lot of those were in the air and in traffic,” Finch said.

The Wolves got to the finish line of this game on the glass by limiting the Heat to one shot on each possession, and then Julius Randle, who finished one assist shy of a triple-double for the second straight game (13 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists), rebounded a missed Donte DiVincenzo free throw with 19.1 seconds left and the Wolves up five.

“It can’t just be the bigs. The guards have to get in there and rebound,” said DiVincenzo, who had 15 points, six rebounds and four assists. “Ant had like three or four huge rebounds for us. That’s the key to us winning — everybody getting on the glass, doing the little things.”

The rebounding helped make up for the near disaster that struck in the final minute. Not only did the Wolves miss four of six free throws, they turned the ball over twice on inbounds passes, once from Randle and once when Conley inbounded to Edwards with 1.9 seconds left.