MINNEAPOLIS — Jan. 12, 2026 — Anthony Edwards wiped away nearly 48 minutes of frustration with one shot, dropping a high floater over the lane with 16.8 seconds remaining to give the Minnesota Timberwolves a 104-103 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night.
The basket capped a comeback from 19 points down, Minnesota’s largest reversal of the season, and extended the club’s winning streak against San Antonio to five games.
Edwards finished with a team-best 23 points, scoring nine on 4-of-5 shooting in the fourth quarter. His 11-foot turnaround with 2:19 left delivered the Timberwolves’ first lead of the night, and Minnesota outscored San Antonio 33-18 over the final 12 minutes, converting seven Spurs turnovers into 11 points.
Fast Spurs start, long wait for the crowd
Target Center’s tradition of standing until the Wolves score was stretched to its limit after the opening tip. Minnesota missed its first eight shots, and the Spurs—behind 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama—blitzed to a 16-0 advantage before Edwards finally broke the ice with 7:22 remaining in the first quarter. An announced crowd of 18,978 took its seats only then.
Wembanyama, making his first start since Dec. 31, powered San Antonio with a game-high 29 points and seven rebounds. He collected two early lob passes intended for Rudy Gobert and buried his first attempt, a 25-footer, on the way to 16 first-half points. Minnesota held the 22-year-old rookie to 13 after intermission.
Flagrant turns into fuel
San Antonio appeared in control again midway through the fourth. With 7:24 left, officials assessed Gobert a Flagrant 1 and a technical for bumping Wembanyama on a close-out. The Spurs’ center sank all four resulting free throws to push the margin to 91-81. The play was Gobert’s fifth flagrant of the season, triggering an automatic one-game suspension.
Yet Minnesota tightened its defense from there. Assistant coach Micah Nori, filling in for head coach Chris Finch (illness), rotated Julius Randle and even Edwards onto Wembanyama. The adjustment limited San Antonio to four field goals the rest of the way.
They said it
Edwards: “I didn’t have it going, but late in the game just give me the ball.”
Randle: “We missed a lot of shots, but we kept fighting.”
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson: “They turn it on when it gets tight. They got the better of us in the fourth.”
Wembanyama: “It was our game. We lost track of what worked, especially guarding the three.”
Spurs coach De’Aaron Fox on finishing: “We have to be able to put a team away.”
The Timberwolves (record not provided) return to action after Gobert serves his suspension, while San Antonio looks to regroup after seeing a double-digit lead slip away for the second time in three outings.
Source: ESPN
