The Timberwolves had answered Thompson’s dunk with a 15-2 run in just 2½ minutes, cutting the lead to two. Şengün sank one of two free throws, but Timberwolves forward Julius Randle drove to a dunk with 58 seconds left, pulling Minnesota to within one.

Despite leading by 16 points with under 5:00 left, the Rockets (21-10) fell apart down the stretch in a stunning home loss to Minnesota (16-14).

The first half didn’t look great, with the Timberwolves shooting lights out from three. Minnesota shot around 70% from the 3pt line at halftime, but only lead by five points, 56-52, basically due to Rockets tenacity,