The Minnesota Timberwolves completed a miraculous overtime comeback to defeat the Houston Rockets, 110-108 for their fourth win in the last five games without Anthony Edwards.

The Timberwolves were able to overcome a 13-point deficit with just three minutes remaining in overtime after blowing an 11-point lead of their own with under four minutes to play in the fourth quarter. It was the largest overtime comeback in the play-by-play era. 

After leading his team with five points in the overtime period, Minnesota guard Donte DiVincenzo talked about how they were able to overcome such a deficit.

“In that last timeout, just basically regrouped and looked up and had a lot of time,” DiVincenzo said. You know, we got to stop at the stop and then executed on the offense.”

DiVincenzo also credited Julius Randle, who had four points in overtime, saying that the team did a great job in getting Randle the ball and trusting his decision making which ended up working out for the team.

DiVincenzo pointed to a dunk by Rockets center Alperen Sengun that brought the deficit to 13 points and served as a pivotal moment for the Timberwolves. 

“Sengun’s getting dunks down the lane — kind of seemed like nailing the coffin,” DiVincenzo said. “Called timeout, getting a timeout and then that's, like I said, that's where you regroup. That's where you kind of see where everybody, what everybody's made of and everybody responded.”

DiVincenzo emphasized that coming out of the timeout, the Timberwolves held their heads up instead of sulking. It helped harness momentum that field the comeback win, and it is momentum they will need to carry going forward. 

Without Edwards in the lineup, the Timberwolves have been able to operate with a level of grit, perseverance and contributions that has led to their success. DiVincenzo highlighted the team’s ability to never get too high or too low, which is a concept he has talked about all season.

DiVincenzo also added that each game will look different and contributions will look different, saying “every game, someone is going to have 25 [points], someone is going to have two.”

DiVincenzo also praised Jaden McDaniels, who he believed was the player of the game before McDaniels went down with what was feared to be a knee injury in the fourth quarter. However, Chris Hine of the Minnesota Star Tribune provided a positive update via McDaniels in which the latter said that he “Just kind of cramped up a little bit” and that he will be ready for the next game.

Despite missing part of the fourth quarter and all of the overtime period, McDaniels still led his team with 25 points on 10-17 shooting.

Minnesota will host the Detroit Pistons on Saturday.