NEW YORK – Timberwolves coach Chris Finch has said one of the things he admires about Rudy Gobert is Gobert's approach to each game. How the center's professionalism and approach doesn't wax or wane depending on the opponent. It's a quality not every Wolves player shares, and that has resulted in multiple lost games the team should have won.

Thursday against Brooklyn had the makings of a trap game. Several players logged heavy minutes in a Tuesday marathon victory over Denver, then the Wolves boarded a four-hour flight Wednesday and played a Brooklyn team that didn't have a lot of key contributors. Easy win for most teams. Recipe for disaster sometimes for the Wolves.

But Thursday wasn't going to be one of those head-scratching losses, and Gobert was a big reason why it wasn't in a 105-90 Wolves win.

"Trying to set the tone and dominate," Gobert said. "I felt like, especially those guys that played two overtimes, I wasn't sure they were going to have the same type of energy, so I tried to really set the tone."

So was it a blessing in disguise that Gobert fouled out of that Denver game in regulation?

"I don't know about that," Gobert said with a smile. "But you always try to find the positive. I played a little bit less and be a little more fresh."

As the Wolves struggled to score, Gobert, along with Anthony Edwards, provided enough offense most of the night. Gobert had 21 points and cleaned up on the glass with 18 rebounds. Edwards bounced back from an injury scare in the second quarter and returned in the second half to finish with 28. The Wolves have now won four in a row and the first two on this five-game road trip.

Former Wolves guard D'Angelo Russell had no points in 13 minutes, with coach Jordi Fernandez saying Russell was dealing with an ankle injury. Naz Reid and Nickeil Alexander-Walker each had 13 off the bench for the Wolves, who had 17 turnovers and shot only 31% from three-point range. The Wolves were up 10 early in the fourth quarter when Mike Conley and Alexander-Walker found Gobert on consecutive possessions for easy buckets. They were up 85-71 with 8:41 remaining, and the game wasn't close after that.

"Didn't feel like we had a ton of gas in the tank," Finch said. "Understandable after the other night and the trip across. But Rudy was phenomenal, really set the tone for us on both ends of the floor. We were able to have enough of a cushion and keep them at arms' length."

BOXSCORE: Wolves 105, Brooklyn 90

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Alexander-Walker said he could feel the team was "a little groggy."

Reid, who didn't play Tuesday while serving a one-game suspension for his involvement in Sunday's altercation with the Pistons, said even he felt weary: "I was kind of tired too, I ain't going to lie. I think it just went down the line. We competed. The win was important and we got it."

After the fight against the Pistons on Sunday and Tuesday's metaphorical slugfest vs. Denver, Thursday was relatively drama-free. Well, except for one moment, another Edwards injury scare.

Edwards had to exit the game in the second quarter, and the Wolves held their collective breath.

After he hit a jump shot from the right corner, Edwards was backpedaling on the landing and appeared to step on Jordi Fernandez as the Nets coach was walking behind him.

Fernandez called timeout and Wolves players went down to the other end of the floor to check on him. Edwards needed help off the floor with 3:54 to play. He was 6-for-9 for 15 points by that point in the game, and the Wolves were ahead 38-30. But before Edwards exited the floor, Reid started making his way back toward the bench, an unconcerned look on his face. He has seen Edwards have these kind of scares in the past — scares in which Edwards appears to be in a lot of pain only to return seemingly fine.

"Just another one," Reid said with a smile. "I literally went over there when I saw him tying his shoes tighter and I thought, 'Oh he's fine.'"

Even though he didn't formally address the media, anyone could hear Edwards bellowing "That trey ball coming back!" Edwards was 5-for-10 from three-point range after a few down nights while he played through a hand injury. Despite the concerning moment in the second quarter, he and the Wolves exited Brooklyn healthy and with a win, even if it wasn't their most impressive.

"We're gonna need to regroup here and find a second wind," Finch said. "Because we still have a lot of basketball that means a lot to play."