No, Minnesota won’t be in the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament quarterfinals. But they continue to set themselves up well for a potential legitimate playoff run come April. The Wolves wrapped up group play with an impressive 106-103 victory over Oklahoma City on Tuesday at Target Center.

It was a game pitting the top two teams in the Western Conference standings, who are upstarts this season after meeting in the play-in round a year ago. Minnesota (13-4) gritted out Tuesday’s victory with a series of key offensive rebounds and timely buckets from Troy Brown Jr., who’s likely securing a rotational spot via his strong play whenever granted an opportunity.

Brown Jr. hit a big triple with the shot clock winding down to put Minnesota up five in the final two minutes. Then he drove to the rack and finished to re-extend the lead to 103-98 with just 31.6 seconds to play.

Five of Minnesota’s 19 second-chance points on the night came late in the contest.

The Wolves closed the door sans their best player.

Edwards went down in the third quarter on a hard fall as he was fouled while trying to attack the rack. Edwards initially couldn’t put weight on his right leg, but did eventually stay in to shoot his free-throws. However, he spent the next two possessions hobbling around the floor in clear pain. Oklahoma City (11-6) went on a 5-0 run before Minnesota finally called timeout and Edwards immediately went back to the locker room and did not return with what the team called a hip contusion.

Edwards finished with 21 points and five rebounds in 28 minutes.

In the first NBA game played in his home city, Thunder center Chet Holmgren — a Minnehaha Academy alum — tallied 16 points, eight rebounds and six assists. But Holmgren struggled with the size and physicality of Rudy Gobert, who dominated the interior to the tune of 17 points and 16 rebounds.

The Wolves went 3-1 in group play in Group C, but lost out on advancing to the knockout round due to point differential. Instead, Minnesota will play a pair of consolation contests — one home and one away — next Wednesday and Friday to fill out its regular season schedule.