Anthony Edwards, Julius Randle lead Timberwolves to a 131-114 victory over the Grizzlies

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 33 points, Julius Randle added 27 points and seven assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves won their fourth straight, 131-114 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night.

Minnesota's winning streak was punctuated by a wire-to-wire victory over the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. All four wins have been by double-digits.

Naz Reid and Jaden McDaniels had 20 points apiece for the Timberwolves, Reid adding nine rebounds. Rudy Gobert grabbed 16 boards and added a pair of blocks.

Ty Jerome, playing in his first game of the season after recovering from a right calf strain, led Memphis with 20 points and six assists but could not prevent the Grizzlies from losing their sixth straight.

GG Jackson added 19 points and Jaylen Wells had 15.

Memphis has struggled of late, its losing streak coming amid injuries and reports the team is willing to trade star guard Ja Morant before Thursday's deadline. Morant was one of seven Memphis rotation players who sat out against the Timberwolves. Memphis did get the return of Jerome, signed as a free agent last summer.

Memphis had long-range shooting problems in the first half, making only one of its first 18 attempts from outside the 3-point arc. In the third quarter, Minnesota extended a 58-49 halftime lead to 92-73, making 12 of its first 16 shots in the quarter. The Timberwolves lead entering the fourth was 97-79.

Minnesota kept the lead at double-digits and coasted home after extending the advantage to 22 points with 3:46 remaining.

The teams will face each other Monday night in Memphis.

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Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaylen Wells (0) handles the ball against Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels (3) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

Memphis Grizzlies forward Cedric Coward (23), Grizzlies forward GG Jackson II, center, and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Bones Hyland (8) vie for the ball in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) handles the ball against Memphis Grizzlies forward GG Jackson II (45) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) handles the ball against Memphis Grizzlies forward GG Jackson II (45)in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Julius Randle (30) shoots over Memphis Grizzlies forward Cedric Coward (23), guard Cam Spencer, second from right, and forward GG Jackson II, fourth from right, as Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert (27) moves for position in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosion tore through an apartment building Saturday in Iran 's port city of Bandar Abbas, killing a 4-year-old girl as local media footage purportedly showed a security force member being carried out by rescuers.

The blast happened a day before a planned naval drill by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all oil traded passes. The U.S. military has warned Iran not to threaten its warships or commercial traffic in the strait, on which Bandar Abbas sits.

State television quoted a local fire official as blaming the blast on a gas leak. Media reported at least 14 others injured in the explosion.

A local newspaper, Sobh-e Sahel, aired footage of a correspondent speaking in front of the building. The footage included a sequence that showed a man in a green security force uniform being carried out on a stretcher. He wore a neck brace and appeared to be in pain, his left hand covering the branch insignia on his uniform.

The newspaper did not acknowledge the security force member being carried out elsewhere in its reporting. Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard did not discuss the blast, other than to deny that a Guard navy commander had been hurt.

Another explosion blamed on a gas explosion Saturday in the southwestern city of Ahvaz killed five people, state media reported.

Iran remains tense over a threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to potentially launch a military strike on the country over the killing of peaceful protesters or the possible mass execution of those detained in a major crackdown over the demonstrations.

Trump on Saturday night declined to say whether he’d made a decision on what he wanted to do regarding Iran.

Speaking to reporters as he flew to Florida, Trump sidestepped a question about whether Tehran would be emboldened if the U.S. backed away from launching any strikes on Iran, saying, “Some people think that. Some people don’t.”

Trump said Iran should negotiate a “satisfactory” deal to prevent the Middle Eastern country from getting any nuclear weapons but said, “I don’t know that they will. But they are talking to us. Seriously talking to us.”

Ali Larijani, a top security official in Iran, wrote on X late Saturday that “structural arrangements for negotiations are progressing.” However, there is no public sign of any direct talks with the United States, which Iran's 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has repeatedly ruled out.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Saturday called for de-escalation and said Egypt is working to bring the U.S. and Iran to the negotiating table to achieve a “peaceful and comprehensive settlement to the Iranian nuclear file," according to a statement on his phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Qatar in a statement said Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani visited Tehran on Saturday and met with Larijani about “efforts to de-escalate tensions in the region.”

Associated Press writers Samy Magdy in Cairo and Will Weissert aboard Air Force One contributed to this report.

An apartment building is seen after an explosion in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

An apartment building is seen after an explosion in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

An apartment building is seen after an explosion in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays at the grave of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, commemorating 47th anniversary of his return from exile during 1979 Islamic Revolution, just outside Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays at the grave of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, shown in the photo at right, commemorating 47th anniversary of his return from exile during 1979 Islamic Revolution, as Ayatollah Khomeini's grandson Hassan sits at rear, just outside Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)