HOUSTON — James Harden focused on getting his teammates involved until he got himself going.

Harden had 31 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his second triple-double this season, leading the Houston Rockets to a 113-102 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.

Houston led by nine at the start of the final period, but Andrew Wiggins led a charge that cut the lead to one point with less than 4 minutes left.

The Rockets took over after that, using a 14-2 run, with five points from Harden, to make it 111-98 with less than a minute to go.

Wiggins scored 30 for the Timberwolves, who lost for the third time in four games.

“They kept getting us down, but we kept on fighting,” coach Flip Saunders said. “But we just didn’t have enough there at the end.”

Adreian Payne, who made his first NBA start Monday, made a 3 for Minnesota before Wiggins got a steal and finished with a layup for the first five points of a 7-1 run by the Wolves in the third quarter that cut the lead to 76-72.

 

Minnesota releases 1,000 extra seats for Wednesday

The Timberwolves released an additional 1,000 tickets for Kevin Garnett’s return.

Garnett will put on a Timberwolves uniform again when Minnesota plays host to Washington on Wednesday night.

The Wolves said Monday they have released all remaining ticket holds for the game.

Minnesota traded starting power forward Thaddeus Young to the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday for Garnett, who joined the Wolves as a 19-year-old rookie in 1995.

The Wolves are encouraging fans to arrive early at Target Center for Wednesday’s game.