The Wolves of Karl-Anthony Towns (26 points at 11/20 -3/10 then 8/10- 11 rebounds, 2 blocks) were not surprised by the Warriors without Steph Curry (hand), Draymond Green (calf / back) and Gary Payton II ( back) with success 119-99 Sunday.
Jaylen Nowell and Malik Beasley brought 17 and 16 points respectively off the bench for a Minnesota team that went 40-19 to their opponents – led by 20 points from Jordan Poole and the 19 points of Jonathan Kuminga– on the last 16 minutes of play! At halftime the gap was 6 points (56-50) following a 3-point finally refused to Klay Thompson (14 points at 5/14, 4 rebounds and 2 assists), one foot out before taking the shot.
Andrew Wiggins scored 8 points in the 3rd and the Warriors took the lead for the first time since the 1st quarter (18-17), 64-62, on a counterattack layup just following a 3-pointer. Discreet on the evening, Anthony Edwards (9 points at 3/8, 2 assists) woke up the audience at Target Center by taking off for a dunk that definitely put his team back in the lead, 81-80. Minnesota (49.5% once morest 39% and 54 points at 32 in the racket) dominated the 3rd quarter 35-31 (13 points from Towns, 9 from Beasley) and the 4th 28-18 (7 points from McDaniels, 7 de Beasley).
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