NEW YORK CITY — Karl-Anthony Towns racked up 27 factors, Anthony Edwards included 24 and the Western Conference-leading Minnesota Timberwolves hung on for a 96-94 sway the Brooklyn Internet on Thursday evening.
Minnesota led by as lots of as 17 factors in the 3rd quarter and was still in advance by 10 midway with the 4th quarter.
An 8-0 Internet run, covered by Mikal Bridges’ brief jumper with 3:34 left, made it 91-89.
Webcam Thomas’ totally free tosses with 1:11 left connected the video game 94-94.
” We made some errors in the 4th quarter and they penalized us for that,” Towns stated. “It was a great video game. They did a great work at the end and we did an actually bad work attempting to shut it out.”
Rudy Gobert took down an alley-oop from Towns with 58 secs staying to place the Timberwolves back ahead.
” They have an actually great link,” stated Timberwolves’ trainer Chris Finch. “( Towns) is a sensational passer. Excellent court vision. He seeks him normally. And, Rudy actually did a helluva work due to the fact that the pass was a little off target.”
Bridges was fouled by Jaden McDaniels with 2 secs left, providing the Internet an opportunity to link ball game. He missed out on the very first and the Internet were asked for a lane infraction on his following willful miss out on.
After a timeout, Minnesota effectively inbounded the round and went out the clock.
The Internet have actually currently shed 3 right, 7 of 8 and 12 of their last 14.
” We were down yet we resisted,” Thomas stated. “We played well. It’s urging that we simply maintained combating. It simply boiled down to the last belongings which was it.”
Gobert do with 10 factors and 13 rebounds, while Mike Conley likewise racked up 10. Towns included 10 rebounds.
Thomas led the Internet with 25 factors and Bridges had 21. Nic Claxton do with 16 factors and 11 rebounds, and Spencer Dinwiddie racked up 14.
The Internet led by as lots of as 8 factors midway with the very first quarter. Minnesota utilized a 12-4 go to link the video game at 21-all prior to Brooklyn finished the quarter on a 10-3 touch for a 31-24 lead.
The Timberwolves racked up the very first 9 factors of the 2nd quarter to take the lead.
Thomas adhered to with a set of totally free tosses to link the video game, and after his jumper placed Brooklyn up 40-37, Minnesota racked up the following 12 factors and never ever routed once more.
Mike Conley’s 3-pointer in the last secs provided the Timberwolves a 60-48 lead at halftime.
UP NEXT
Timberwolves: Minnesota sees San Antonio on Saturday evening.
Internet: Brooklyn hosts Houston on Saturday evening.
