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San Antonio Spurs at Minnesota Timberwolves

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26-36, 11-21 Away
Final
124 - 141

37-29, 18-14 Home
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Timberwolves top Spurs 141-124 for 5th straight win on 25-point night for Anthony Edwards

Anthony Edwards drains 3 from way downtown

Naz Reid had 20 points and seven rebounds and Julius Randle added 14 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds for the Timberwolves, who never trailed on their way to a season-best eight games above the .500 mark (37-29).

Jaden McDaniels added 16 points, one of eight players for Minnesota scoring in double digits including Rudy Gobert (16 points and eight rebounds in 20 minutes) in his return from injury. The Timberwolves matched their season high with 38 assists and went 21 for 42 from 3-point range, one short of their season best for makes.

De'Aaron Fox scored 22 points on 8-for-12 shooting and Stephon Castle added 20 points for the Spurs (26-36), who fell to 3-7 since star center Victor Wembanyama was ruled out for the remainder of the season with a blood clot in his shoulder.

Takeaways Spurs: Castle, who was drafted fourth overall last year from two-time national champion Connecticut, has been shining off the bench down the stretch of his rookie season. He's second in points, third in steals and fourth in assists among first-year players in the NBA this season.

Timberwolves: All five teams they've beaten during the streak have losing records, a remarkable accomplishment in itself given their struggles in recent seasons against struggling teams. Nine of their last 16 games are against losing teams.

Key moment Donte DiVincenzo found Jaylen Clark for a 3-pointer on the wing to finish a break for a 109-94 lead at the buzzer to cap a 41-point third quarter that matched Minnesota's third-highest quarter score this season.

Key stat The Timberwolves had 30 second-chance points.

Up next Spurs host Dallas on Monday, and Timberwolves play at Denver on Wednesday.

Regular Season Series

MIN wins series 3-1

Matchup Prediction

Timberwolves: 73.7%
Spurs: 26.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 124 - 141
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 124 - 141
4th 1.1 Terrence Shannon Jr. defensive rebound 124 - 141
4th 4.1 Blake Wesley misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot 124 - 141
4th 17.2 Josh Minott makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rob Dillingham assists) 124 - 141

Statistics

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47-85 FG 53-95
55.3 Field Goal % 55.8
11-30 3PT 21-42
36.7 Three Point % 50.0
19-24 FT 14-15
79.2 Free Throw % 93.3
36 Rebounds 42
11 Offensive Rebounds 14
25 Defensive Rebounds 28
26 Assists 38
8 Steals 7
3 Blocks 4
12 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 1
12 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
17 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 19
5 Fast Break Points 9
68 Points in Paint 62
14 Fouls 17
0 Largest Lead 24

Game Information

Target Center

Location: Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 17,875 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Memphis 40 24 .625 - W2
Houston 39 25 .609 1 W2
Dallas 32 33 .492 8.5 L5
San Antonio 26 36 .419 13 L2
New Orleans 17 48 .262 23.5 L4

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City - 11 W7 0.828125 53
Denver 12 23 L1 0.640625 41
Minnesota 17 29 W5 0.56060606 37
Portland 25.5 37 L3 0.43076923 28
Utah 38 49 L5 0.234375 15
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