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Timberwolves missing top 3 big men vs. Nuggets with Reid's head injury
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves were without their top three big men for a key matchup Tuesday night with the Denver Nuggets. A head injury sidelined Naz Reid and a sprained left rib kept Rudy Gobert out for the third straight game. All-Star...
Timberwolves' Karl-Anthony Towns will have meniscus surgery, out at least 4 weeks
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns will have surgery next week to address a meniscus tear in his left knee, the Western Conference-leading Timberwolves announced Thursday night. The All-Star will miss at least four weeks, the team said. That would mean, at minimum,...
Coby White rallies the Bulls to a wild 129-123 overtime win against the Timberwolves
CHICAGO (AP) — Coby White and DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points apiece, and the Chicago Bulls erased a 23-point deficit in a 129-123 overtime victory over Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Nikola Vucevic had 24 points for Chicago, and Andre Drummond...
Edwards scores 32 as Timberwolves pull away to beat Rockets 111-90
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 22 of his 32 points in the third quarter, Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 13 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away in the second half to beat the Houston Rockets 111-90 on Sunday night. Edwards, named to his second All-Star game...
Clippers, Timberwolves and Knicks each have 2 players selected as All-Star Game reserves
NEW YORK (AP) — Kawhi Leonard and Paul George of the Los Angeles Clippers were chosen as All-Star reserves Thursday, while the Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks also had two players selected. Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns of the Western Conference-leading...
Towns leads Timberwolves in 121-87 win over Mavs team missing Doncic and Irving
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 29 points and nine rebounds for the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 121-87 victory over the depleted Dallas Mavericks, who played Wednesday night without stars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. Rudy Gobert scored 17 points and Naz Reid added 12...
With scoring up less than 1% over last season, the NBA is not seeing cause for alarm
Joe Dumars went to a game a couple of weeks ago that came down to the very last shot, and he thought it was one of the best games of the season to this point. Final score: Denver 102, Boston 100. It was a reminder that defense still can get played in the NBA. Amid a...
Edwards scores 27 as Timberwolves top Thunder 107-101 in a matchup of Western Conference leaders
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 27 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 107-101 on Monday in a matchup of teams that entered the night tied atop the Western Conference standings. Thunder coach Mark Daigneault called this one an...
Vassell, Wembanyama key rally as Spurs overcome Edwards' big game to edge Timberwolves, 113-112
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A wild night in San Antonio got even wilder as the Spurs upended the Minnesota Timberwolves. Devin Vassell had 25 points, Victor Wembanyama added 23 points and 10 rebounds and San Antonio rallied to beat Minnesota 113-112 on Saturday night in a game delayed five...
Another scoring spree in the NBA: Luka Doncic scores 73, Devin Booker has 62
Luka Doncic and Devin Booker went on another NBA scoring spree on Friday night, making this a week like none other in league history. Doncic broke his own Dallas franchise record by scoring 73 points — tying the fourth-most in NBA history — and Booker scored 62 for the Phoenix...
