Timberwolves smother Warriors for fourth straight win
The Minnesota Timberwolves won their fourth straight game on Friday night, using their defense and Anthony Edwards's 30-point night to defeat the Golden State Warriors 107-90 at the Chase Center in San Francisco.
The win helped Minnesota improve to 12-10 on the season and was the fourth straight after Edwards called his team "soft as hell" after a Nov. 27 loss to the Sacramento Kings.
Both teams played to a 31-31 draw in the first quarter before Minnesota used a 12-2 run to open the second quarter to take a 43-33 lead on a Julius Randle jumper with 6:35 until halftime. The Timberwolves ran their lead up to 54-35 on an Edwards 3-pointer with 2:54 left in the second quarter and took a 56-46 lead into the break.
The advantage hovered around double-digits for most of the third quarter before Golden State cut it to 78-72 entering the fourth quarter and Steph Curry brought the lead down to one possession on a 3-pointer with 10:38 to play that made it an 80-77 game.
But the Timberwolves put the game away on a 17-2 run from there that was capped off by a three-point play by Edwards that put Minnesota up 97-79 with 4:31 to go.
An alley-oop from Edwards to Rudy Gobert put an exclamation point on the win and Edwards told the Golden State faithful to "Go home" as the clock winded down.
Edwards led the way for the Wolves with 30 points, nine assists and four rebounds. All five starters scored in double figures for Minnesota with Gobert scoring 17 points and grabbing 11 rebounds.
Julius Randle had 16 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Mike Conley had 13 points, four rebounds and four assists. Jaden McDaniels had 10 points and Naz Reid had nine points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
Curry scored 23 points to lead Golden State while Jonathan Kuminga had 13 points. Andrew Wiggins had 11 points and Draymond Green had 10 points, nine rebounds and six assists off the bench.
The Wolves will have a rematch with the Warriors will have a rematch with the Warriors with a 7:30 p.m. tipoff on Sunday.
Dec 6, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) shoots a reverse layup against Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga (00) during the fourth quarter at Chase Center.
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