From Sacramento, Calif. —Anthony Edwards having 34 points with 10 assists, Rudy Gobert with 21 points and 17 rebounds, the Minnesota Timberwolves beaten the Sacramento Kings with scores of 110-98 yesterday.
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For Timberwolves,Jaden McDaniels had 20 points and Kyle Anderson scored 10 in place of Center Karl-Anthony Towns, being seated out due to left knee injuries.There was improvement to 22-6 by Minnesota ,tied to Boston for the best record so far in NBA.
Mike Conley,the Minnesota point guard, said. “I think it’s starting to hit for a lot of us.We always kind of felt that we could compete with anybody .Now we have won a whole bunch of different ways,”
He further said, “We have learnt to win and come back late in games.When you take a step back and look at it, that’s recipe for success on how to win later in the season. We are going to continue to grow and guys are going to continue to learn from what we have done so far.”
For Sacramento, De’Aaron Fox had 27 points and 6 assists. Domantas Sabonis ended with a triple-double of 17 points, with 10 rebounds and 10 assists as well.
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This season,The Kings 8 of 33 as from beyond the arc, the few 3-pointers they have made. Sacramento was outrebounded by Minnesota 43-40 and was forced to 11 turnovers.
Fox was of the view that, “They are long athletic, they get you off the line, and having Rudy back there makes you think twice about getting to rim.”
Minnesota gone on a 12-2 run for opening the period after the Kings cutting their deficit to 11 as approaching to 4th quarter this season.