{"id":49344,"date":"2017-10-28T05:38:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T05:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=49344"},"modified":"2017-10-28T05:38:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T05:38:18","slug":"karl-anthony-towns-jimmy-butler-guide-timberwolves-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/karl-anthony-towns-jimmy-butler-guide-timberwolves-thunder.html","title":{"rendered":"Karl-Anthony Towns, Jimmy Butler guide Timberwolves over Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karl-Anthony Towns, Jimmy Butler guide Timberwolves over Thunder<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Karl-Anthony Towns, Jimmy Butler guide Timberwolves over Thunder:- Karl-Anthony Towns had 33 points and 19 rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves held off the Oklahoma City Thunder 119-116 on Friday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler, back after missing two games with an upper respiratory infection, came up big down the stretch. He scored nine points in the final 4:09 to help the Wolves close it out. Butler finished with 25 points and was 11 of 13 at the free throw line.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russell Westbrook led the way for Oklahoma City with 27 points. He had nine assists and eight rebounds, falling just shy of a triple-double. Carmelo Anthony added 23 points for the Thunder.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was the second time in a week the Timberwolves edged the Thunder in a close game. Minnesota won Sunday in Oklahoma City on a buzzer-beater by Andrew Wiggins.<\/span><\/p>\n

This time, Anthony’s 3-point attempt to tie it at the end of regulation was no good.<\/span><\/p>\n

Minnesota point guard Jeff Teague had 16 points and 10 assists for his first double-double of the season. Teague hit a free throw with 12.4 seconds to play, giving the Wolves a three-point lead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Towns finished with a season-high four blocks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Minnesota overcame an 11-point deficit to enter halftime with the game tied at 59. A three-point play by Towns put the Wolves up two with just under a minute to play in the half.<\/span><\/p>\n

There were 31 lead changes in all, and the game was tied 15 times.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anthony couldn’t miss from the floor in the second quarter, scoring the Thunder’s first nine points of the period on several long jumpers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Timberwolves used an 8-0 run in the third to go ahead 83-78. Towns and Taj Gibson each had four points during that stretch, which was capped by Gibson’s dunk in transition.<\/span><\/p>\n

TIP-INS<\/span><\/p>\n

Thunder: Steven Adams scored the Thunder’s first eight points after halftime, including a pair of free throws and an alley-oop dunk. . Oklahoma City entered with the worst free throw percentage in the NBA (67.5 percent), but was 22 of 25 from the line against Minnesota.<\/span><\/p>\n

Timberwolves: Wiggins shot 5 of 15 from the floor. . C Gorgui Dieng hit a long 2-point shot that beat the buzzer to end the third quarter. That gave Minnesota a 90-89 lead to start the fourth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2017\/10\/27\/towns-has-33-and-19-as-timberwolves-hold-off-thunder-119-116\/107092482\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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