Clippers ahead Kawhi Leonard, left, makes an attempt to get round Minnesota Timberwolves ahead Julius Randle through the first half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Clippers ahead Kawhi Leonard, left, and Minnesota Timberwolves ahead Jaden McDaniels attain for the ball through the first half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Clippers guard Amir Coffey celebrates his dunk through the first half of their sport in opposition to the Minnesota Timberwolves Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Clippers guard James Harden, left, drives as Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley defends through the first half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Clippers guard Norman Powell, left, handles the ball as Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo defends through the first half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, left, shoots from the skin as Clippers heart Ivica Zubac (40) defends through the first half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Clippers guard James Harden, proper, drives to the basket as Minnesota Timberwolves ahead Jaden McDaniels defends through the first half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Clippers heart Ivica Zubac, heart, appears to shoot as Minnesota Timberwolves heart Naz Reid, proper, and ahead Josh Minott, left, defend through the first half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Clippers guard Kevin Porter Jr., left, drives whereas Minnesota Timberwolves ahead Julius Randle defends through the first half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch watches from the sidelines the second half of their sport in opposition to the Clippers Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo, heart, works towards the basket as Clippers guards Kris Dunn (8) and Norman Powell, proper, defend through the second half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, left, drives whereas Clippers ahead Derrick Jones Jr. defends through the second half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards, heart proper, drives to the basket as Clippers heart Ivica Zubac, proper, and guard James Harden (1) defend through the second half Monday evening in Minneapolis. Edwards scored 28 of his 37 factors within the second half and Minnesota overcame a 19-point first-half deficit to beat the Clippers, 108-106. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards celebrates after his basket through the second half of their sport in opposition to the Clippers Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue, heart, reacts on the sidelines through the second half of their sport in opposition to the Minnesota Timberwolves Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo, proper, drives whereas Clippers guard Kevin Porter Jr. defends through the second half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo, proper, celebrates after making a 3-point shot as Clippers guard Kevin Porter Jr., left, appears on through the second half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Timberwolves ahead Julius Randle, left ahead, drives to the basket as Clippers heart Ivica Zubac (40) defends through the second half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, proper, goes as much as shoot as Clippers ahead Derrick Jones Jr. defends through the second half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards celebrates after making a shot through the second half of their sport in opposition to the Clippers Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Timberwolves guards Anthony Edwards, left, and Mike Conley rejoice after their victory over the Clippers Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
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Clippers ahead Kawhi Leonard, left, makes an attempt to get round Minnesota Timberwolves ahead Julius Randle through the first half Monday evening in Minneapolis. (AP Picture/Matt Krohn)
MINNEAPOLIS – The Clippers have been on the verge of an enormous highway win, however Anthony Edwards took management late… once more.
Edwards scored 28 of his 37 factors within the second half and the Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a 19-point first-half deficit to beat the Clippers, 108-106, on Monday evening. Edwards additionally helped Minnesota maintain off the Clippers by one level throughout an NBA Cup group sport in the identical area earlier this season.
Naz Reid scored 18 factors off the bench and Donte DiVincenzo added 15 for Minnesota, ending a three-game slide. Rudy Gobert had eight factors and a game-high 18 rebounds.
Norman Powell led the Clippers with 25 factors, whereas James Harden added 22 factors, eight rebounds and eight assists and Ivica Zubac had 17 factors, 16 rebounds and 6 blocked pictures. The Clippers have misplaced three of 4.
Clippers star Kawhi Leonard scored eight factors on 3-of-11 capturing in his second sport of the season since getting back from a knee damage. He added two assists and two rebounds in 21 minutes.
With the Wolves trailing by one level, Edwards scored a three-pointer with 1:12 left. After Zubac missed a layup, Edwards — who added seven rebounds and eight assists — made one other 3-pointer with 34.4 seconds left for a 106-101 lead.
The Clippers led 96-91 with 4:07 left after an 11-0 run, however a three-point play and a 3-pointer by Edwards gave the Timberwolves the lead a minute later. That arrange a back-and-forth that included a three-point play by Powell, who made a layup and a free throw to offer the Clippers a 101-100 benefit with 1:35 to play.
Amir Coffey helped the Clippers take a 15-point lead within the first quarter when he drove to the rim and made a soar shot. That pushed the Clippers’ benefit to 25-10 with 2:27 left within the opening session.
The Timberwolves rallied with a 10-0 run late within the second quarter. Jaden McDaniels began the run with a layup and a 3-pointer earlier than Edwards added a 3-pointer and Gobert made a basket to chop the deficit to 51-46 with 58.1 seconds left within the half. time.
Powell made two free throws to finish the primary half scoring and the Clippers led 53-46 at intermission, however the Timberwolves took a 77-76 lead late within the third quarter.
Minnesota led by 4 factors earlier than Nicolas Batum scored a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left within the quarter. The piece was confirmed after official assessment.
Averaging 20.1 factors per sport, Julius Randle scored simply 5 for Minnesota on 2-of-10 capturing. He missed all three of his 3-point makes an attempt.
DiVincenzo began at Minnesota’s level guard rather than Mike Conley, who got here off the bench for the primary time in his 131 video games with the Timberwolves. In his 18th season general, Conley entered averaging 8.0 factors per sport and capturing 34.9% from the sphere, each profession lows. He completed with 11 factors.
FOLLOWING
The Clippers are in Denver on Wednesday at 6 p.m. PT.
