MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony 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 Los Angeles Clippers 108-106 on Monday night time.
Edwards, who scored a career-high 53 factors in Saturday’s loss at Detroit, completed 14 of 29 from the sphere, together with a pair of late 3-pointers for his eighth recreation this season with greater than 30 factors.
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 Los Angeles with 25 factors, James Harden added 22 and Ivica Zubac had 17 factors and 16 rebounds. The Clippers have misplaced three of 4.
With the Wolves trailing by a degree, Edwards scored a put-back 3 with 1:12 left. After Zubac missed a layup for Los Angeles, Edwards drained one other 3 with 34.4 seconds left for a 106-101 lead.
Takeaways
Clippers: In his second recreation after lacking the workforce’s first 34 whereas recovering from a proper knee damage, Kawhi Leonard scored eight factors on 3-of-11 capturing. He had two assists and two rebounds in 20 minutes and 41 seconds.
Timberwolves: DiVincenzo began at level guard instead of 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 recreation and capturing 34.9% from the sphere, each profession lows. He completed with 11 factors.
Key second
The Clippers led 96-91 with 4:07 to play, however a three-point play and a 3 by Edwards gave the Timberwolves a one-point lead a minute later.
Key statistic
Averaging 20.1 factors per recreation, Julius Randle had 5 for Minnesota on 2-of-10 capturing. He missed all three 3-point makes an attempt.
To be continued
The Clippers are in Denver on Wednesday. The Timberwolves are in New Orleans on Tuesday.
