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Minnesota Timberwolves at San Antonio Spurs

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14-11, 6-7 Away
Final
106 - 92

13-13, 9-7 Home

Edwards scores 26 points as Timberwolves beat Spurs 106-92

Victor Wembanyama gets up for the beautiful jam

Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 17 points off the bench for Minnesota, which has won two straight and five of seven.

Victor Wembanyama had 20 points and 12 rebounds for San Antonio. Jeremy Sochan added 17 points and 15 rebounds, and Harrison Barnes scored 17 points.

San Antonio opened the second half on a 20-9 run to trim Minnesota’s lead to 61-57. The Timberwolves responded by outscoring the Spurs 30-22 in the final quarter.

San Antonio was unable to muster another comeback after rallying from a 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Portland on Friday.

Minnesota forced 10 turnovers and had 13 second-chance points to build a 16-point lead in the first half.

Takeaways Timberwolves: Rob Dillingham scored his first points against San Antonio after being traded to Minnesota. The Spurs selected Dillingham, who scored three points, with the eighth pick in the NBA Draft and traded him to the Timberwolves for a 2031 unprotected first-round pick and a 2030 protected pick swap. Dillingham was scoreless against San Antonio on Nov. 2.

Spurs: Sochan started his second straight game after returning from injury. Sochan missed 13 games after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured left thumb and returned on Dec. 1, but he came off the bench.

Key moment Minnesota went on a 10-2 run bridging the third and fourth quarters to regain control of the game after San Antonio had pared its lead to four points midway through the third quarter.

Key stat San Antonio was 11 for 45 (24.4%) on 3-pointers after entering the game shooting 35% from the perimeter.

Up next The Timberwolves host the Knicks and the Spurs host Atlanta on Thursday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Matchup Prediction

Spurs: 45.6%
Timberwolves: 54.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 106 - 92
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 106 - 92
4th 22.1 Blake Wesley makes driving layup 106 - 92
4th 28.1 Luka Garza turnover 106 - 90
4th 28.1 Luka Garza offensive foul 106 - 90

Statistics

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40-100 FG 37-91
40.0 Field Goal % 40.7
12-35 3PT 11-45
34.3 Three Point % 24.4
14-16 FT 7-9
87.5 Free Throw % 77.8
51 Rebounds 50
14 Offensive Rebounds 12
37 Defensive Rebounds 38
26 Assists 34
11 Steals 6
4 Blocks 8
12 Turnovers 18
0 Team Turnovers 1
12 Total Turnovers 19
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 30
17 Fast Break Points 13
42 Points in Paint 46
13 Fouls 18
23 Largest Lead 2

Game Information

Frost Bank Center

Location: San Antonio, TX
Attendance: 16,816 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 23 5 .821 - W8
Denver 16 11 .593 6.5 W2
Minnesota 14 14 .500 9 L3
Portland 9 20 .310 14.5 L2
Utah 7 21 .250 16 L1

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 20 9 .690 - W3
Memphis 20 10 .667 0.5 L1
Dallas 19 10 .655 1 W2
San Antonio 15 14 .517 5 L1
New Orleans 5 25 .167 15.5 L7
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