A season-defining road win? Call it what you want, but it was a big win for the Timberwolves over the Warriors Sunday night and was made possible by the late-game heroics of Kyle Anderson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mike Conley and Jaden McDaniels.
Trailing 96-95 with under 20 seconds to play, Anderson stole the ball from Draymond Green and found for a transition 3-pointer that proved to be the winning bucket in Minnesota’s 99-96 victory.
After taking the lead, Conley locked up Jordan Poole and Jaden McDaniels wouldn’t let Steph Curry get open and the Timberwolves came up with a game-winning defensive stop.
With the win the Wolves move up to seventh in the Western Conference and now sit just a half game back of Golden State for sixth and a game and a half behind the Suns for fourth place.
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Sunday night’s win snaps a 12-game losing streak at Golden State while also snapping the Warriors’ nine-game home winning streak. Minnesota has now won three straight games with seven to go in the regular season.
Naz Reid lad the Wolves with 23 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the bench. Anthony Edwards, back in the lineup after missing three games with a right ankle sprain, had 13 points.
Anderson stuffed the stat sheet with 12 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals.
Up next: Timberwolves at Kings, Monday at 9 p.m. CT.
