Guard Andre Miller, seeing his first extended action of the season, had 11 points and four assists. Minnesota is a team that likes to run, and the versatile Warriors have no problem getting in a shootout with anyone.
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Minnesota have been impressive this season, with a 4-3 record so far to be only half a game behind the Northwest Division-leading Oklahoma City Thunder. For comparison’s sake, the Wolves were 3-9 and have 43 attempts from deep over the past three games. Offensively, they average 112.2 points per game on the road, which is second in the league.
It was the fourth straight game the Warriors’ flirted with defeat. The reigning world champion Golden State Warriors were in town.
Curry considers the Warriors a better team than when they won 67 games last regular season. Now the Warriors are on the verge of setting their first mark this season. Ricky was a game-time decision and couldn’t go. The Wolves are off to their worst start at home since 1994 when they lost their first 10 home games. Towns posted his sixth double-double, which only four players in the last 30 seasons have achieved in their first eight career games: Shaquille O’Neal, Dikembe Mutombo, and David Robinson.
The Timberwolves now falls to a 4-4 record and they will be flying to the east coast the next day to face Paul George and the Indiana Pacers while the Warriors look to improve to 11-0 against the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday (ET).
To end the quarter, Curry tipped and stole a pass before racing down the court and leaning in to hit a 40-foot buzzer beater to give the Warriors a 75-64 lead.
Suns guards Brandon Knight and Eric Bledsoe led the charge in a surprising 118-104 win over the Clippers (5-4). Kawhi Leonard finished with 20 points for the Spurs, who won their third straight. The Timberwolves have an offensive rating of 98.9 (ranked 22nd). The thing about it as that you commit so much effort to trying to slow Steph Curry down – he still gets 45 points.
Midway through the game, Yahoo!Sports reported Taylor is in serious negotiations to sell about 20 percent of the team to a group led by one of Memphis’ minority partners, Los Angeles private equity investor Steve Kaplan. Minnesota is an even 1-1 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage. The Golden State Warriors have a higher A/TO (1.84), ranking fourth. In addition to his recent video game covers and dozens of commercials, his jersey sales are up 581% from the start of last season. The Minnesota Timberwolves rank 12th, rebounding 45.6 times each contest.
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Golden State put on a basketball clinic in the first half. The Minnesota Timberwolves rank near the very top of the league in defensive rebounding (ranked fifth).
