The Minnesota Timberwolves struggled with poor shooting in the early quarters but improved in the second quarter under Coach Finch's adjustments. Despite Anthony Edwards not scoring, other players like JMac, Naz, and Anderson contributed. With a win over Houston, the Wolves (52-23) are tied with OKC for a top-four seed and hold the tiebreaker. Reid, Gobert, Anderson, McLaughlin, and Edwards had notable performances in the game. The Wolves' magic number for a top-four seed is two, and for the 1-seed is five, with upcoming crucial games against Denver. However, the team faced challenges with low paint scoring and turnovers.
2-2, Kilman scores from a Wolves corner.
Wolves are 3-14 in the paint. That's almost impossible to do. And they have 11 turnovers. Pretty much everything that could be going wrong is going wrong.
Wolves magic number for the 1-seed is five. That's wins OR Nuggets losses. Beating Denver counts as two if they can get that done Wednesday. Nuggets have Hawks Saturday Jazz Tuesday, Wolves SEGABABA, then Spurs and Grizzlies. https://t.co/sLfiAfv07z
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MIN 113, HOU 106 Wolves (52-23) move into a tie w/OKC, and hold the tiebreaker, so therefore are in front. We await what happens with DEN and SAS tonight. Reid: 25p, 6r Gobert: 12p, 14r Anderson: 13p, 9a, 6r McLaughlin: 11p, 3-4 3s, 7a, +17 Edwards: 21p, 5r, 3a
Wolves magic number for a top-four seed is two with this win.
Wolves are 15-19 in the quarter, and none of it has come from Edwards. JMac, Naz, Anderson all putting in work
Wolves were 6-17 in the 1st quarter. They're 9-12 in the 2nd. The adjustment to start making shots vs missing them was a shrewd one from Finch
Another poor shooting quarter for the Wolves at home. Just 35%. Ant is 0-5.