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11/29 18:57 CST Edwards caps 39-point performance with unlikely 3 as
Timberwolves hold off Celtics 119-115
Edwards caps 39-point performance with unlikely 3 as Timberwolves hold off
Celtics 119-115
By MIKE COOK
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- Anthony Edwards scored 39 points, including an unlikely
3-pointer that sealed the game, and the Minnesota Timberwolves held off the
Boston Celtics 119-115 on Saturday.
Julius Randle had 16 points and Donte DiVincenzo added 15 for the Timberwolves,
who put six players in double figures and beat a team with a .500 or better
record for the first time in eight tries this season.
Jaylen Brown tied a season high with 41 points for Boston, which lost for just
the second time in seven games. Neemias Queta tied a career best with 19 points
and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds. Derrick White scored 16.
With the Timberwolves ahead 115-112 and the shot clock winding down, Edwards
briefly lost his dribble but quickly picked up the ball and lofted a 3-point
prayer over White that went in with 14 seconds left.
Edwards, averaging 38.5 points over his last four games, scored nine straight
to give Minnesota a 110-98 lead with 3:52 to play. That included a sequence in
which Rudy Gobert grabbed a rebound of Edwards' miss and fed DiVincenzo, who
quickly zipped a pass to the cutting Edwards.
But then Brown, who made a season-high 17 shots, scored five points and Queta
had three in a 12-0 Celtics run to tie it with 1:38 remaining.
Edwards scored seven points and Terrence Shannon Jr. five in a 24-12
third-quarter spurt that propelled Minnesota to a 94-92 lead heading to the
fourth.
Listed as questionable on the team's injury report due to low back spasms,
Brown scored 27 points in the first half --- 19 in the first quarter --- and
Boston led 69-59 at the break.
Brown became the first player in the play-by-play era to record at least 27
points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals in the first half.
Up next Celtics: Play at Cleveland on Sunday night. Timberwolves: Host the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA
Up next Celtics: Play at Cleveland on Sunday night. Timberwolves: Host the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA
