Minnesota outscored Golden State 29-18 in the fourth quarter to pull away on Friday night.
The Brilliant State Warriors were gradually chipping absent, but the Minnesota Timberwolves never let them get back and put their foot down in the fourth quarter on the way to a 107-90 triumph, their fourth straight, Friday night in San Francisco.
The Wolves (12-10) at one point driven by as numerous as 19 focuses, but their lead was down to 80-77 early in the fourth quarter. At that point Mike Conley bored a corner 3-pointer. Anthony Edwards hit another 3, drew a foul and hit the resulting free throw.
The lead was back to 10, and that was more or less sufficient as both groups battled to make shots down the stretch.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker hit a 3 with fair beneath six minutes to go, which felt like the blade. Edwards, who wrapped up with a game-high 30 focuses, nine helps and four bounce back, hit a jumper the following ownership to make it a 94-79 lead. Another layup, foul and a free toss from Edwards made it an 18-point edge and finished any trusts at a Warriors comeback.
The Wolves outscored the Warriors 29-18 in the fourth quarter.
Rudy Gobert proceeded his torrid extend with 17 focuses, 12 bounce back, an help and a take. Julius Randle wrapped up with 16 focuses, nine bounce back and four helps. Mike Conley had 13 focuses, four helps, four bounce back and four steals.
It wasn't a especially lovely amusement, but that in portion was due to the Wolves proceeding to force their protective will, which has fueled the current win streak. After playing to a 31-31 draw after one quarter of play, Minnesota held the Warriors (13-9) scoreless for a six-minute extend in the moment quarter, building a lead as expansive as 19 focuses. They were getting their hands on passes, driving turnovers and it was a 3 from Edwards that gave them their biggest lead to that point.
The Warriors had 22 turnovers on the night — Minnesota had 12 takes — and the Wolves had 21.
Golden State, driven by future Corridor of Famer Steph Curry, who scored a team-high 23 focuses to go along with four helps and two bounce back, was never going to go absent unobtrusively. The Warriors closed the to begin with half on an 11-2 run to cut their shortfall to 10 at the halftime break, and they kept their force going in the third quarter. But they ran out of gas in the fourth.
The result was the Wolves' fourth straight win, and third in prevailing mold.
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