Timberwolves
Minnesota
Western Conference
Northwest
20
33
53
3554
3556
19
7
37
80
39
49
30
27
90
25
11
36
3
22
8
8
20
112
4
74
12
16
1723
811
47
85
84
99
46
23
69
20
55
03
02
2528
6060
26
13
50
2218
1010
46
98
96
98
78
33
111
01
75
41
15
3029
6060
7
1
14
17
8
47
8
8
100
4
2
6
2
5
0
0
25
60
4
2
50
23
11
48
5
4
80
6
3
9
0
5
3
2
28
60
2
1
50
22
10
45
9
9
100
7
3
10
0
7
4
1
30
60
6
3
50
18
10
56
8
6
75
8
3
11
1
5
1
5
29
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Andrew
Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins
True
37
11
19
58
1
2
50
8
9
89
2
3
5
6
2
1
3
2
31
2
none
Karl-Anthony
Towns
Karl-Anthony Towns
True
36
8
14
57
0
2
0
13
13
100
6
8
14
1
1
2
1
3
29
4
double
Gorgui
Dieng
Gorgui Dieng
True
31
4
8
50
1
1
100
2
2
100
3
6
9
1
2
0
0
4
11
-6
none
Ricky
Rubio
Ricky Rubio
True
20
2
7
29
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
1
1
7
1
0
1
2
5
4
none
Brandon
Rush
Brandon Rush
True
20
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
none
Tyus
Jones
Tyus Jones
False
27
2
6
33
1
4
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
3
5
1
none
Shabazz
Muhammad
Shabazz Muhammad
False
25
8
13
62
2
5
40
4
6
67
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
22
1
none
Lance
Stephenson
Lance Stephenson
False
19
3
7
43
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
1
0
0
1
0
6
5
none
Nemanja
Bjelica
Nemanja Bjelica
False
15
1
3
33
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
3
-1
none
Cole
Aldrich
Cole Aldrich
False
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
none
Kris
Dunn
Kris Dunn
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Jordan
Hill
Jordan Hill
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
10
February
2017
Friday
Target Center
Minneapolis
Pelicans
New Orleans
True
Raptors
Toronto
Eastern Conference
Atlantic
32
22
54
3348
3349
28
11
39
79
42
53
20
14
70
26
10
36
3
19
6
13
22
109
4
69
34
49
2018
1211
60
106
64
60
78
51
129
01
65
02
05
3330
6060
76
31
41
1922
910
47
40
40
100
65
22
87
20
53
04
44
2521
6060
6
3
50
20
12
60
10
6
60
7
5
12
0
6
0
0
33
60
9
4
44
18
11
61
6
4
67
8
1
9
1
5
2
5
30
60
7
3
43
19
9
47
4
4
100
6
2
8
2
5
0
4
25
60
6
1
17
22
10
45
0
0
0
5
2
7
0
3
4
4
21
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
DeMar
DeRozan
DeMar DeRozan
True
37
12
25
48
1
4
25
5
7
71
1
3
4
2
1
0
2
3
30
-2
none
Kyle
Lowry
Kyle Lowry
True
36
6
19
32
4
13
31
4
5
80
2
0
2
5
1
0
3
2
20
-8
none
DeMarre
Carroll
DeMarre Carroll
True
34
7
9
78
5
5
100
0
0
0
1
8
9
2
0
0
1
2
19
-1
none
Jonas
Valančiūnas
Jonas Valančiūnas
True
26
7
7
100
0
0
0
2
2
100
1
4
5
1
0
0
0
2
16
4
none
Pascal
Siakam
Pascal Siakam
True
19
1
2
50
0
0
0
1
4
25
3
2
5
0
0
2
1
3
3
-9
none
Cory
Joseph
Cory Joseph
False
22
1
3
33
0
1
0
2
2
100
0
2
2
5
1
1
2
1
4
1
none
Lucas
Nogueira
Lucas Nogueira
False
21
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
4
2
5
none
Jakob
Pöltl
Jakob Pöltl
False
15
2
2
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
1
1
0
0
1
4
3
none
Terrence
Ross
Terrence Ross
False
13
5
9
56
1
4
25
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
2
11
0
none
Norman
Powell
Norman Powell
False
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
-7
none
Jared
Sullinger
Jared Sullinger
False
6
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
1
0
-1
none
Fred
VanVleet
Fred VanVleet
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Patrick
Patterson
Patrick Patterson
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
12
February
2017
Sunday
Air Canada Centre
Toronto
Pistons
Detroit
True
While the Timberwolves have been up - and - down over the past couple of weeks , Karl-Anthony Towns has been nothing but consistent . Following his 29 - point , 14 - rebound performance in Wednesday 's win over the Raptors , Towns has now recorded a double - double in 11 of his past 12 games . On top of that , over that 12 - game stretch , Towns has been averaging an impressive 29 points and 12 rebounds per game . On the other side , Toronto 's DeMar DeRozan has wasted no time returning to form since coming back from his four - game absence with a lingering ankle injury . After scoring 30 points in Wednesday 's loss , DeRozan has now recorded back - to - back 30 - point games in his return to the floor on 49 percent shooting . Wednesday 's performance marked the 21st time this season that DeRozan has scored at least 30 points as he works to regain his spot in the company of the NBA 's scoring leaders . The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Toronto Raptors , 112 - 109 , on Wednesday at Target Center . The Raptors ( 33 - 22 ) held a fairly comfortable lead for the majority of Wednesday 's contest until a fourth quarter surge from the Timberwolves ( 20 - 33 ) brought the game close down the stretch . And while Minnesota stars Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns shined bright , the hero ultimately ended up being Tyus Jones . Jones , who made a habit of hitting clutch shots in college at Duke , did it on the NBA stage Wednesday night , hitting what would go on to be the game - winning three - pointer with 21 seconds left and the game tied , effectively ending the the Timberwolves ' four - game losing streak . Jones played 27 minutes but finished the game with just five points . Wiggins , on the other hand , scored a game - high 31 points on 11 - of - 19 shooting from the field , while Towns scored 29 points of his own to go along with a game - high 14 rebounds . As for Toronto , DeMar DeRozan had another productive outing in his second game back from injury , scoring a team - high 30 points in 38 minutes . Kyle Lowry added 20 points of his own , while DeMarre Carroll was productive offensively and on the glass , recording 19 points and a team - high nine rebounds in 34 minutes . In the end , the Raptors got great all - around performances from their starting five , but their lack of bench production ultimately prevented them from getting over the hump . Between the six reserves that saw the floor for Toronto on Wednesday , they managed to produce just 20 total points . Up next , the Timberwolves will take on the Pelicans at home Friday , while the Raptors will have off until Sunday when they take on the Pistons .
While the Timberwolves have been up - and - down over the past couple of weeks, Karl-Anthony Towns has been nothing but consistent. Following his 29 - point, 14 - rebound performance in Wednesday's win over the Raptors, Towns has now recorded a double - double in 11 of his past 12 games. On top of that, over that 12 - game stretch, Towns has been averaging an impressive 29 points and 12 rebounds per game. On the other side, Toronto's DeMar DeRozan has wasted no time returning to form since coming back from his four - game absence with a lingering ankle injury. After scoring 30 points in Wednesday's loss, DeRozan has now recorded back - to - back 30 - point games in his return to the floor on 49 percent shooting. Wednesday's performance marked the 21st time this season that DeRozan has scored at least 30 points as he works to regain his spot in the company of the NBA's scoring leaders.
While the Timberwolves have been up - and - down over the past couple of weeks, Karl-Anthony Towns has been nothing but consistent. Following his 29 - point, 14 - rebound performance in Wednesday's win over the Raptors, Towns has now recorded a double - double in 11 of his past 12 games. On top of that, over that 12 - game stretch, Towns has been averaging an impressive 29 points and 12 rebounds per game. On the other side, Toronto's DeMar DeRozan has wasted no time returning to form since coming back from his four - game absence with a lingering ankle injury. After scoring 30 points in Wednesday's loss, DeRozan has now recorded back - to - back 30 - point games in his return to the floor on 49 percent shooting. Wednesday's performance marked the 21st time this season that DeRozan has scored at least 30 points as he works to regain his spot in the company of the NBA's scoring leaders. The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Toronto Raptors, 112 - 109, on Wednesday at Target Center. The Raptors (33 - 22) held a fairly comfortable lead for the majority of Wednesday's contest until a fourth quarter surge from the Timberwolves (20 - 33) brought the game close down the stretch. And while Minnesota stars Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns shined bright, the hero ultimately ended up being Tyus Jones. Jones, who made a habit of hitting clutch shots in college at Duke, did it on the NBA stage Wednesday night, hitting what would go on to be the game - winning three - pointer with 21 seconds left and the game tied, effectively ending the the Timberwolves' four - game losing streak. Jones played 27 minutes but finished the game with just five points. Wiggins, on the other hand, scored a game - high 31 points on 11 - of - 19 shooting from the field, while Towns scored 29 points of his own to go along with a game - high 14 rebounds. As for Toronto, DeMar DeRozan had another productive outing in his second game back from injury, scoring a team - high 30 points in 38 minutes. Kyle Lowry added 20 points of his own, while DeMarre Carroll was productive offensively and on the glass, recording 19 points and a team - high nine rebounds in 34 minutes. In the end, the Raptors got great all - around performances from their starting five, but their lack of bench production ultimately prevented them from getting over the hump. Between the six reserves that saw the floor for Toronto on Wednesday, they managed to produce just 20 total points. Up next, the Timberwolves will take on the Pelicans at home Friday, while the Raptors will have off until Sunday when they take on the Pistons.
<GAME> <DATE> 8 February 2017 <DAY> Wednesday <STADIUM> Target Center <CITY> Minneapolis <HOME> <TEAM> Timberwolves <CITY> Minnesota <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 112 <WINS-LOSSES> 20 33 <QTRS> 25 28 30 29 <TEAM-AST> 22 <3PT> 7 <TEAM-FG> 39 <TEAM-FT> 27 <TEAM-REB> 36 <TEAM-TO> 8 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 10 February 2017 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Target Center <NEXT-CITY> Minneapolis <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> New Orleans <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Pelicans <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <VIS> <TEAM> Raptors <CITY> Toronto <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 109 <WINS-LOSSES> 32 22 <QTRS> 33 30 25 21 <TEAM-AST> 19 <3PT> 11 <TEAM-FG> 42 <TEAM-FT> 14 <TEAM-REB> 36 <TEAM-TO> 13 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 12 February 2017 <NEXT-DAY> Sunday <NEXT-STADIUM> Air Canada Centre <NEXT-CITY> Toronto <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Detroit <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Pistons <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> Andrew Wiggins <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 37 <PTS> 31 <FG> 11 19 58 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 8 9 89 <REB> 5 <AST> 6 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Karl-Anthony Towns <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 29 <FG> 8 14 57 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 13 13 100 <REB> 14 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 6 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Shabazz Muhammad <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 22 <FG> 8 13 62 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 4 6 67 <REB> 2 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gorgui Dieng <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 11 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 9 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Lance Stephenson <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyus Jones <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 6 33 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ricky Rubio <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 7 29 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 7 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nemanja Bjelica <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jordan Hill <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kris Dunn <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Cole Aldrich <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Brandon Rush <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 3 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> DeMar DeRozan <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 37 <PTS> 30 <FG> 12 25 48 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 5 7 71 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kyle Lowry <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 20 <FG> 6 19 32 <FG3> 4 13 31 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 2 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 2 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> DeMarre Carroll <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 19 <FG> 7 9 78 <FG3> 5 5 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 9 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jonas Valančiūnas <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 16 <FG> 7 7 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Terrence Ross <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 13 <PTS> 11 <FG> 5 9 56 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jakob Pöltl <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 2 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Cory Joseph <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Pascal Siakam <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 4 25 <REB> 5 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Lucas Nogueira <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Patrick Patterson <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Fred VanVleet <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jared Sullinger <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 6 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Norman Powell <TEAM> Toronto Raptors <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 6 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none