Stephen Curry, Buddy Hield and Jonathan Kuminga mixed for 77 factors, Gary Payton II made two massive defensive performs and the Golden State Warriors held the Minnesota Timberwolves scoreless over the ultimate 4:46 of a 114-106 victory on Sunday night time in San Francisco.
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Curry completed with a game-high 30 factors, Hield went for 27 and Kuminga added 20 for the Warriors, who avenged a 107-90 loss to the Timberwolves on Friday with simply the second win of their previous eight video games.
After every staff held double-digit leads over the course of the competition, the Timberwolves used a 3-pointer from Anthony Edwards to go up 106-105 with 4:47 remaining within the fourth quarter. However Minnesota did not rating once more, lacking its remaining 9 pictures from the sphere and a pair of free throws.
Kuminga gave the hosts the lead for good on a dunk off a Curry help with 2:55 left.
Edwards then missed consecutive 3-pointers, the primary of which may have put Minnesota again on high, and the second, following two Curry free throws, may have cast a tie.
Down 109-106, the Timberwolves had two different possessions to chop the deficit or tie the sport, however Payton put his defensive brilliance on full show, blocking a Nickeil Alexander-Walker layup earlier than stealing an Edwards cross.
Hield doubled the margin, making it 112-106 with a 3-pointer with 57.7 seconds remaining, and Draymond Inexperienced capped the scoring with a dunk with 28.3 seconds to go.
Edwards contributed six misses to the Timberwolves’ 0-for-9 end. He nonetheless led Minnesota with 27 factors to go together with a team-high six assists.
Alexander-Walker had 19 factors off the bench for Minnesota, which noticed a four-game successful streak come to an finish. Julius Randle , who accomplished a double-double with a game-high 11 rebounds, Mike Conley and Naz Reid additionally scored in double figures for the guests.
Complementing a game-high eight assists, Curry did half of his scoring on a 5-for-11 displaying from deep, whereas a majority of Hield’s level whole got here on 7-for-13 capturing from past the arc.
Kevon Looney contributed 12 factors and a team-high 9 rebounds to the win, which was Golden State’s first in its previous six conferences with the Timberwolves.
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