From the AP recap:
Al Jefferson had 30 points and 12 rebounds, Randy Foye tied a career-high with 26 points—six in the final 1:15—as the Timberwolves rallied back from a 13-point third-quarter deficit for a 99-96 victory on Saturday night.
The Wolves, who beat Sacramento on Friday night, have won consecutive games
for the first time since Feb. 11-14, 2007. It’s the first time they’ve won two
in a row on the same road trip since sweeping a four-game western swing Dec.
2-7, 2005.
for the first time since Feb. 11-14, 2007. It’s the first time they’ve won two
in a row on the same road trip since sweeping a four-game western swing Dec.
2-7, 2005.
Wolves record: 14-48
Travis Heath/Hoopsworld game report
Curtis Zupke/OC Register recap
Star Tribune recap
The Wolves played without Sebastian Telfair, their
starting point guard most of this season, who was sidelined with a
sprained left ankle he suffered Friday night at Sacramento.
starting point guard most of this season, who was sidelined with a
sprained left ankle he suffered Friday night at Sacramento.
With Telfair out for the foreseeable future, Wolves coach Randy Wittman
slid Randy Foye across the backcourt to the point-guard spot in
Saturday’s 99-96 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Wittman put
Marko Jaric back into the starting lineup beside Foye and, with one
man’s misfortune being another man’s opportunity, offered in the
season’s 62nd game life after Kevin Garnett as Foye once envisioned
it’d be.
slid Randy Foye across the backcourt to the point-guard spot in
Saturday’s 99-96 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Wittman put
Marko Jaric back into the starting lineup beside Foye and, with one
man’s misfortune being another man’s opportunity, offered in the
season’s 62nd game life after Kevin Garnett as Foye once envisioned
it’d be.
Foye scored 26 points and had six assists, including hitting the last
two Wolves baskets and two free throws with 2.4 seconds left to secure
the victory.
two Wolves baskets and two free throws with 2.4 seconds left to secure
the victory.
From Jonathan Abrams/LA Times:
Minnesota took a lead shortly into the second quarter, frittered it
away much of the next two quarters and then regained it for good late
in the fourth quarter.
Minnesota took a lead shortly into the second quarter, frittered it
away much of the next two quarters and then regained it for good late
in the fourth quarter.
A night after outlasting the Sacramento Kings, the Timberwolves doubled their road wins in just two nights to four.
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