Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder (20-46) took on Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves (38-29) in part of the Wednesday NBA slate. It was the T-Wolves winning in this one with 132-102 being the final score.
Despite being without Anthony Edwards for a variety of recent games, the Timberwolves have continued to win. In fact, they entered this matchup with a five-game winning streak, and, of course, extend it to six.
Malik Beasley led the way with a staggering 33 points shooting 11-17 (64.7%) from the floor and from beyond the arc. Yes, you read that, all of his shot attempts were 3-pointers. Minnesota as a whole shot 22-52 (42.3%) on 3-point looks on the night.
It has been another losing for the Thunder as they continue to build for the long-term. Lately, they’ve dealt with tons of injuries to key players and recently, Luguentz Dort was ruled out for the rest of the season.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been scoring at an elite level as of late, but he was limited to a poor eight points on 2-15 (13.3%) shooting from the floor in this Thunder vs Timberwolves matchup.
The expectations for this Thunder vs Timberwolves matchup was that it was most likely would end as a double-figure win for Minnesota. Oklahoma City just doesn’t have enough talent available to play.
The focus for the Minnesota Timberwolves remains to do what they can to catch the Denver Nuggets for sixth in the Western Conference despite knowing it’s probably out reach.
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