Minnesota puts clamps on Kings, gets key win

Jaden McDaniels helped make up for the absence of Karl-Anthony Cities with a team-high 20 factors, Minnesota held the Sacramento Kings to a season-low 5 3-pointers, and the Timberwolves moved into sixth place within the Western Convention standings with a 119-115 street victory Monday evening.

Even with Cities given the sport off to relaxation on the second evening of a back-to-back, all 5 Minnesota starters scored in double figures, propelling the Timberwolves (39-37) to a fourth consecutive win.

Coming off a 99-96 win at Golden State on Sunday, the Timberwolves moved right into a tie with the Warriors for sixth within the West, with Minnesota at present proudly owning the tiebreaker as a result of a greater convention report. They cut up their season sequence 2-2.

De’Aaron Fox had a game-high 29 factors, Domantas Sabonis scored 24 and Harrison Barnes added 19 for the Kings (45-30), who misplaced for the third time of their final 5 outings to fall 2 1/2 video games behind the Memphis Grizzlies of their battle for the No. 2 seed within the West.

The Timberwolves led simply 101-99 with 7:02 remaining earlier than making the important thing push of the sport, getting two hoops and an help from Mike Conley, two baskets from McDaniels, a layup and three assists from Rudy Gobert, a 3-pointer from Anthony Edwards and two assists from Kyle Anderson in a staff effort that produced a 13-5 run that opened a 10-point lead on the 3:52 mark.

The Kings bought no nearer than 4 the remainder of the way in which.

Gobert and Anderson each completed with double-doubles for Minnesota, Gobert with 16 factors and a game-high 16 rebounds, Anderson with 15 factors and a game-high 11 assists.

Naz Reid and Jaylen Nowell got here off the bench so as to add 18 and 14 factors, respectively, whereas Anderson scored 17 and Conley added 16, serving to Minnesota take the season sequence 3-1.

Sabonis accomplished a double-double for Sacramento with a team-high 10 rebounds earlier than fouling out, whereas Fox collected a team-high six assists.

Kevin Huerter had 13 factors and Malik Monk 12 in supporting roles for the Kings, who shot simply 5-for-27 on 3-pointers. Sacramento had made at the very least eight from past the arc in every of its first 74 video games.

–Area Degree Media