Edwards caps 39-point performance with unlikely 3 as Timberwolves hold off Celtics 119-115 – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 39 factors, together with an unlikely 3-pointer that sealed the sport, and the Minnesota Timberwolves held off the Boston Celtics 119-115 on Saturday.

Julius Randle had 16 factors and Donte DiVincenzo added 15 for the Timberwolves, who put six gamers in double figures and beat a crew with a .500 or higher report for the primary time in eight tries this season.

Jaylen Brown tied a season excessive with 41 factors for Boston, which misplaced for simply the second time in seven video games. Neemias Queta tied a profession greatest with 19 factors and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds. Derrick White scored 16.

With the Timberwolves forward 115-112 and the shot clock winding down, Edwards briefly misplaced his dribble however rapidly picked up the ball and lofted a 3-point prayer over White that went in with 14 seconds left.

Edwards, averaging 38.5 factors over his final 4 video games, scored 9 straight to present Minnesota a 110-98 lead with 3:52 to play. That included a sequence during which Rudy Gobert grabbed a rebound of Edwards’ miss and fed DiVincenzo, who rapidly zipped a cross to the reducing Edwards.

However then Brown, who made a season-high 17 photographs, scored 5 factors and Queta had three in a 12-0 Celtics run to tie it with 1:38 remaining.

Edwards scored seven factors and Terrence Shannon Jr. 5 in a 24-12 third-quarter spurt that propelled Minnesota to a 94-92 lead heading to the fourth.

Listed as questionable on the crew’s harm report as a result of low again spasms, Brown scored 27 factors within the first half — 19 within the first quarter — and Boston led 69-59 on the break.

Brown grew to become the primary participant within the play-by-play period to report at the very least 27 factors, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and three steals within the first half.