The Phoenix Suns (24-21) play the final of their homestand against the Minnesota Timberwolves (25-21) on Wednesday.
Anthony Edwards scored 33 points, Julius Randle added 28 and the Minnesota Timberwolves won their fourth straight game by beating the Phoenix Suns 121-113 on Wednesday night.
Minnesota trailed by two in the third quarter Wednesday in Phoenix when Timberwolves coach Chris Finch was ejected after a brief dispute with an official. He exited, and his Wolves emerged. The
Kevin Durant and Anthony Edwards dueled, scoring 33 points each as the Phoenix Suns lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves 121-113 after a second-half collapse.
Timberwolves coach Chris Finch was ejected after his second technical foul during Wednesday's game against the Suns.
The Phoenix Suns couldn’t cover their weaknesses and flaws in Wednesday’s 121-113 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves before a sellout crowd of 17,071 at Footprint Center to end a three-game homestand.
"Obviously I’m a player so I’m trying to play but it’s not up to me,” Dunn said.
Phoenix Suns' Devin Booker is set to play against the Minnesota Timberwolves, while Kevin Durant and Ryan Dunn are questionable due to injuries. The Timberwolves will miss key players Terrence Shannon and Donte DiVincenzo.
It was a fitting way to set the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise record. Anthony Edwards had already tied the franchise record for 3-pointers made all-time that was held by Karl-Anthony Towns.
With less than two minutes left in the game and Minnesota leading 117-106, Grayson Allen clearly kicked an Anthony Edwards pass, but it went uncalled and resulted in an easy dunk for Allen. A Kevin Durant three then cut the deficit to six points, but the Wolves were able to hold on and close it out.
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Kyrie Irving explained how his former teammate and current Suns star Kevin Durant should be proud of getting close to 30000 points.