Jon Krawczynski

Wolves have no answer for Bane. He's just walking right into the paint and getting whatever he wants.

Finch going small with Naz at the 5 and Jaden at the 4.

Wolves show a little pulse to finish the third. Still a deep hole to climb out of

Wolves finally show a little energy on defense, Rudy steal and a Naz layup. Gonna need a lot more of that.

That's a bad call on Jaden.

Wolves perimeter contain has been really poor. DiVincenzo has been such a driver of great defense lately, but he's getting beaten often

Really bad offensive quarter for the Wolves, falling behind by 10 at half. Edwards was scoreless in the quarter and has 3 fouls.
McDaniels is 0-5, DiVincenzo 0-4 and Randle 2-8.

Three fouls on Ant.

Both teams played about the last 2 minutes with only one starter on the floor. Predictably ragged.

They all see that one time Luka got him.

Edwards has 17 points in 9 minutes.

It's a real battle in the paint. Magic super physical with Rudy.

Anthony Black heading to the locker room. Seems like he's clutching his back.

Will be interesting to see how the Wolves defend Banchero. Big, physical dude. Would be nice to have Kyle Anderson to throw at him for a few possessions as well, but he's out tonight with knee soreness.

It’s not uncommon. I can say that

The Timberwolves are making their charge, right on schedule

It’s not the MVP chants or the Kobe Bryant trophy that have Anthony Edwards saying he’s having the most fun in his life. It’s the connective tissue formulating within the Timberwolves.

Like Beanie Sigel once did, Ant-Man can feel it in the air.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/709...

Wizards’ Juju Reese, younger brother of Angel Reese, collects 20 rebounds (Gift Article) One week ago, Juju Reese was in the G League. On Thursday, he controlled the boards for the NBA's Wizards.

In only his third NBA regular-season game, Juju Reese had a performance of a lifetime. Story in @theathletic.com, free for everyone to read:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/709...

Rudy Gobert: "When we play with that kind of edge, it’s super fun. It’s scary. It feels right. It feels like this is a team that’s hungry for something bigger."

MIN 115, TOR 107
Wolves with a superb second half to win their 5th straight. They are now in 3rd place in the West.
Edwards: 22p, 5-8 3s
Gobert: 18p, 12r, 3b
Randle: 17p, 8r
DiVincenzo: 16p, 5r
Dosunmu: 13p, +25

Darko has pulled the starters. Raptors conceding. This was one of the strongest performances of the season for the Wolves, who will pick up their fifth straight win.

Rockets lose to GSW. Wolves are in 3rd place if they hold on here.

Wolves have only turned it over once in the second half. The lead has ballooned to 14 as a result.

That was the best quarter of basketball the Wolves have played all season. Ball movement, highlight reel finishes, hard-nosed defense against a good team.

Ant pops up after a hard fall. This crowd serenading him with MVP chants. This has been one of the Wolves' best quarters of the season.

Every single game, Donte DiVincenzo makes a hustle play on defense like that. What a winning player.

I wonder how many times Brandon Ingram has his jumper blocked per season? Can't be that many. Guessing Rudy just joined an exclusive club.

That was a really rugged, fun half. Very good minutes from Julius Randle and Ayo Dosunmu.

Wolves gotta cut the turnovers down. They've given it up 11 times.

Ayo is a +17 in 12 minutes so far

Raptors have turned the Wolves over 7 times already and scored 16 points off of them. Hard to do much better than that.

Kyle Anderson dealing early: 3 assists in 4 minutes.