{"id":148212,"date":"2018-01-23T02:08:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T07:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=148212"},"modified":"2018-01-23T02:08:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T07:08:32","slug":"wiggins-carries-timberwolves-to-126-118-win-over-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/23\/wiggins-carries-timberwolves-to-126-118-win-over-clippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiggins carries Timberwolves to 126\u2014118 win over Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Andrew Wiggins (Photo by Jose Garcia – Flickr\uff1aAndrew Wiggins And Aaron Gordon, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Andrew Wiggins scored a season-high 40 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves hung on to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 126-118 on Monday night, snapping their four-game road skid.<\/p>\n

Jeff Teague added 30 points, making 16 of 17 free throws, to help the Wolves win for the seventh time in nine games \u2014 and second in a row without Jimmy Butler, sidelined by a sore right knee.<\/p>\n

Clippers coach Doc Rivers and assistant Mike Woodson were ejected with seven seconds left.<\/p>\n

The Wolves led by five early in the fourth quarter only to have the game devolve into a back-and-forth affair in which neither team led by more than three until the final 2:44.<\/p>\n

That’s when the Wolves pulled away to a 121-114 lead on a 3-pointer by Namanja Bjelica and five straight points by Teague.<\/p>\n

Blake Griffin had a triple-double with 32 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists for the Clippers. But he committed two big turnovers in the closing seconds.<\/p>\n

With Minnesota leading 121-118, Karl-Anthony Towns’ bad pass out of bounds gave the Clippers the ball. But they lost it in a wild scramble on the floor before Griffin regained it only to get called for a double dribble.<\/p>\n

Griffin turned it over again shortly before Rivers and Woodson were tossed out after the Clippers’ bench had been given a technical.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles was limited to one field goal over the final 2:44, when the Clippers made all four free throws.<\/p>\n

Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams led another strong performance by the Clippers’ bench, chipping in with 23 and 20 points, respectively.<\/p>\n

Towns finished with 11 points \u2014 well below his 20.2 average \u2014 and 17 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Milos Teodosic tied it at 111 on a 3-pointer off a pass by Griffin, who got fouled on the next possession and made one of two free throws.<\/p>\n

Led by Griffin’s 12 points, the Clippers erased a 10-point deficit in the third, tying it late on a 3-pointer by Wesley Johnson before Wiggins’ basket sent the Wolves into the fourth leading 92-90.<\/p>\n

TIP-INS<\/p>\n

Timberwolves: Improved to 3-0 against the Clippers this season. … G Jamal Crawford sat out with a sprained left big toe in his second game at Staples Center since leaving the Clippers as a free agent last summer. He played all 82 games last season. \u201cIt’s still sore, but it’s improving,\u201d he said. \u201cI’m hopeful every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clippers: C DeAndre Jordan missed his fifth straight game with a sprained left ankle, but could return soon. His next game will tie Randy Smith (715) for the most in franchise history. … G Austin Rivers (right ankle) sat out his 10th straight game and could be two weeks from returning. … F Danilo Gallinari (left glute) is close to coming back. … G Jawun Evans missed the game with a sore abdominal muscle.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Timberwolves: Visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday in the middle of their three-game western swing.<\/p>\n

Clippers: Host Boston on Wednesday, reuniting Doc Rivers with the team he guided to the 2008 NBA title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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