Dropping a season-high 40 points in the Wolves win over the Rockets, Karl-Anthony Towns ties Kevin Love for the most 40-point games in organization history.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves have been playing some incredible basketball this season, and only 40 games into their season, have won more games than they did in the 2019-2020 campaign. Behind the star trio of Karl-Anthony Towns, D’Angelo Russel, Anthony Edwards, Minnesota might actually have a shot at making the postseason for only the 2nd time in nearly two decades.
On Sunday night, the Wolves had yet another incredible performance. Playing their 2nd game of the 4-game road trip, Chris Finch’s boys had absolutely no difficulties in grabbing a huge 141-123 win in a high-scoring battle.
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KAT put on yet another stellar performance leading his squad to their 4th straight victory. The Dominican big man recorded 40 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists on a 60/67/75 shooting split.
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Minnesota head coach seemed very pleased with his star’s performance. Lauding him for his season-best performance, Finch said:
“He’s an All Star-caliber player, All-NBA-caliber player. He’s having an All Star year. All season, you just give him the ball and count on him to get bucket.”
NBA Twitter applauds Karl-Anthony Towns for tying the franchise record for the most 40-point games
With his 10th career 40-point game, Towns now ties Kevin Love for the most number of 40-point games in Timberwolves history.
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As soon as the stat went viral on social media, NBA Twitter blew up with reactions.
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