Anthony Edwards scored 13 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter Wednesday night as the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves came back to defeat the Toronto Raptors 128-126.
Reserve Bones Hyland added 20 points as Minnesota rallied with a 12-2 run in the last 3 1/2 minutes.
Jaden McDaniels scored 19 points, Naz Reid contributed 17 points off the bench, Julius Randle tallied 17 points and Donte DiVincenzo scored 15 points for the Timberwolves, who have won five of their past six. Rudy Gobert logged 10 points and 12 rebounds.
The Timberwolves had lost on their 20 previous trips to Toronto.
Brandon Ingram scored 25 points and Immanuel Quickley scored 23 for the Raptors, who have split the opening two games of a five-game homestand.
Toronto’s Scottie Barnes added 22 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 14 points while RJ Barrett and Collin Murray-Boyles each scored 13.
The Raptors led by 10 points entering the fourth quarter, but Minnesota soon reduced that to three points when Reid drained a 3-pointer with 8:25 to play.
The Timberwolves were down 113-111 after Randle’s layup with 5:40 to go, and Edwards made a free throw to cut the margin to one.
Minnesota led by one after a steal and a running dunk by Edwards with two minutes to play. The Timberwolves’ advantage reached four with 1:04 remaining on Edwards’ fadeaway jumper. Another Edwards steal set up a McDaniels’ dunk with 15.4 seconds left, and Minnesota was up by five.
Toronto led 35-32 after a free-wheeling first quarter.
Minnesota opened the second quarter with an 8-3 burst capped by Hyland’s consecutive 3-pointers.
The Raptors responded with an 11-0 run to lead 49-40 after a Barrett three-point play. Toronto stretched the lead to 11 with 5:30 to go against Minnesota’s indifferent defending on four straight points by Murray-Boyles.
Quickley finished the first half with a 3-pointer to push the lead to 72-59.
The Raptors kept up their fast pace and scored the first five points of the third quarter. Edwards made a three-point play with 6:10 to play, shrinking the gap to eight as Minnesota improved at getting back on defense.
Toronto went up by 16 when Barnes banked in a floater with 1:12 remaining in the third. Reid finished the period with back-to-back 3-pointers, cutting the Raptors’ lead to 104-94.
–Field Level Media
