{"id":478170,"date":"2024-02-13T03:29:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T07:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=478170"},"modified":"2024-02-13T03:29:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T07:29:21","slug":"timberwolves-show-great-defense-to-beat-clippers-121-100","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/timberwolves-show-great-defense-to-beat-clippers-121-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves show great defense to beat Clippers 121-100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the Minnesota Timberwolves secured a decisive 121-100 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in a highly anticipated matchup between two Western Conference powerhouses. Karl-Anthony Towns led the charge with 24 points, complemented by <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/anthony-edwards\/\">Anthony Edwards<\/a>, who contributed 23 points and eight assists.<\/p>\n<p>Rudy Gobert notched an impressive performance with 17 points, 10 rebounds, and four blocked shots, while Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 15 points. The TimberWolves, currently leading the conference, extended their road trip record to 2-1 ahead of the All-Star break.<\/p>\n<p>Jaden McDaniels and Naz Reid chipped in with 11 points each as Minnesota&#8217;s suffocating defense dominated, outscoring the Clippers 40-19 in the pivotal third quarter. Los Angeles struggled, shooting a mere 35 percent from the field during that period.<\/p>\n<p>Despite efforts from Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, who scored 18 points each, and a 17-point contribution from James Harden, the Clippers were unable to overcome Minnesota&#8217;s defensive prowess. The TimberWolves maintained their top spot in the conference by limiting the Clippers to 40.5 percent shooting for the entire game.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Westbrook tallied 11 points, and Ivica Zubac grabbed 11 rebounds for the Clippers, who have now lost two of their last three games. With a final game before the All-Star break scheduled against Golden State on Wednesday, Los Angeles&#8217;s home record dropped to 20-6.<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves set the tone early, securing a 26-17 lead and maintaining a 28-24 advantage by the end of the first quarter. Building on this momentum, Minnesota stretched their lead to 10 points in the second quarter, entering halftime with a 53-49 edge.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Clippers briefly took a 64-62 lead in the third quarter, a dominant 12-1 run by the Timberwolves propelled them to an 89-72 advantage, securing a comfortable lead they maintained until the end.<\/p>\n<p>This victory marked the Timberwolves&#8217; second win over the Clippers in the past month, further solidifying their standing in the Western Conference. The two teams are set to face each other again on March 3 in Minnesota and March 12 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-aGMhEwmROo?si=9VAdIJz6pMWwoSGR\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the Minnesota Timberwolves secured a decisive 121-100 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in a highly anticipated matchup between two Western [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":478171,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17188,17159],"news_category":[16706,14084],"gn_keywords":[18478,18338],"acf":{"announce":"Karl-Anthony Towns led the charge with 24 points, complemented by Anthony Edwards, who contributed 23 points and eight assists","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":478173,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478170\/revisions\/478173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478170"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=478170"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=478170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}