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Golden State Warriors hold off Minnesota Timberwolves 119-114 as Stephen Curry scores a season-high 44

Stephen Curry scored 44, including 17 points in just over three minutes of the second quarter, as Golden State survived a late Minnesota rally without Anthony Edwards.

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Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors at the free-throw line during his 44-point game against the Minnesota TimberwolvesStephen Curry during his 44-point night in Minnesota. Photo credit: NBA / X video still.

Stephen Curry scored a season-high 44 points, rookie Yaxel Lendeborg added 26, and the Golden State Warriors held off the Minnesota Timberwolves 119-114 at Target Center on Wednesday, October 28. Golden State led by 24 early in the third quarter and had to survive three Minnesota three-point tries in the final 13.4 seconds. The Warriors have won two straight after an 0-3 start and are 2-3. The Timberwolves are 3-2 after back-to-back losses.

Curry shot 11-of-27, made 6 of 16 threes and all 16 of his free throws, with 8 rebounds and 6 assists in 32 minutes. Minnesota played its first game without Anthony Edwards, who is set for a cleanup procedure on his right knee, and was also without Donte DiVincenzo.

How it turned

The game was tied at 17 midway through the first quarter before Lendeborg’s layup and three started a Golden State push, and the Warriors led 30-23 after one. Curry then took over the second quarter. With Golden State up 30-29, he scored 17 points in just over three minutes, hitting five threes, the last from 31 feet, to make it 51-38. He finished the quarter with 19 points, and the Warriors led 64-48 at halftime.

Video: NBA / X.

Golden State opened the third quarter on a 9-2 run, capped by Curry’s step-back three and two free throws, for a 73-50 lead with 9:16 left in the period. Minnesota’s bench answered. Bones Hyland, Trey Lyles, Jaylen Clark and Joan Beringer helped cut the deficit to 93-81 after three quarters.

Brandon Williams’ three-point play put the Warriors up 103-87 with 8:45 to play, but Minnesota outscored Golden State 14-6 over the next five minutes to make it 109-101 with 3:21 left. Georges Niang’s layup off a Curry pass, Curry’s own layup and Lendeborg’s running dunk on another Curry assist pushed the lead back to 115-104 with 2:16 to go. Ayo Dosunmu’s three with 32.2 seconds left cut it to 116-112. Jaden McDaniels then missed three-point attempts at 13.4, 9.3 and 3.2 seconds, and Curry closed it with two free throws with 0.1 seconds left.

Video: NBA / X.

The numbers

Lendeborg shot 11-of-20 with 9 rebounds but committed 7 turnovers. Williams scored 11 off the bench, and Draymond Green had 3 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Golden State went 30-of-37 from the free-throw line to Minnesota’s 19-of-27, outrebounded the Timberwolves 53-42 and scored 54 points in the paint.

Minnesota’s side

Jonathan Kuminga scored 20 points against his former team, McDaniels and Terrence Shannon Jr. had 19 each, and Dosunmu added 17 with 4 steals. LaMelo Ball shot 3-of-11 and finished with 8 points and 8 assists, and Rudy Gobert had 1 point in 20 minutes. Minnesota made 15 threes but needed 45 attempts.

What’s next

The Warriors host the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday, October 30, at 10 p.m. ET (5 a.m. Saturday Cairo time). The Timberwolves host the LA Clippers on Friday at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Saturday Cairo time).

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