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Minnesota Timberwolves beat Orlando Magic 115-93 with seven players in double figures and a 61-43 rebounding edge
The Timberwolves never trailed in a 115-93 win over the Magic. A 21-5 third-quarter run broke it open, seven players scored in double figures and Minnesota out-rebounded Orlando 61-43 to move to 2-0.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Orlando Magic 115-93 at Kia Center on Friday, October 23, with seven players in double figures and a 61-43 edge on the boards. Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels scored 15 each, and Minnesota is 2-0. The Magic are 0-2.
Edwards shot only 5-of-23, but no one else needed to carry the load. Rudy Gobert had 14 points and 9 rebounds on 6-of-8 shooting, Ayo Dosunmu had 14 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds off the bench, Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 13 and LaMelo Ball had 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
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How it turned
Minnesota never trailed. It led 26-20 after one quarter and 57-45 at halftime. Orlando got within 60-52 on a Jalen Suggs layup with 9:38 left in the third, and then the Timberwolves took over. Gobert, McDaniels and Dosunmu scored, Edwards hit a 25-foot three off a Ball pass, and Ball made one of his own off an Edwards assist. Joan Beringer’s running dunk off a Dosunmu feed capped a 21-5 run that made it 81-57.
Trey Lyles added a three and a pullup jumper late in the quarter, and Minnesota led 86-60 going into the fourth. The lead reached 26. Orlando won the fourth quarter 33-29 with the game decided.
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The numbers
Minnesota had 22 offensive rebounds. Beringer grabbed 9 rebounds, 7 of them offensive, in his minutes off the bench, and Jonathan Kuminga had 11 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Ball was a plus-17.
Orlando’s side
Wendell Carter Jr. scored 20 on 8-of-9 shooting, 15 of them in the fourth quarter. Franz Wagner had 18 points but 6 turnovers, and he was called for a flagrant 1 on Dosunmu with 3:31 left. Paolo Banchero and Suggs scored 14 each. Desmond Bane had 5 points on 2-of-11 shooting and 1-of-9 from three, and the Magic made 8 of 39 threes as a team.
What’s next
Both teams play on Sunday, October 25, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Monday Cairo time). The Timberwolves host the Toronto Raptors, and the Magic visit the New York Knicks.
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