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San Antonio Spurs beat Minnesota Timberwolves 121-111 as Victor Wembanyama scores a season-high 43 with 6 blocks
Victor Wembanyama had 43 points, 7 rebounds and 6 blocks, Dylan Harper added 25 and De'Aaron Fox 22 as San Antonio won its fourth straight against a Minnesota team missing Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gobert.
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Victor Wembanyama scored a season-high 43 points with 7 rebounds and 6 blocks, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 121-111 at Frost Bank Center on Saturday, October 31, for their fourth win in a row. San Antonio is 4-2 and Minnesota is 4-3.
Wembanyama made 17 of 34 shots, 3 of 8 threes and 6 of 9 free throws, and added 4 assists. He scored at least 10 points in each of the first three quarters and had 36 going into the fourth. Dylan Harper scored 25 with 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and De’Aaron Fox had 22 on 8-of-10 shooting with 8 rebounds and 7 assists.
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How it turned
San Antonio led 34-28 after the first quarter and 46-35 midway through the second. Minnesota answered with a 21-5 run and went into halftime ahead 61-60.
The Spurs took over from there. They scored the last 6 points of the half and opened the third quarter on a 13-4 run that included a Wembanyama alley-oop dunk and layup, and Harper’s running dunk made it 73-65 with 7:54 left. Wembanyama added two more alley-oop dunks from Stephon Castle, and Fox’s step-back jumper just before the buzzer made it 93-88 after three.
Harper opened the fourth quarter with a three, Wembanyama dunked, and Devin Vassell’s layup made it 100-88. Minnesota got within 105-101 with 6:49 left, but Wembanyama’s running dunk on the next possession got him to 40, and his three with 2:40 left made it 118-107.
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The numbers
The Spurs blocked 9 shots, outrebounded Minnesota 49-38, scored 60 points in the paint and made 25 of 31 free throws. Harper scored 18 of his 25 after halftime. Julian Champagnie added 12 off the bench with 3 threes, and Castle had 4 assists but went 0 of 4. Tobias Harris (calf) did not play.
The Timberwolves’ side
Ayo Dosunmu led Minnesota with 27 points on 11-of-17 shooting and 9 rebounds. Jaden McDaniels and Jonathan Kuminga scored 19 each, and rookie Joan Beringer had 12 and 6 rebounds. LaMelo Ball scored 10 with 8 rebounds in 20 minutes before fouling out on an offensive foul with 3:43 left. The Timberwolves played without Anthony Edwards (knee), Rudy Gobert (back) and Donte DiVincenzo, and shot 9 of 33 from three.
What’s next
The Spurs host the Utah Jazz on Monday, November 2, at 8:30 p.m. ET (3:30 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time). The Timberwolves host the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday, November 2, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time).
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