Bucks vs Timberwolves: LaMelo Ball Scores 34 as Minnesota Beats Milwaukee 112-100
Ball hit six threes in his best game of the season, Minnesota won the fourth quarter 32-24, and the Bucks' third straight loss dropped them to 1-6.
The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Milwaukee Bucks 112-100 on Monday night at Target Center, closing the game with a 32-24 fourth quarter after Milwaukee had rallied to within a point at halftime. Minnesota improved to 5-3; Milwaukee, at 1-6, has lost three straight and six of its first seven.
LaMelo Ball was the difference: 34 points on 12-of-21 shooting with six three-pointers, his best performance of the season, Reuters reported. Ayo Dosunmu added 19 points and a season-high 12 rebounds, Jaden McDaniels scored 13, and Rudy Gobert finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds as Minnesota played without Terrence Shannon Jr., who missed the game with a left hip contusion, and with Anthony Edwards still out.
Tyler Herro led Milwaukee with 21 points, but the Bucks' 17 turnovers became 20 Minnesota points, the Journal Sentinel reported. Milwaukee's best stretch was the second quarter, a 29-19 run that cut a 29-18 first-quarter deficit to one at the half - before Minnesota opened the fourth on an 11-3 run and put the game away.
