Anthony Edwards recorded 36 factors and 9 rebounds because the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the host Phoenix Suns 126-109 on Friday night time to take a 3-Zero playoff sequence lead for the primary time in franchise historical past.
Rudy Gobert added 19 factors and 14 rebounds and Karl-Anthony Cities added 18 factors and 13 boards for third-seeded Minnesota. Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 12 of his 16 factors within the third quarter, Mike Conley had 15 factors and 7 assists and Naz Reid added 13 factors for the Timberwolves.
Bradley Beal scored 28 factors, Devin Durant added 25 and Devin Booker registered 23 factors and eight assists for the sixth-seeded Suns. Eric Gordon added 11 factors.
Sport Four of the best-of-seven first-round Western Convention sequence is Sunday night time at Phoenix.
Edwards scored 18 factors within the ultimate quarter. He has seven profession postseason performances of 30 or extra factors, tying Kevin Garnett for the franchise document.
No staff has recovered from a 3–Zero playoff deficit in NBA historical past. Phoenix went 3–Zero in opposition to the Timberwolves within the common season with a median profitable margin of 15.7 factors.
Minnesota shot 49.Four p.c from the ground on Friday, together with 13 of 34 from 3-point vary.
The Suns linked on 46.1 p.c of their photographs and had been 11 of 28 from behind the arc. Grayson Allen sat out for Phoenix.
Phoenix trailed 97–73 after Edwards made the primary basket within the fourth quarter for the Timberwolves.
The Suns responded. Beal helped Phoenix lower the deficit in half when he made a 3-pointer to tug the Suns inside 104–92 with 7:17 to go.
However Minnesota fought off the comeback try and pushed the lead again to the 20. Gobert scored and break up two free throws after Josh Okogie was referred to as for a flagrant foul 2 on the play with 2:54 left, rising the result in 119–99.
Alexander-Walker made 4 3-pointers within the third quarter when the Timberwolves outscored Phoenix 36–20.
Cities scored consecutive baskets to start out the third as Minnesota held a 63–53 lead.
Conley and Cities drained back-to-back 3-pointers a short while later to make it 69–58 with 8:09 remaining. After Booker scored for the Suns, Alexander-Walker buried two 3-pointers in lower than a minute because the Timberwolves elevated the result in 75–60.
Alexander-Walker linked on one other trey to make it 83-64 with 4:53 left within the quarter. Reid hit a nook 3-point to push the result in 20 with 3:39 remaining.
Alexander-Walker's ultimate 3-pointer of the quarter got here with 1:31 left and was adopted by Reid's dunk as Minnesota took a 95–73 lead into the ultimate stanza.
Edwards scored 16 first-half factors to assist the Timberwolves maintain a 59–53 halftime lead. Durant scored 14 within the half for Phoenix.
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