Timberwolves 141-124 Spurs (9 Mar. 2025) Game Recap

Minneapolis-Anthony Edwards scored 25 points on 10-for-15 shooting to lead Minnesota Timberwolves past San Antonio Spurs 141-124 Sunday night for their fifth win in a row and highest score this season.

Naz Reid had 20 points and seven rebounds, and Julius Randle added 14 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds for Timberwolves, who never drew on the way to a season-best eight games over the .500 brand (37-29).

Jaden McDaniels added 16 points, one of eight players to Minnesota scores in double digits including Rudy Gobert (16 points and eight rebounds in 20 minutes) in his return from an injury. Timberwolves matched their season high with 38 assists and went 21 for 42 from 3-point reach, a shortly after their season best for brands.

De’Aaron Fox scored 22 points on 8-for-12 shooting and Stephon Castle added 20 points for Spurs (26-36), which fell to 3-7 ago Star Center Victor Wembanyama was excluded for the rest of the season with a blood clot in the shoulder.

Takeaways

Spurs: Castle, who was drafted the fourth gathered last year from two-time national champion Connecticut, has shone off the bench down the stretch of his rookie season. He is number two in points, third in stealing and fourth in assists among first -year players in the NBA this season.

Timberwolves: All five teams they have beaten under the strip have lost records, a remarkable achievement in itself, considering their matches in recent seasons against fighting teams. Nine of their last 16 games are against losing teams.

Keying moment

Donte Divincenzo found Jaylen Clark for a 3-Pointer on the wing to finish a break to a 109-94 lead at the buzzer to hood a 41-point third quarter matching Minnesota’s third highest quarter this season.

Key State

Timberwolves had 30 second chance.

Up next

Spurs host Dallas Monday and Timberwolves will play on Denver on Wednesday.

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