The game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Portland Trail Blazers will take place at Target Center on Wednesday, January 4 at 8:00 PM ET.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves will welcome the Portland Trail Blazers to Target Center for an NBA game on Wednesday. The Timberwolves won 124-111 in their last game over the Nuggets. Anthony Edwards scored 29 points, including 15. Jaden McDaniels had 21 points and Kyle Anderson added 19 for Minnesota, which snapped a six-game losing streak and won its fourth in a row against Denver.
With Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic leading the way, the Nuggets made their push early in the third. But Edwards answered the call, scoring 10 of the final 12 points of the quarter to put the Timberwolves back in front for good. “They tell me,” Edwards said of his teammates pushing for him to take control. “Especially this group of guys, they be upfront with me. ‘Hey, it’s time to take over.’ Someone told me going into the third quarter after the first time, ‘Alright, take this game over.’”
The Blazers on the other hand won 135-106 against the Pistons in their last game. Jerami Grant scored 36 points against his former team, Anfernee Simons added 30. Gary Payton II played 14 minutes in his Portland debut, finishing with seven points, four assists and two steals. The son of Hall of Fame guard Gary Payton missed the first 35 games this season following surgery for a core muscle injury and called the rehabilitation process “frustrating.”
He signed with the Trail Blazers as a free agent after winning an NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors last June. “I was tired of watching all my guys out there. The only way I can help out there is playing,” Payton said. “That was the biggest part of the frustration, that I can’t be out there in the moment. Now that I’m here, we had a hell of a game. We were just flying everywhere. The energy is contagious, it just gets everybody going.”
Minnesota Timberwolves: Kyle Anderson, Jaden McDaniels, Rudy Gobert, Anthony Edwards, Jaylen Nowell
Portland Trail Blazers: Jerami Grant, Josh Hart, Jusuf Nurkić, Anfernee Simons, Damian Lillard
Minnesota Timberwolves: Taurean Prince, Naz Reid, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jordan McLaughlin
Portland Trail Blazers: Gary Payton II, Jusuf Nurkic, Justise Winslow, Nassir Little
The game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Portland Trail Blazers will take place at Target Center on Wednesday, January 4 at 8:00 PM ET.
The match between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Portland Trail Blazers will be telecast live on Bally Sports North, Fox Sports North, Root Sports Northwest.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports North, Fox Sports North, Root Sports Northwest. | January 4 (8:00 PM ET) |
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