Buxton hit a solo homer in the fourth inning and scored three times. Luis Arraez drove in three runs, and Ryan Jeffers hit his first home run of the season for Minnesota, which has won three in a row.
Karl-Anthony Towns rebounded from two rough games with a career playoff-best 33 points and 14 rebounds, helping the Minnesota Timberwolves pull out a 119-118 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. The Timberwolves moved past their Game 3 collapse and evened the first-round series at 2-2.
Minnesota established all-time bests with its 50th win and 107 points. The Wild are 12-0-1 in the past 13 home games, tying a team record for consecutive points.
Desmond Bane made seven 3-pointers and had 26 points and the Memphis Grizzlies overcame a 26-point deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 104-95 on Thursday night for a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.
Wally and Eric talk with Cathy about the Wild's playoff run, sports reviving a sagging downtown Minneapolis and the Wild's chances against the Blue Jays.
The conference announced Wednesday that the women’s tournament will be held at Target Center in 2023 and 2024 and the men’s tournament will be played there in 2024.
Ja Morant scored 23 points and handed out 10 assists as the Memphis Grizzlies looked much more like the team that posted the NBA’s second-best record, routing the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-96 to even up their first-round Western Conference series at 1 apiece.
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