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76ers vs. Timberwolves: Score, Highlights, Reaction from 2016 Regular Season
- Updated: November 18, 2016
Thursday night’s clash between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers was billed as a battle of some of the league’s brightest up-and-coming stars, but it proved to be a one-sided affair.
In a showdown headlined by Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns and Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, the Timberwolves shrugged off the Sixers at Target Center, 110-86, to move to 4-7 on the season. The loss dropped the Sixers to 2-10.
Towns and Andrew Wiggins paced the Timberwolves offense, and the Sixers had no solution for the duo’s scoring savvy.
In addition to recording 10 rebounds, the 2015 No. 1 overall pick finished with 25 points on 12-of-18 shooting, including a monster fourth-quarter dunk:
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Wiggins posted a game-high 35 points, 10 rebounds and four assists while going 14-of-20 from the floor and 3-of-6 from three-point range.
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Wiggins has topped 25 points in eight of 11 games this season after crossing that threshold 21 times last season, and the Washington Post’s Tim Bontemps took note of his polished three-point stroke as the points continued to pile up:
If Andrew Wiggins can keep shooting threes anywhere like he has been (even if he won’t stay above 50 percent), Minnesota will be in business
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) November 18, 2016
Sports Illustrated’s Rob Mahoney provided some more insight regarding Wiggins’ evolution as a go-to scorer:
It’s like we’re seeing Big Game Andrew Wiggins/Superstar Matchup Andrew Wiggins every night now. Great focus and real refinement.
— Rob Mahoney (@RobMahoney) November 18, 2016
Embiid countered with 10 points on …
