Overview
- Minnesota beat Washington 120-109 as Julius Randle posted 32 points and 10 rebounds, with Naz Reid adding 28 off the bench after the Timberwolves led by as many as 27.
- The Wizards trimmed the deficit to five in the fourth quarter before Minnesota closed it out; Jaden McDaniels sat with a sprained left wrist and Washington’s skid reached 12 games.
- Two nights earlier, the Timberwolves overpowered a short-handed Dallas team 120-96, with Reid delivering a 22-point, 12-rebound double-double to lead six Wolves in double figures.
- Dallas lacked key frontcourt players Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford and also remained without Anthony Davis, contributing to a turnover and rebounding disparity that Minnesota exploited.
- The Wolves are 9-0 against teams with losing records but remain winless versus winning teams, with Anthony Edwards in a recent three-point slump as upcoming tests against Phoenix and Oklahoma City loom.