Wolves hand Mavs 10th straight loss
ANTHONY Edwards bangs in 40 points in leading the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 122-111 victory over the skidding Dallas Mavericks in the NBA regular season.
Photo courtesy of DAVID SHERMAN/Agence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Anthony Edwards condemned the Dallas Mavericks to a 10th consecutive loss — their worst slump since —1998 — scoring 40 points in an ultimately convincing win Friday for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Fresh from winning MVP at last weekend’s National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game in Los Angeles, Edwards also managed six rebounds, while Rudy Gobert scored a double-double, with 22 points and 17 rebounds.
ANTHONY Edwards bangs in 40 points in leading the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 122-111 victory over the skidding Dallas Mavericks in the NBA regular season.
Photo courtesy of DAVID SHERMAN/Agence France-Presse
Down by 18 points in the second quarter, the ailing Mavericks had nearly pulled off an improbable comeback.
Dallas showed resilience to draw level at 103-103 with just under seven minutes to go, only for Edwards to take the game away from them again, with a final score of 122-111.
“We take pride in being able to win clutch games,” said Edwards. “We struggled with that last year.”