Minnesota Timberwolves @ LA Clippers
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 10:30 PM ET
Intuit Dome, Inglewood, CA | Game ID: 22400324
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAC 14 18 18 30 80MIN 33 26 27 22 108
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Julius Randle scores 20 points as Timberwolves cruise to 108-80 victory over Clippers
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- — Julius Randle scored 16 of his 20 points in the first quarter, Anthony Edwards added 16 and the Minnesota Timberwolves rolled to a 108-80 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.
Randle had all of his points in the first half, including four 3-pointers, to help Minnesota win its third straight after losing four in a row. The Timberwolves were up by 27 at halftime and their largest lead was 41 in the second half.
Bones Hyland led the Clippers with 18 points, including a season-high five 3-pointers. Derrick Jones Jr . scored 14 points.
The Clippers had their nine-game home winning streak snapped.
Takeaways Timberwolves: Josh Minott came off the bench to score 13 points. The Timberwolves had a 32-8 advantage in fast-break points, including 20-0 in the first half.
Clippers: LA fell to 3-3 on the second night of a back-to-back, and is at 8-4 in back-to-backs overall.
Key moment The Clippers had a 10-9 lead before the Timberwolves took control with an 18-4 run during a nearly four-minute span during the first quarter. Randle scored eight points during the spurt and Randle added five.
Key stat With the Lakers' 41-point loss at Miami earlier Wednesday, it is only the second time both Los Angeles teams have lost by 25 points or more when playing the same night according to Sportradar. The other was April 18, 2005, when the Clippers lost by 25 to Houston, and Golden State beat the Lakers by 27.
Up next The Timberwolves are at Golden State on Friday night. The Clippers host Houston on Sunday night.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LACAC A. Coffey
BH B. Hyland
CC C. Christie
DJ D. Jones Jr.
IZ I. Zubac
JH J. Harden
JM J. Miller
KD K. Dunn
KJ K. Jones
MB M. Bamba
NB N. Batum
TF T. Flowers
MINAE A. Edwards
DD D. DiVincenzo
DN D. Nix
JM J. McDaniels
JM J. Minott
JR J. Randle
LG L. Garza
MC M. Conley
NA N. Alexander-Walker
NR N. Reid
PD P. Dozier
RG R. Gobert
TS T. Shannon Jr.
LAC/MIN the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur