Atlanta Hawks @ Minnesota Timberwolves
Monday, January 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN | Game ID: 22400656
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIN 28 32 20 20 100ATL 20 23 31 18 92
MINNEAPOLIS -- — Anthony Edwards scored 23 points and Julius Randle added 20 to help the Minnesota Timberwolves hold off the short-handed Atlanta Hawks 100-92 on Monday night.
DeAndre Hunter had a career-high 35 points and Keaton Wallace added 13 for the Hawks, who played without leading scorer and NBA assist leader Trae Young (hamstring) and starters Dyson Daniels (ankle) and Jalen Johnson (shoulder).
Rudy Gobert had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Wolves, who had nine turnovers and just five field goals in the third quarter as Hunter and the Hawks closed the gap to six. Hunter missed a dunk on Gobert with 44 seconds left that would've cut the deficit to four.
Fittingly for this ragged game, a small horn fell from the overhead scoreboard at the end of the first quarter and nearly hit Gobert in the head.
Takeaways Hawks: With Young, Johnson and Daniels accounting for 42% of Atlanta's scoring, this was a valuable opportunity for Hunter in a heightened role against one of the league's best defenses. Hunter had his 17th game with 20-plus points, the most among all reserves in the league.
Timberwolves: Coming off a signature victory in this bumpy season, a 133-104 dominance of Denver on Saturday , the Wolves just had to get through this one without meltdowns or injuries. Key reserve Nickeil Alexander-Walker limped off with a leg injury in the fourth quarter, and they nearly blew a 17-point halftime lead with a lackluster finish.
Key moment Gobert dunked on Onyeka Okongwu and stared him down before lowering his shoulder into the Hawks center. Both players got technical fouls before the feud escalated further.
Key stat Young has averaged 30.6 points over 13 career games versus Minnesota, his second-highest mark against an opponent behind Portland (31.7).
Up next Atlanta hosts Houston on Tuesday. Minnesota visits Phoenix on Wednesday.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MINAE A. Edwards
JM J. McDaniels
JM J. Minott
JR J. Randle
MC M. Conley
NA N. Alexander-Walker
NR N. Reid
RD R. Dillingham
RG R. Gobert
ATLCC C. Capela
DB D. Barlow
DH D. Hunter
DR D. Roddy
GM G. Mathews
KW K. Wallace
KR Krejci
MG M. Gueye
OO O. Okongwu
VK V. Krejčí
ZR Z. Risacher
MIN/ATL 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