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02/22 20:50 CST Tyrese Maxey scores 39 and 76ers hit 21 3-pointers in 135-108
win over Timberwolves
Tyrese Maxey scores 39 and 76ers hit 21 3-pointers in 135-108 win over
Timberwolves
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- Tyrese Maxey had 39 points and eight assists, VJ Edgecombe
made a career-high six 3-pointers and finished with 24 points, and the
Philadelphia 76ers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 135-108 on Sunday night to
snap a four-game losing streak --- all by double figures.
Maxey made 16 of 28 shots from the field and hit four of Philadelphia's 21
3-pointers. Quentin Grimes had 19 points, which included five 3s, and seven
assists. Kelly Oubre Jr. added 18 points and four steals.
Coming off a 126-111 defeat Saturday night at New Orleans, the Sixers were
again without center Joel Embiid, who missed his third straight game since the
All-Star break due to right shin soreness. Embiid also sat out three of the
last five games going into the break with soreness in his right knee.
Minnesota had its three-game win streak snapped. Anthony Edwards scored 19 of
his 28 points in the first half for the Timberwolves. Jaden McDaniels added 19
and Julius Randle scored 18.
Naz Ried (shoulder soreness) did not play for Minnesota, and Rudy Gobert served
a one-game suspension for accumulating too many flagrant fouls. Gobert, the
four-time NBA defensive player of the year, will be suspended two games for
each additional flagrant foul this season.
Joan Beringer, a 6-foot-11 center, made his first career start for the
Timberwolves. Picked No. 17 overall in the 2025 draft, Beringer had two points
and three fouls in five first-half minutes. Ayo Dosunmu started the third
quarter in Beringer's place and finished with 12 points.
Grimes hit a 3-pointer and then found a cutting Adem Bona for a dunk before
Maxey drained a fadeaway jumper and a 3 to cap a 10-2 run that made it 35-26 at
the end of the first quarter. Philadelphia led the rest of the way.
Up next
76ers: Wrap up a three-game trip Tuesday at Indiana.
Timberwolves: Play at Portland on Tuesday.
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