MONDAY’s NBA GAME

Timberwolves 110, Trail Blazers 109

MINNEAPOLIS

Karl-Anthony Towns had 34 points and 12 rebounds and Minnesota snapped Portland’s six-game winning streak. Andrew Wiggins scored 29 points and Ricky Rubio had 11 points, 16 assists and seven rebounds for the Timberwolves, who bounced back from an ugly home loss to Sacramento that eliminated them from postseason contention on Saturday. Damian Lillard scored 25 points for Portland, but had a rough shooting night. He made just 7 of 21 shots, including 3 of 11 3-pointers, and his potential game-winning pull-up jumper at the buzzer glanced off the rim. The Blazers lead Denver by 11/2 games in the race for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. C.J. McCollum struggled as well, scoring 17 points on 5-for-14 shooting and 0 for 3 on 3s. Al-Farouq Aminu scored 20 points and Maurice Harkless had 17 points and eight rebounds.

Associated Press