Timberwolves Hold Off Clippers in Western Conference Tilt
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00:03 Elsewhere around the NBA, a matchup between two of the best teams
00:07 currently in the Western Conference.
00:09 The Clippers entered the Twin Cities last night,
00:11 winners of three in a row and in 18, or excuse me, 17 of their last 20.
00:17 But the good times come to a close in Minneapolis
00:20 as the Timberwolves, Donnie, hold serve on their home floor.
00:24 16-2 in Minneapolis this year for Minnesota.
00:28 Second best home record in the NBA, only behind Boston.
00:32 Second best winning percentage in the NBA, also only behind the Seas.
00:37 109-105, the T-Wolves get a win.
00:40 Yeah, you can't be great every night if you're the Clippers.
00:42 Love what they've been doing here since that rough start to the season.
00:45 They're still 25-14, but Paul George in that game only 16 points.
00:48 James Harden going 4-14 from the floor, only giving you 14 points in that game.
00:53 Edwards, well over 30 points here.
00:55 That's what you're supposed to do.
00:56 If you want to win the Western Conference, even though these games you talk about,
00:59 "Oh, man, it's only January. What's the big deal here?"
01:01 We'll see it later in the playoffs.
01:02 No, you rack these up and you file them away in your brain by saying,
01:05 "Yeah, remember that time where it was a close game?
01:07 They charged in the fourth quarter, scored 37 points,
01:09 but we still held them off for a victory here."
01:11 You need as many of these wins as possible because, quite frankly,
01:14 you don't know if you even need that at the end of the season
01:17 in some of those tie-breaking scenarios.
01:18 Nice win for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
01:20 And again, you can't bring your A game every single night.
01:22 Two out of the big three here for the Clippers didn't do that.
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