GAME RECAP
Impact player
Karl-Anthony Towns, Wolves
He scored 14 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter and also had 12 rebounds as the Wolves ended the Trail Blazers' six-game winning streak.
BY THE Numbers
10-0 The Wolves' record in their past 10 one-point games. It's the NBA's longest such winning streak in one-point games in the past 20 years.
49 Shots for Towns and Andrew Wiggins combined.
0 Assists for Towns and Wiggins combined.
56-36 The Wolves' edge in points in the paint.
KENT YOUNGBLOOD
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