Timberwolves-Golden State game preview: Warriors coming off unusual loss

The Warriors blew a 21-point lead and lost to the visiting Mavericks on Sunday.

March 1, 2022 at 3:08AM
Guard Steph Curry, coming off an MVP performance in the recent All-Star Game, leads the Warriors in scoring at 25.7 points per game. (Jeff Chiu, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Warriors at Timberwolves

7 p.m., Target Center BSN, 830-AM

Game preview: A battle of teams that love shooting threes. The Wolves lead the league in three-point attempts and are third in makes, and Golden State is third in attempts and second in makes. ... The Warriors (43-18) have the second-best record in the NBA and are starting a four-game road trip. ... They blew a 21-point lead in a 107-101 loss Sunday to visiting Dallas when the Mavs reeled off a 26-1 run in the fourth quarter. ... Scoring leaders are All-Star guards Steph Curry (25.7 points per game) and Andrew Wiggins (17.6). ... F Draymond Green (back) and G Klay Thompson (illness) are out; F Andre Iguodala (back) is questionable. ... The Wolves defeated the Cavaliers 127-122 in Cleveland on Tuesday, behind D'Angelo Russell's 25 points. The Wolves are 18-11 at home.

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Chris Miller supervises coverage of professional sports teams. He has been at the Star Tribune since 1999 and is a former sports editor of the Duluth News-Tribune and the Mesabi Daily News.

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