Oklahoma City at Timberwolves
Timberwolves gameday: Thunder rookie Josh Giddey set NBA record in last game
The two teams will play Wednesday at Target Center, then meet again Friday night in Oklahoma City.
January 4, 2022 at 10:56PM
7 p.m. Wednesday, Target Center
TV: BSN Radio: 830-AM
Thunder update: G Josh Giddey, the sixth pick in the 2021 draft from Australia, became the youngest player in NBA history (19 years, 84 days) to record a triple double (17 points, 14 assists, 13 rebounds) in Sunday's 95-86 loss to Dallas. ... The rebuilding Thunder (13-23) is at the bottom of the Northwest Division. ... Coach Mark Daignault is sidelined because of COVID-19. Assistant Mike Wilks will run the team. ... G Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the team with 22.7 points per game. ... Second-leading scorer F Luguentz Dort (knee) is questionable. ... Roseville native Mike Muscala, in his eighth NBA season, averages 6.1 points and 3.2 rebounds.
Wolves update: The 17-20 team could finally be back at full strength as C Karl-Anthony Towns, the team's leading scorer and rebounder, and G D'Angelo Russell are back from the health and safety protocols list and have returned to "competition reconditioning." They are listed as questionable. ... The Wolves, 10-10 in home games, will play at Oklahoma City on Friday night to start a four-game road trip. ... They are 37-87 all-time against the Thunder. ... C Greg Monroe's 10-day contract expires and he will get another one — but from the Wizards, not the Wolves.
The Wolves fell apart in the fourth quarter and have not won in Toronto in two decades.
