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Timberwolves-Oklahoma City play-in recap

A quick look at Friday night's rout.

By Chris Hine

April 15, 2023 at 4:20AM

IMPACT PLAYER: Karl-Anthony Towns, Wolves

Towns did what he had to do against a Thunder team that had no good defensive answer for him. He finished with 28 points and 11 rebounds

BY THE NUMBERS

2 Consecutive Wolves playoff berths out of the play-in tournament

29 The Wolves' biggest lead.

7-for-32 Combined shooting for Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Josh Giddey

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Chris Hine

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Chris Hine is the Timberwolves reporter at the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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