Four players scored in double figures for the Timberwolves and Josh Minott had 11 rebounds but they lost 87-75 to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday afternoon at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas in the NBA Summer League.
Wolves fall apart in fourth quarter in NBA Summer League loss to Bucks
Milwaukee scored the first 11 points of the final quarter to open a 13-point lead and cruised to an 87-75 victory over the Timberwolves on Wednesday in the NBA Summer League.
July 14, 2022 at 6:04AM
It was a tight games for three quarters with the lead changing 13 times and the score being tied nine times. Then Milwaukee went on a 11-0 run to start the fourth quarter — making three shots from behind the arc and a dunk — to open a 76-63 lead.
Kevon Harris led the Wolves with 16 points but was only 6-for-15 from the field. Terrell Brown Jr. had 14 points, Wendell Moore Jr., a Dallas first-round pick in this year's draft traded to the Wolves, had 13 and Marial Shayok 11.
Minott, a second-round pick, had six points and three assists besides leading his team in rebounding.
The Wolves shot 35.4% from the field (28-for-79) and 32% on threes (8-for-25).
MarJon Beauchamp led Milwaukee with 19 points, six on two threes in that crucial run to start the fourth. Rajon Tucker added 17 points for the Bucks who shot 45.5% (30-for-66) from the field and 41.7% behind the arc (15-for-36).
Moore's three got the Wolves within 81-73 late but Beauchamp, taken 24th in the first round — two spots ahead of Moore — answered with two threes to halt the rally.
The Wolves (1-2) will play Denver at 9 p.m. Thursday at Cox Pavilion.
After trailing from the first basket to the final 69 ticks, the Timberwolves defeated a Phoenix team that lacked key players but had Devin Booker, who scored 44 points.
