{"id":495628,"date":"2025-12-24T11:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T15:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/summary-knicks-waste-40-points-by-karl-anthony-towns-against-minnesota\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T11:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T15:58:32","slug":"summary-knicks-waste-40-points-by-karl-anthony-towns-against-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/basketball\/summary-knicks-waste-40-points-by-karl-anthony-towns-against-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary: Knicks Waste 40 Points by Karl-Anthony Towns Against Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n<strong>LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP).\u2013<\/strong> Despite a stellar performance by Dominican Karl-Anthony Towns, the New York Knicks fell 115-104 to the Minnesota Timberwolves, led by Anthony Edwards, who spearheaded the offense with 38 points.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/baloncesto\/gilgeous-alexander-alcanza-los-100-partidos-consecutivos-de-20-puntos-en-triunfo-del-thunder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gilgeous-Alexander reaches 100 consecutive games of 20 points in Thunder&#8217;s victory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nTowns returned to what was his home for several seasons in the NBA and had a brilliant night, recording <strong>40 points and 13 rebounds<\/strong>, but his effort was not enough to prevent the Knicks&#8217; defeat at the Target Center in Minneapolis.\n\n&#8220;We are happy to see ourselves grow as a team and we want to continue on this path,&#8221; Edwards expressed after the meeting. &#8220;I try to take the responsibility that corresponds to me.&#8221;\n\nMinnesota sealed the victory thanks to an offensive explosion by <strong>Julius Randle<\/strong>, who scored <strong>15 consecutive points in the last quarter<\/strong>, making the difference in the final stretch of the game.\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cooper Flagg Steals the Spotlight in Dallas Victory<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe <strong>Dallas Mavericks<\/strong> ended an eleven-game winning streak on the road for the <strong>Denver Nuggets<\/strong>, winning 131-130 in a thrilling match decided in the final seconds.\n\nRookie <strong>Cooper Flagg<\/strong> was the star of the game, recording <strong>33 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists<\/strong>, playing 40 minutes and making four three-pointers. It was his <strong>third game with at least 30 points<\/strong> in his young NBA career.\n\nAn unmarked shot by <strong>Peyton Watson<\/strong> at the buzzer was close to giving Denver the victory, but the ball didn&#8217;t go in and the celebration was for the fans at the American Airlines Center, in Dallas.\n\n&#8220;We played as a true team throughout the game,&#8221; Flagg told NBC. &#8220;It&#8217;s not easy to stop Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic, but we kept our confidence.&#8221;\n\nFlagg, 19 years old and the first pick of the <strong>2025 Draft<\/strong>, averages <strong>18.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists<\/strong> in his first 29 games in the league.\n\nBy Denver, <strong>Jamal Murray<\/strong> led the offense with 31 points, while <strong>Nikola Jokic<\/strong> contributed 29 points and 14 rebounds.\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Toronto bounces back with win over Miami<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe <strong>Toronto Raptors<\/strong> recovered from two consecutive losses by convincingly defeating the <strong>Miami Heat<\/strong> <strong>112-91<\/strong> at the Kaseya Center.\n\nThe forward <strong>Scottie Barnes<\/strong> was the top scorer for the Canadian team with <strong>27 points<\/strong>, while <strong>Collin Murray-Boyles<\/strong> contributed from the bench a double-double of <strong>11 points and 12 rebounds<\/strong>.\n\nBy Miami, Mexican <strong>Jaime Jaquez Jr.<\/strong> played 36 minutes and scored <strong>21 points<\/strong>, scoring nine of his 16 field goal attempts.\n\nThe Heat recorded their second game of the season with less than 100 points, both against Toronto, this being their worst offensive performance of the season.\n\nWith the victory, the Raptors are <strong>fourth in the Eastern Conference<\/strong> with a record of 18-13, while Miami is eighth with a record of 15-14.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP).\u2013 Despite a stellar performance by Dominican Karl-Anthony Towns, the New York Knicks fell 115-104 to the Minnesota Timberwolves, led by Anthony Edwards, who spearheaded the offense with 38 points. 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