{"id":376535,"date":"2025-12-28T18:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T18:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/376535\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T18:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T18:09:07","slug":"nets-123-107-timberwolves-28-dec-2025-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/376535\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets 123-107 Timberwolves (28 Dec, 2025) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

MINNEAPOLIS — \u2014 Cam Thomas<\/a> scored 30 points in his return after missing 20 games with a left hamstring strain, and the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> beat the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> 123-107 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Michael Porter Jr<\/a>. added 27 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets, who had six players score in double figures. Brooklyn (10-19) has won four of five and five of seven.<\/p>\n

The Nets, who improved to 7-3 in December, are allowing an NBA-low 103.1 points per game this month.<\/p>\n

Anthony Edwards<\/a> led Minnesota (20-12) with 28 points, but the Timberwolves dropped back-to-back games for the third time this season. Minnesota lost 142-138 in overtime<\/a> Thursday at Denver.<\/p>\n

Five players scored in double digits for Minnesota. Jaden McDaniels<\/a> had 16 points, while Naz Reid<\/a> and Julius Randle<\/a> each added 13.<\/p>\n

Thomas, who played just under 20 minutes, scored 12 straight Brooklyn points in the third quarter, including a pair of 3-pointers, for an 89-82 lead. The Brooklyn guard is averaging 22.3 points on 42.2% shooting in nine games this season.<\/p>\n

Day\u2019Ron Sharpe scored six of the Nets’ final eight points of the quarter for a 98-86 advantage. A pull-up jumper by Thomas, followed by four points from Danny Wolf<\/a>, made it 104-86 early in the fourth.<\/p>\n

Porter’s 3 gave the Nets a 120-102 lead with 1:57 to play. In eight games this month, he is averaging 28.4 points on 51.1% shooting, including 46.7% from outside the arc. He\u2019s also grabbing 7.5 rebounds and dishing out 3.1 assists per game.<\/p>\n

An MRI on Timberwolves guard Terrence Shannon Jr<\/a>., who exited Thursday\u2019s loss to Denver, showed a left foot strain. Shannon will be re-evaluated in two weeks.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Nets: Host the Golden State Warriors<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

Timberwolves: Start a four-game trip Monday in Chicago.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS — \u2014 Cam Thomas scored 30 points in his return after missing 20 games with a left…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-376535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}