Naz Reid<\/a> went 3 for 3 in the fourth quarter as part of a 21-point performance. Donte DiVincenzo scored 25 points on the strength of six triples. Jaden McDaniels had 22 points while going 9 for 11 from the field, and Rudy Gobert had 15 points and 12 rebounds.<\/p>\nThat was all in addition to a triple-double for Julius Randle.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t always pretty for Minnesota, but it was effective enough in the end.<\/p>\n
Here are takeaways from the win that got the Wolves (4-3) back over .500.<\/p>\n
Another slow start<\/p>\n
Minnesota trailed Charlotte by six at the break on Saturday before dominating the second half.<\/p>\n
While the Wolves led by six at the break Monday, it was Brooklyn\u2019s first game this season in which it didn\u2019t trail by double digits at the half.<\/p>\n
The Wolves were sloppy with the ball out of the gates and again weren\u2019t impactful enough defensively. That allows teams to build momentum.<\/p>\n
Yes, they can rally past the worst ones, but the Lakers loss last week in Los Angeles was a reminder it won\u2019t always work that way. Minnesota\u2019s current practices do not represent winning ways.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn is really bad<\/p>\n
The Nets not only dropped to 0-7 on the season with Monday\u2019s loss, but they\u2019ve given up 117-plus points in each of those defeats.<\/p>\n
Their average margin of defeat is 16.<\/p>\n
Minnesota\u2019s last two wins are against teams likely to finish in the bottom five in the NBA standings this season. It\u2019s the kickoff of a stretch until Nov. 24 in which the Wolves will play Sacramento thrice, Utah twice and Washington and Phoenix once.<\/p>\n
Minnesota will shift gears with a game against a likely playoff team Wednesday in New York against the Knicks.<\/p>\n
Randle tallies triple double<\/p>\n
Julius Randle took it to heart when Chris Finch noted last season that the best versions of the forward and Anthony Edwards come when they\u2019re flirting with triple doubles.<\/p>\n
That means scoring, yes, but also leaning into playmaking and making a concerted effort to hit the glass.<\/p>\n
Randle did all of that Monday, tallying his 15th career triple double. He finished with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 dimes, the last of which came on a feed to Naz Reid for a corner triple just prior to checking out of the contest with three minutes to play.<\/p>\n
Randle\u2019s consistent offensive production thus far this season rivals that of an All-NBA player.<\/p>\n
Edwards cleared for contact<\/p>\n
Edwards has been cleared for contact just eight days after suffering his hamstring strain. He missed Monday\u2019s game in Brooklyn, and it may be a surprise if he played Wednesday against the Knicks, but the All-NBA guard\u2019s return to action looks closer than the two-week absence originally reported nationally.<\/p>\n
Minnesota continues to struggle to deliver good basketball in his absence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Timberwolves flirted with disaster against the winless Nets on Monday in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Wolves led the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9130,21,9,24,63,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-27965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>Terance Mann #14 of the Brooklyn Nets dribbles as Donte DiVincenzo #0 of the Minnesota Timberwolves defends during the first half at Barclays Center on Nov. 03, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n