{"id":306524,"date":"2025-11-22T05:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T05:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/306524\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T05:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T05:29:07","slug":"gillespie-hits-go-ahead-jumper-with-6-4-seconds-left-suns-rally-to-stun-timberwolves-114-113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/306524\/","title":{"rendered":"Gillespie hits go-ahead jumper with 6.4 seconds left, Suns rally to stun Timberwolves 114-113"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Collin Gillespie made a go-ahead jumper with 6.4 seconds left and the Phoenix Suns stunned the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-113 on Friday night with a final-minute rally.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota appeared to have a comfortable 113-105 lead with 1:09 left, but Phoenix rallied to cut it to 113-112 on Jordan Goodwin\u2019s layup with 21.4 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota\u2019s Anthony Edwards \u2014 who had 41 points \u2014 missed two free throws with 12.7 seconds to go, giving the Suns a chance at the win.<\/p>\n<p>Gillespie obliged, driving into the lane and hitting a contested 10-foot jumper for the lead and the last of his 20 points.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota scrambled for the final shot, but Julius Randle\u2019s 3-pointer at the buzzer was off the mark.<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves erased a 15-point halftime deficit less than five minutes into the third quarter after Edwards made a driving layup for a 69-68 advantage. Edwards \u2014 a three-time All-Star \u2014 had 19 points in the third on 7-of-9 shooting and Minnesota led 82-81 entering the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>It was a tough night for Suns star Devin Booker, who finished with just 16 points on 4-of-18 shooting and nine turnovers before fouling out. Turnovers have been a problem for the four-time All-Star \u2014 he came into the game with a league-high 57.<\/p>\n<p>Booker fouled out with more than three minutes remaining and earned a technical foul on his way off the floor. The Suns had 27 turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>Dillon Brooks led the Suns with 22 points before fouling out. Williams added 19.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns led by 18 points in the first half before settling for a 62-49 halftime advantage. Gillespie led the Suns with 16 points after making four 3-pointers. Edwards had 16 for the Wolves before the break.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns improved to 2-0 in the NBA Cup, while the Timberwolves fell to 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves: At Sacramento on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Suns: Host San Antonio on Sunday night. <\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Collin Gillespie made a go-ahead jumper with 6.4 seconds left and the Phoenix Suns stunned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[31513,1017,3830,402,158797,36057,6416,22541,6424,152186,6429,11951,6661,355,1063,18740,6415,99,6662,1745],"class_list":{"0":"post-306524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-anthony-edwards","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az-state-wire","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-collin-gillespie","13":"tag-devin-booker","14":"tag-dillon-brooks","15":"tag-jordan-goodwin","16":"tag-julius-randle","17":"tag-local-news-for-apple","18":"tag-minnesota","19":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","20":"tag-mn-state-wire","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-nba-basketball","23":"tag-phoenix","24":"tag-phoenix-suns","25":"tag-sports","26":"tag-wi-state-wire","27":"tag-wisconsin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}