{"id":374269,"date":"2025-12-28T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/374269\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T15:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:19:08","slug":"nets-top-timberwolves-123-107-cam-thomas-scores-30-in-return-from-hamstring-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/374269\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets top Timberwolves 123-107, Cam Thomas scores 30 in return from hamstring injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cam Thomas scored 30 points in his return after missing 20 games with a left hamstring strain, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 123-107 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Porter Jr. 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<p>The Nets, who improved to 7-3 in December, are allowing an NBA-low 103.1 points per game this month.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Edwards led Minnesota (20-12) with 28 points, but the Timberwolves dropped back-to-back games for the third time this season. Minnesota lost\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/denver-nuggets-beat-minnesota-timberwolves-ot-142-138\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">142-138 in overtime<\/a>\u00a0Thursday at Denver.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ap25362133802713.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Nets Timberwolves Basketball \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas (24) handles the ball while Minnesota Timberwolves guard Rob Dillingham, right, defends. Dec. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>                Bailey Hillesheim \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>Five players scored in double digits for Minnesota. Jaden McDaniels had 16 points, while Naz Reid and Julius Randle each added 13.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Day&#8217;Ron Sharpe scored six of the Nets&#8217; final eight points of the quarter for a 98-86 advantage. A pull-up jumper by Thomas, followed by four points from Danny Wolf, made it 104-86 early in the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Porter&#8217;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&#8217;s also grabbing 7.5 rebounds and dishing out 3.1 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p>An MRI on Timberwolves guard Terrence Shannon Jr., who exited Thursday&#8217;s loss to Denver, showed a left foot strain. Shannon will be re-evaluated in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Nets: Host the Golden State Warriors on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves: Start a four-game trip Monday in Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cam Thomas scored 30 points in his return after missing 20 games with a left hamstring strain, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[11951,355,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-374269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374269","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=374269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}