The Timberwolves today beat defending champion Bucks 138-119 to make four straight wins.
Towns played well today, playing 31 minutes in the game, shooting 6-of-12, 4-of-6 from three-point range, 9-of-11 from the free throw line, and had 25 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, with a plus-minus +26 being the highest in the game. In the last three games, Towns has scored a total of 115 points, breaking the record for the highest total score in three consecutive games in the history of the Timberwolves held by himself. Towns scored a career-high 60 points against the Spurs and 30 against the Lakers.
Edwards played 33 minutes today, shooting 9-of-16, 5-of-10 from three-point range, 2-of-2 from the free throw line, contributing 25 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, plus or minus +17, and he scored 12 points in the first quarter on 5-of-7 shooting.
Today's game is the Timberwolves' second win over the Bucks this season, having beaten the Bucks 113-108 on Oct. 28, 2021. For the Timberwolves, it was their first sweep since the 13-14 season, when Alphabet was still a rookie. However, Brother Alphabet did not appear today.
After the All-Star, the Timberwolves finished with an 11-2 record, losing only to the Magic and 76ers. After today's game, the Timberwolves have won 42 this season, meaning they're already more than halfway through the season and have 10 games left in the season. It was the ninth time in Timberwolves' 33-year history that they had won more than half of a season, and the last time they did it was in the 17-18 season (47 wins and 35 losses), when they also made the playoffs.
The Timberwolves are currently no. 7 in the West with 42 wins and 30 losses, just half a win behind sixth-place Nuggets, so they could also move up to the top six and avoid the playoffs. Even with the playoffs, the Timberwolves are highly likely to make the playoffs this season, as they are currently seven wins ahead of the Clippers and 12 wins ahead of the Lakers, and it stands to reason that they should go straight to the playoffs and should not play in the playoffs again.
The Timberwolves are at the top of the league in a number of stats this season, averaging first in the league (115.2 points) per game, second in the league in three-point shooting per game (14.7), third in the league with blocks per game ( 5.8 ) league , fourth in steals per game , and fifth in the league with offensive rebounds (11.4) per game, which shows that they are indeed very strong.