Wiggins’ 47 lifts Wolves past Lakers
Andrew Wiggins poured in a career-high 47 points, equaling the entire Lakers starting lineup to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 125-99 victory against Los Angeles last night in Minneapolis.
Wiggins made 14-of-21 shots and Nemanja Bjelica added a career-high 24 points and eight rebounds for the Timberwolves, who played without starting guard Zach LaVine and reserve forward Shabazz Muhammad. Both missed the game with sore right knees.
Lou Williams scored 13 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter for the Lakers, who got 47 points from their starters and 52 from their bench. Julius Randle had 14 points and six rebounds and Jordan Clarkson scored 14.
Wiggins’ previous career-high was 36 points. He hit 17-of-22 free throws and was doused with Gatorade during his postgame interview to give Minnesota its third win of the season.
Cavaliers 100, Hornets 93 — LeBron James sparked a fourth-quarter comeback with 11 points, Channing Frye scored a season-high 20 and host Cleveland beat Charlotte.
James, who finished with 19 points, also had five assists in the final period. He had eight points on 4-of-15 shooting through three quarters.
Kyrie Irving scored 19 points and Kevin Love added 17, but neither played in the fourth quarter as Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue stuck with the group that helped Cleveland take control of the game.
Magic 119, Thunder 117 — Serge Ibaka’s baseline jumper with less than a second remaining gave visiting Orlando a win against Oklahoma City.
Ibaka, who was traded from the Thunder to the Magic in the offseason, scored a career-high 31 points and added nine rebounds and four blocks.
With the score tied in the final minute, Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook missed a pull-up jumper, and Orlando rebounded and called timeout with 11 seconds remaining to set up Ibaka’s winner with 0.4 seconds left.
Westbrook finished with 41 points, 16 assists and 12 rebounds for his third triple-double of the season.
Warriors 133, Suns 120 — Klay Thompson hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 4:31 left and another with 3:13 remaining to score a season-high 30 points, Stephen Curry also had 30 points with five 3’s, and a balanced Golden State held off Phoenix in Oakland, Calif.
Kevin Durant added 29 points, nine rebounds and five assists as Golden State just missed a third 30-point performance by its star trio. The Warriors avoided a second home loss at this early stage that would have matched their total of two defeats at Oracle Arena in each of the past two regular seasons.
Thompson shot 11-for-18 also with five 3’s and scored 14 of his points in the fourth.
Trail Blazers 112, Nuggets 105 — Damian Lillard scored 32 points and host Portland handed struggling Denver its fourth straight loss.
CJ McCollum added 21 points for the Blazers, who have won five of their past six games. Portland trailed 57-50 at the break but came alive in the second half and outscored Denver 36-15 in the third quarter.
Jamal Murray and Danilo Gallinari led the Nuggets with 19 points apiece and Kenneth Faried added 18.