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Timberwolves stun Warriors in overtime

The Golden State Warriors’ chase for history stalled on Tuesday night.  
Shabazz Muhamed came off the bench to score a career-high 35 points, Andrew Wiggins had nine of his 32 in the overtime, rallying the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves to a stunning 124-118 over the
Warriors.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 20 points and 12 rebounds for Minnesota (25-52), who outscored their guests 18-11 in the extra session for their first signature win of the season.  
The Warriors (69-9) were bidding to become just the second team in NBA history to post 70 wins. Instead, they blew a 17-point third quarter lead and lost for the second time in the last three games at home.
But the defending NBA champs can still break the all-time mark of 72 regular-season victories set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.
In order to do so they must win their remaining four games - two each against San Antonio and Memphis.
Klay Thompson scored 28 points, Curry had 19 of his 21 in the second half on a nightmarish 7-of-25 shooting to go with 15 assists for the sloppy Warriors, who committed 24 turnovers resulting in 31 T-Wolves points.
Knotted at 106-106, Wiggins ran off the T-Wolves first six points in overtime. Muhammed added two free throws after drawing a sixth foul on Draymond Green for a 114-109 advantage with 1:45 remaining.
The Warriors drew to 116-114 on a Curry three-point play before Towns scored five of Minnesota’s next six points to wrap up the stunner.     
A disappointed Curry rejected suggestions the drive for the record was weighing on the reigning NBA champions.
“I don’t think so,” Curry said. “We’ve put ourselves in a position that it’s a realistic goal and we’ve got to embrace the challenge. It’s obviously not easy to get it done—we’re proving that right now. But I don’t think it’s anything that’s weighing us down on the floor or anything like
that.
“We just haven’t played well in two of the last three home games. It’s amplified now because we’re so close to the goal.”
Elsewhere:
•San Antonio Spurs 88, Utah Jazz 86:
Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points, including the go-ahead jumper with 4.9 seconds left, and the visiting Spurs escaped the Jazz when Rodney Hood missed the potential game-winning triple at the buzzer. Hood finished with 23 points for Utah (39-39), who dropped a half-game behind Dallas for seventh spot in the Western Conference playoff race.
•Oklahoma City Thunder 124, Denver Nuggets 102: Kevin Durant scored 26 points, while Russell Westbrook had a league-leading 17th triple-double of the season, with 13 points, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists, and the playoff-bound Thunder (54-24) rolled the host Nuggets (32-47). Westbrook matched LA Lakers Magic Johnson, who turned the trick in the 1988-89 season.
•Toronto Raptors 96, Charlotte Hornets 90: DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points, Kyle Lowry added 12 of his 21 in the final quarter and the Raptors (52-25) handed the visiting Hornets (44-33) back-to-back losses for the first time since January 27-29.
•Cleveland Cavaliers 109, Milwaukee Bucks 80: JR Smith hit seven triples en route to 21 points, and the Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers (56-32) bashed the hosting Bucks. Giannis Antetokounmpo paced Milwaukee (32-46) with 22 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists.
•Memphis Grizzlies 108, Chicago Bulls 92: Zach Randolph had 27 points and 10 rebounds, and the Grizzlies (42-36) stopped a six-game slide after beating the visiting Bulls. Montenegrin Nikola Mirotic netted 20 points for Chicago (39-39), who remained two games behind Detroit for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.


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