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Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker moves the ball against Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (left) and center Karl-Anthony Towns (right) Nov. 1, 2022, ...

And when (the reserves are) in the game, we’ve got a better chance of winning.” For much of the night Tuesday, Phoenix (6-1) dominated Minnesota’s big-ball lineup by stretching Minnesota out with wings who could cut and shoot. No coach would want to sit members of the team’s supposed “core” fewer than 10 games into the season. I thought the play was open,” Finch said. Finch reshuffled the deck to get reserves like Jaylen Nowell and Taurean Prince back into the game, but by then it was too late. Each time, coach Chris Finch re-inserted the starters and watched the momentum shift back to the opponent.

Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams says Johnson is settling nice into his new role, especially on the defensive side of the ball.

"He hit some tough shots in the second half, he got by us one time and got a layup but some of his shots were pretty tough. "After the second part of the first quarter, we were like, ‘dude, go.’ Everybody was telling him to shoot the ball and then he got going a little bit tonight. “I just think he is getting more comfortable with the role. He’s taking advantage of opportunities and taking shots but driving too. He’s taking a lot of pride, and not going sad. It was ten points higher than his previous season high, and even dating back to last year he eclipsed that mark just once all season.

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The Phoenix Suns got their fifth straight win in the NBA by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-107 in NBA on Wednesday. Cameron Johnson led the Suns with 29 ...

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. The Phoenix Suns lead the Western standings with 6 wins and 1 loss, while the Minnesota Timberwolves are placed 9th with 4 wins and 4 losses. The Phoenix Suns got their fifth straight win in the NBA by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-107 in NBA on Wednesday.

Cam Johnson scored 29 points, making seven 3-pointers, and the Phoenix Suns beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-107 on Tuesday night for their fifth ...

He missed the entire 2021-22 season after tearing his ACL in the 2021 NBA Finals. Calvin Wainright, who was 68, was a longtime basketball coach and mentor in Kansas City. He took just one shot from the field in 32 minutes. Despite the absence of Ayton, the Suns held their own on the boards against the taller Timberwolves, with Minnesota outrebounding Phoenix 42-34. But we've got to be better in those moments," Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said. He is a really good passer."

Phoenix Suns beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-107 powered by Cam Johnson who made seven three-pointers and ended the evening with a total of 29 points.

Despite the absence of Ayton, the Suns held their own on the boards against the taller Timberwolves, with Minnesota outrebounding Phoenix 42-34. He took just one shot from the field in 32 minutes. He is a really good passer.” Minnesota got within 87-85 after Anthony Edwards hit a 3-pointer midway through the fourth quarter. He is more than a shooter. He did have seven rebounds and five assists.

The Phoenix Suns were lifted by tremendous two-way efforts by Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson to beat the Minnesota TImberwolves.

Towns’ box score wound up looking nice in the end, a line of 24 points (9-of-18), 10 rebounds and seven assists but he was a net negative on the floor given how Phoenix went at his defense. But as Johnson described himself, he’s serving as the low man near the basket and covering Bridges’ man on a cut for his twin. “He didn’t have to turn and look where the guy I was previously guarding was,” Johnson said. Paul got a middy the next time down and suddenly the Suns created breathing room with an eight-point lead. The swing point in the game actually came from a Bridges turnover. When another Booker 3 brought on the aforementioned game-high 18-point edge with 5:08 left in the third quarter, Towns was 3-of-10 for eight points and Gobert had managed four free throw conversions for all his points on an 0-for-1 shooting line. Those two have great chemistry with Edwards — as we wait to see if D’Angelo Russell can find it — and they buried an all-bench lineup Williams rolled with to give the group extended minutes together. Minnesota was never able to get either of them going, even when they weren’t on the floor together. When Johnson was asked if it felt like he was back in his Carolina blue, he lit up with a smile and said, “Yeah, little bit. The last was a Johnson 3 that gave the fourth-year forward his new season high of 20 points. The Twins combined for 48 points and were the Suns’ two highest scorers on the evening. Most commonly a big man who struggles to move their feet and/or doesn’t have the complexities of ball screen defense down, Phoenix (6-1) is often ruthless when it hammers away at the weak spot of a defense.

The glaring issues point directly at Minnesota's starting lineup of D'Angelo Russell, Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert. They ...

In 2018 he said they're "one of the dumbest teams I've ever seen in my life." "Who the teams they're going to have to beat?" And last season when Minnesota was blowing giant leads to the Grizzlies in the playoffs, he said they're "

At 4-4, the Wolves haven't met expectations that came with mortgaging the future for Rudy Gobert. Charles Barkley, after Minnesota's loss to Phoenix Tuesday ...

Minnesota isn't the only team in the West off to a slower-than-expected start. The Warriors are 3-5, the Clippers are 3-4, the Mavericks are 3-3 and the Grizzlies are only 4-3. Asked how the starting five are gelling, head coach Chris Finch said: "There hasn't really been a whole lot of growth with that unit just yet." Edwards checked into the game with 10:12 left in the fourth quarter when the Wolves down 87-77. "From the looks of it, it's telling me that when we're (starters) in the game we're losing and when they're (bench players) in the game we got a better chance of winning. I don't like the sound of that so we're going to figure it out.

For starters, the Timberwolves starting five are . . . struggling a bit. That preseason coverage of no contract extension for starting point guard seems very ...

That is not to say that progress is not being made. That is not to say that the Timberwolves get a free pass to take their good ole time. I think you will find that progress is actually being made. To build a solid pyramid, you must build a wide base and a solid foundation. Wolves just are NOT used to being able to leave the big on his own at the rim. Where the Timberwolves really seem to struggle at times is putting up an NBA defense to fit their opponent.

After Tuesday night's loss to the Phoenix Suns, the reality is setting in: the Wolves starters have been the team's primary problem.

Who is going to be under the microscope? Is there a reason to be concerned in the interim or in the long-term? — Needing to involve Karl-Anthony Towns in the offense more and in different ways.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have officially completed what was supposed to be the “easy” start to their season with mediocre results at best. 4-3 isn't the.

[Donovan Mitchell](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mitchdo01.html) and [Caris LeVert](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/leverca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) [both scored 41 points](https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tDP1TfIyjXPM2D0Ek7OSS1LzUnMS1FITixLzMlMLSoGAJwbCqA&q=cleveland+cavaliers&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS879US882&oq=cleveland&aqs=chrome.4.69i57j46i131i433i512l2j46i433i512j46i131i433i512j0i131i433j0i131i433i512l3j0i271.4398j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#sie=m;/g/11t86rflkt;3;/m/05jvx;dt;fp;1;;;) in the same game against the Boston Celtics. At five to nine feet from the rim, opponents are shooting the [sixth-worst percentage](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/opponent-shooting?dir=A&sort=5-9%20ft.%20FG%20PCT) against the Wolves, at just 34%. The Wolves rank [3rd in opponent field goal percentage at 43%](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/opponent?dir=A&sort=OPP_FG_PCT). [all three categories](https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2023.html), Offensive, Defensive, and Total Win Shares. He doesn’t take many shots outside of the paint, but he doesn’t have to have elite scoring efficiency for his position. [league-worst 54.4% within five feet of the rim](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/opponent-shooting?dir=A&sort=Less%20Than%205%20ft.%20FG%20PCT) against the Timberwolves, 1.7% worse than the next closest team. However, on a team with three starters who can all create their own shot and put up 30+ points on any given night, the versatility of your fourth to fifth opinion on offense shouldn’t matter much if the team’s designated scorers are consistently doing their job. [Rudy Gobert](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/goberru01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) and has looked [a little lost learning their new assignments](https://zonecoverage.com/2022/timberwolves/the-wolves-need-to-learn-their-assignments-to-fix-their-perimeter-defense/). [6th in defensive rating](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/defense?dir=A&sort=DEF_RATING) at 107.5 per NBA.com. Gobert leads the Timberwolves in He may not be the flashiest player on the court because of his skill set, but Gobert has done everything the Wolves expected from him when they traded for him and more. Still, the way the Timberwolves have lost the games has been more worry-inducing than their record indicates.

Milwaukee Bucks (7-0, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (4-4, 10th in the Western Conference). Minneapolis; Friday, 10 p.m. EDT.

Green: out (nose), Joe Ingles: out (knee). Minnesota went 2-4 overall last season while going 26-15 at home. Milwaukee Bucks (7-0, first in the Eastern Conference) vs.