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*Sonics trip Wolves in OT, StarTrib
*Sonics bag Wolves, Seattle PI
*Sonics win in OT, Pioneer Press
*Wolves stumble, NBA Ticker
(Seattle, WA 11/4/05 ) -- The Timberwolves dropped a close overtime decision to the Supersonics tonight 107-102. Kevin Garnett led the T-Wolves with 23 points. In overtime, Ray Allen scored 11 of his 32 game-leading points. in the 5-minute overtime.
KG hit two free throws as overtime ran down, Wally took another charge and the T-Wolves were down 3-points with 29.3 seconds left in the game. The T-wolves missed a dunk opportunity, and Seattle went into their keep-away game.
KG fought to make a jumper from the paint, and Wally makes a full court dunk from a KG assist, and the game was tied at 94-94 with 1 minute to go. With 20 seconds to go, in what looked like a rugby scrum, a half dozen players fought for the ball as it went out of bounds to Seattle.
Minnesota employed a new look zone defense about three minutes into the second quarter. Newly acquired Ron Dupree made a driving dunk to put the T-Wolves up by five with 8:48 remaining in the first half. A Troy Hudson jump shot put them up by six. Richie Frahm hit a nice jumper to hike the lead to 8 points. The Sonics took the lead with 2:45 to go in the half on Ray Allen's free throws 43-42. The lead |
traded hands, and then the Sonics pulled even with the Timberwolves on a Lewis Jumper (10 pts) to end the half 47-47.
The Timberwolves shot a torrid 68% in the 3rd quarter as KG hit 9 points (17/5). Mark Madsen went on a roll, entering the game with two minutes remaining in the quarter and scoring 5 points with 2 rebounds in less than two minutes. The T-Wolves were up 78-73 as the quarter ended.
Kevin Garnett returned to the game with three minutes gone in the 4th quarter, and scored a jumper from the left corner to bring the score to 80-81. Ray Allen came right back with a jumper, as both leaders began taking control of the game. The Sonics were up 8 with 6:30 left to play, Wally Szczerbiak then hit two buckets to close the lead to 4 points. Jaric knocked down a three to close the gap to one point with 4:27 remaining in the game. Seattle went up 93-89 with 3 minutes to go.
The Timberwolves were 3:36 into the game before Trenton Hassell scored their first bucket, but three minutes later, they were ahead 12-11 on a fine Hassell driving dunk. Minnesota's 19 turnovers cost it 21 points, and the Wolves got outscored from the foul line 33-14 in an unfulfilling homecoming for former Seattle assistant coach Dwane Casey. |