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0 After Karl-Anthony Towns busted out of his shooting slump to score 25 points in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 105-100 Game 4 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, Anthony Edwards had one more assist for the All-Star big man during their shared postgame news conference.
Intercepting a question during which Towns was asked to explain what changed — coming off a disastrous Game 3 that caused his coach, Chris Finch, to admit it was “hard to watch” — Edwards answered for Towns.
“Everything came together for him; he was super confident,” Edwards said. “He played exceptionally well, and he came through big-time. He was the reason we won tonight.”
Towns shot 9-for-13 from the field and 4-for-5 on 3-pointers, scoring 10 of his points in the fourth quarter to help the Wolves finally exorcise their late-game demons after folding down the stretch through their 0-3 start to the Western Conference finals.
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He came into the night shooting just 15-for-54 for the series (27.8%), including a 3 for 23 mark from 3-point territory (13%).
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“It’s Game 4, down 3-0, ain’t no time to have any doubts,” Towns said. “Go out there and be aggressive, shoot my shot like I’ve been doing all series, being confident in every shot I shoot.”
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“KAT’s a great player,” Finch said. “His struggles were not going to last forever. He got himself going. Even when he got deep in foul trouble, we left him out there. … Just let him roll, and he played smart, played under control, rebounded really well for us, executed defensively. Really proud of him.
“Tonight was a great step for him.”
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Dallas guard Kyrie Irving suffered the first loss in a closeout situation of his career, dropping to 14-1 in such scenarios in large part because of Towns.
“That’s what great players do,” Irving said of Towns. “They figure it out.”
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The Wolves hope to keep figuring out the Mavs to become the first team in league history to win four straight and capture a series after dropping the first three games. Game 5 is set for Thursday in Minneapolis.
