Minnesota Timberwolves veteran guard, Mo Williams, dropped 52 points to set his career-high, a Minnesota Timberwolves franchise-high, an NBA season-high, a record for most points scored as an opponent in Bankers Life Fieldhouse AND it ended the Minnesota Timberwolves 15 game losing streak as the Timberwolves defeated the Pacers 110-101.
Good work Mo.
During Williams 52 points night he played 44 minutes, shot 19-33 from the field, 6-11 from three, 8-9 from the free throw line along with 7 assists and 4 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins scored 20 points of his own, Gorgui Dieng dropped 10 while grabbing 10 rebounds and Thaddeus Young scored 11 along with 6 rebounds.
C.J. Miles led the Pacers with 22 points on the night, C.J. Watson scored 17 points and Rodney Stuckey came off the bench to score 13 points. David West dropped 12 points, Luis Scola came off the bench for 11 points and Roy Hibbert scored 10 points, but was ejected for a flagrant 2 foul after some rough contact on Timberwolves big man Gorgui Dieng.
Timberwolves scored 41 points in the fourth quarter to power the Wolves to a big win to snap a skid. The Wolves are also anticipating the return of 3 big stars in the form of Ricky Rubio, Nikola Pekovic and Kevin Martin to the lineup some time in the next 2 weeks.
Minnesota Timberwolves are 6-31. Indiana Pacers are 15-25.
