Acting coach Ryan Saunders said that, no matter what, the Timberwolves would put their most competitive team on the ground the rest of the season, even though their chances of making the playoffs are getting closer to zero.

On Saturday, their most competitive team in Saunders' eyes meant decisive times for Keita Bates-Diop, a rookie making his first start for injured Andrew Wiggins, and Cameron Reynolds, who found the Wolves on his 10th birthday. day-contract – and the wolves ended up winning the match.

Minnesota overtook the Wizards 135-130 in overtime at the Target Center and survived in Wizards' superiority in the extra session without Karl-Anthony Towns, who came out late in the fourth quarter due to a right knee injury. The cities finished with 40 points and 16 rebounds, but the Wolves also received contributions from little used players such as Bates-Diop, who had 13 points, and scored the defensive task against Wizards goaltender Bradley Beal (36 points ) and Reynolds, who played 20 minutes. off the bench. But the main concern immediately afterwards was Towns injury. He went to the locker room before overtime for further examination and was dismissed at that time.

Without Towns in overtime, the Wolves were scored by Taj Gibson, Derrick Rose (29 points) and Anthony Tolliver for a lead of 129-125, and Rose took over. Her game trained the Wolves at 131-127 with 22.6 seconds to play and Rose was flying the ball over the Wizards who grabbed the ball to help the Wolves stand out.

The Wolves nearly won the match in regulation and had a 121-118 lead with 1.8 seconds remaining, but Beal broke free for a three-point open appearance. He hit to send the game to the extra session. Moments earlier, Towns had been upset on the ground with 8.3 seconds remaining, wincing in pain as he headed for the bench. It was Towns who gave the Wolves the lead for the first time since the beginning of the game with a three-pointer at 5:59 and a tiebreaker at 114-114 with two minutes to play, although Beal ends up clearing this lead. .

The Wizards could not contain offensive cities when he was in the game. He scored 26 times out of 16 shots in the first half, although the Wolves were 71-60. After scoring three points at Towns at 5:43 of the second period, the Wolves reduced the Wizards' lead to 15 points at 52-49 thanks to an 8-2 spurt. There was another scary game for the cities while Portis escaped on a quick foul. The cities collapsed and took a long time to get up, but he stayed in the game.

In the third quarter, the Wolves continued to narrow the gap to the advantage of the Wizards. At one point, they tied the score at 84-84 as a result of a trio of Jeff Teague. Cities slowed down in scoring, scoring six points and losing more than 50, but the Wolves were helped in other areas, including Keita Bates-Diop, who made his first start in the NBA . Diop scored seven points early in the quarter, while Dario Saric also took the lead in the offensive with eight quarters. The Wolves also held the Wizards to less than 30 points in a quarter and were led 99-95 in front of the fourth goal.

The Wolves continued to push to start the fourth inning, while Rose took command of the offensive to tie the game 102-102 with a tie at 9:16. They took the lead thanks to the cities and they were able to close the night without him.