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2023-24 NBA Regular Season
Minnesota Timberwolves v Orlando Magic
TD Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
Saturday 3 February 2024
Tip-off at 03:00
Minnesota Timberwolves will be looking to do the double over Orlando Magic this season when they meet at the Target Center on the morning of Saturday, February 3.
The Timberwolves ran out convincing 113-92 victors at the Kia Center on January 10, which was sandwiched between defeats to Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics.
Chris Finch's team saw Oklahoma City Thunder overtake them into top spot in the Western Conference after suffering a narrow 113-112 defeat to San Antonio Spurs on January 28.
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The loss at the Frost Bank Center halted a two-game winning streak for Northwest Division franchise, who saw Anthony Edwards score a game-high 32 points, but came up just short after Karl-Anthony Towns missed a buzzer-beater from the 3-point line.
"We came up short, too many turnovers in the fourth (quarter)," Finch said. "[We] got off to a really poor start in the fourth when we were up 10 and we needed a good one.
"But I thought we had a chance to push out the lead at times there during the game and we weren't able to do that so that's probably what's cost us more than anything."
The Magic haven't made a great start to the New Year and managed only their fifth win in 15 games when they beat Phoenix Suns 113-98 on January 29.
That poor run has pushed Jamahl Mosley's team down to eighth in the Eastern Conference and they're now 2.5 games back against Indiana Pacers in the race for the final playoff spot.
Paolo Banchero led the scoring for Orlando with 26 points as they arrested a two-game skid, while Moritz Wagner added 16 points and 12 rebounds from the bench.
Mosley reserved special praise for Wagner, saying: "What Mo did was give us extra possessions on the offensive glass.
"I don't think [people] realise how important that is in a game like this, against an elite scoring team, when you get extra possessions."
Minnesota Timberwolves v Orlando Magic - Head-to-head, Regular Season
Games played: 68
Timberwolves wins: 25
Magic wins: 43
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