LaMelo Ball scores 34 as Timberwolves beat Bucks 112-100

LaMelo Ball scored 34 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away in the second half to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 112-100 on Monday, November 2.

Ball made 6 of 13 3-pointers and grabbed six rebounds. Minnesota opened with a 10-0 run, led 10-2 early and took a 29-18 lead after the first quarter.

Milwaukee (1-6) won the second quarter 29-19 and led 53-50 early in the third, its biggest lead of the night. Minnesota (5-3) took the third 32-29 and the fourth 32-24. The game had five lead changes and three ties.

The Timberwolves' lead reached 15 at 96-81 with 4:59 left. Milwaukee scored 19 points over the final five minutes, and Minnesota matched it. Ayo Dosunmu's 3-pointer off a Ball pass with 1:02 to go made it 110-96.

Dosunmu finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists. Rudy Gobert had 10 points and 10 rebounds for a second double-double, though he made only 4 of 12 free throws. Minnesota played without Terrence Shannon Jr., who was out with a left hip contusion.

Tyler Herro led Milwaukee with 21 points on 8-of-18 shooting and had three steals. Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 19 with eight rebounds, and Myles Turner blocked five shots. The Bucks shot 38.4 percent and went 15 of 49 from 3-point range. Their bench scored 36 points, 13 of them from A.J. Green, who made 4 of 8 3-pointers.

Minnesota grabbed 21 offensive rebounds, and Milwaukee turned the ball over 16 times. Jaquez hit a 12-foot jumper in the last half-minute for the final points of the game.

Up next

Bucks: at the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, November 4.

Timberwolves: at the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, November 4.