Wolves record: 1-3
Tony Parker scored a career-high 55 points, including a 20-footer at the buzzer to force a second overtime, in the San Antonio Spurs’ 129-125 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night…
That gave Parker the highest scoring output by any individual opponent in the Wolves’ 20-year history. Shaquille O’Neal had 53 points for Orlando in 1994.
In defeat, in the season’s fourth game, the Wolves for the first time displayed the team and the lineup they envisioned when they made that draft-night trade with Memphis five months ago:
For the first time, veteran Mike Miller asserted himself, scoring the team’s first seven points and finishing with 25 points that included five three-pointers. For the first time, rookie Kevin Love became a prime-time player, delivering a 14-point, nine-rebound performance in 35 minutes (by 13 minutes a season high) that included a spot with the starters to open the second half. And for the first time this season, Telfair, back from a season-opening, three-game suspension, played and ran the show down the stretch until he fouled with 1:29 left in the first overtime.
He also handed the Wolves their third straight loss since an opening win over Sacramento, on a night Al Jefferson scored 30 points, Mike Miller lived up to his sharpshooter billing and rookie Kevin Love staked his claim to the starting power forward spot…
The night started badly for the Wolves, who missed their first seven shots, including a layup by Corey Brewer, before Miller hit a three-pointer with 7:52 to play in the opening quarter to give the home team a 3-2 lead.
The Spurs weren’t much better for starters, hitting just one of their first six attempts, but Parker was a one-man show.