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Karl-Anthony Towns had a historic performance in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 149-139 win over the San Antonio Spurs at AT&T Center on Monday night.
The 26-year-old scored a franchise-record 60 points in the win, along with 17 rebounds and three assists to help the Timberwolves improve to 40-30 on the season, though Minnesota remains seventh in the Western Conference.
Towns also holds Minnesota’s franchise record for the most 40-point games.
Towns did most of his work in the third quarter when he scored a whopping 32 points. According to ESPN Stats & Info, that is the fourth-most points scored in a single quarter over the last 25 seasons. Only Klay Thompson (37 points), Kevin Love (34 points) and Carmelo Anthony (33 points) have scored more in a single quarter in that span.
In addition, the Timberwolves scored 121 points entering the final frame, the most points the team has scored through three quarters in franchise history.
This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.
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