Minnesota Timberwolves (2-1)vs. Indiana Pacers (1-2), October 24, 2017

Tonight’s Matchup

  • The Wolves trail in the all-time series 19-35 and are 13-14 at home. The Pacers have won the past three meetings at Target Center and eight of the last 12 overall.

Wolves Notes

  • Andrew Wiggins connected on a three-pointer at the buzzer to give Minnesota a 115-113 win at OKC on Sunday. It was the second game winning buzzer-beater of his career, previously hitting one at Phoenix on Jan. 24 last season. The win at OKC marked the 16th time the Wolves have won a game by making the deciding points at the buzzer, and just the fourth time that the shot has changed a loss to a win.
  • Minnesota is now 2-1 in games decided by single digits after going 13-32 in such games last season.
  • The Wolves will attempt to improve their record to 3-1 tonight; they’ve started 3-1 or better just twice in the last 15 years (3-1 in 2012-13 and 3-1 in 2013-14).
  • Andrew Wiggins has scored 20+ points in each of the Wolves’ first three games.He has tallied 20+ points in 139 games, one behind Tony Campbell (140) for third on the Wolves all-time list (Garnett 534, Love 167).
  • Karl-Anthony Towns has recorded a double-double in all three games this season(117career) and has two 20/10 games (76 career). He is shooting 59.1% (26-for-44) from the field this season.
  • Taj Gibson recorded the first double-double with the Wolves (75 career) with 11 points and 10 rebounds Sunday at OKC.
  • Jamal Crawford enters tonight tied for sixth with Sacramento’s Vince Carter on the all-time three-pointers made list with 2053.He is one behind Cleveland’s Kyle Korver (2054) on the career leaderboard. Crawford also ranks fifth among active players in games played (1185) and eighth in minutes played(36,183). He ranks 11th among active players in points scored with 18,114 and eighth in free throw percentage at 86.14%.
  • Gorgui Dieng needs 11 rebounds to pass Al Jefferson (2162) for fifth place on the Wolves’ all-time list and seven blocks to overtake Rasho Nesterovic (373) for second in team history.

Pacers Notes

  • Indiana is 1-2 on the season, winning its opener,140-131, vs. Brooklyn and losing vs. Portland and at Miami. The 140 points scored by the Pacers in the Brooklyn win are the most scored in the NBA this season, as are Indiana’s 53 made field goals in that game.
  • Victor Oladipo has led the Pacers scoring in all three games, averaging 22.3 ppg, including a season-high 28 points Saturday at Miami.
  • Domantas Sabonis recorded his first double-double of the season (3rd career) Saturday at Miami with 18 points and a career-high 12 rebounds.

Wolves 2017-18 LeadersPacers 2017-18 Leaders

Andrew Wiggins24.7 ppgVictor Oladipo22.3 ppg

Karl-Anthony Towns11.7 rpgDomantas Sabonis 6.2 rpg

Jeff Teague 6.3 apgDarren Collison 7.7 apg