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Home | Sports | Timberwolves Wolves get first victory as McCants comes up big The shooting guard took charge against Sacramento, scoring a career-high 33 points in a breakout performance. By Jerry Zgoda , Star Tribune Last update: November 15, 2007 12:23 AM [link]

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Congratulations to The Timberpups
Published 11/15/2007 by Big Blue Monkey at I Dislike Your Favorite Team
The exceedingly young Timberwolves (aside from Theo Ratliff and ChunkyHead Walker) have been close in a few games (thanks in part to ol' Man Ratliff) but have finally busted their cherry with a win over the Sacramento Kings. And truly, it was a combination of old and young tonight, as Rashad McCants, Al Jefferson & Antoine Walker combined for 75 of the TWolves 108 points. Walker got into the mix at least in part due to Craig Smith's ankle roll, and knocked 19 of those points. Good show, ...

Wolves 108, Kings 103
Published 11/15/2007 by SG at TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles
... recap From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: So close so often in their first five games, the Wolves finally found the right stuff down the stretch, riding McCants' scoring, starting point guard Marko Jaric's defense and rebounding and veteran forward Antoine Walker's breakout game as a Timberwolf. ...

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