Minnesota Timberwolves Team Report - November 12

(Basketball News) - The Minnesota Timberwolves lost Tuesday to Seattle, 89-87, when Ronald Murray’s fade-away jumper at the buzzer gave the SuperSonics the victory at the Target Center.

Kevin Garnett paced Minnesota with 26 points and 13 rebounds. Latrell Sprewell netted 20 points and Sam Cassell contributed 15 points and 13 assists for the Timberwolves, who had a two-game winning streak halted.

Cassell’s basket with 5:25 left in the fourth quarter gave Minnesota an 80-72 advantage.

Seattle then stormed back and took the lead at 83-82 on a dunk by Jerome James with 1:55 remaining.

On the Timberwolves’ next possession, Garnett was fouled, but missed both free throws.

The Sonics then turned the ball over and Minnesota again had a chance to take the lead. However, Cassell misfired on a baseline jumper.

James was fouled with 36 seconds left and sank both attempts from the stripe to make it 85-82.

Mark Madsen answered with a dunk for Minnesota and the Timberwolves then fouled Murray, who made both free throws for an 87-84 edge.

After Sprewell tied the game with a three-pointer with 14.5 seconds remaining, Murray drove to the left side of the basket and hit the tough 10-foot jumper over Sprewell to give Seattle the win.

The Timberwolves are off until Thursday when they host the Chicago Bulls.