TWIN TOWERS?
Karl-Anthony Towns and Gorgui Dieng have started together in the Wolves' past six games. The Wolves are 2-4 in those games, but they have won the past two. Saturday they combined for 50 points and 30 rebounds. Here's a statistical look at how they've done in those six games, with per-game averages in parentheses.
FG-FGAPointsReboundsAssists
Towns55-94 (58.5)129 (21.5)75 (12.5)13 (2.2)
Dieng41-64 (64.1)109 (18.2)63 (10.5)17 (2.8)
Together96-158 (60.8)238 (39.7)138 (23.0)30 (5.0)
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