PHOENIX — For about three quarters the Timberwolves had been the Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards show in their 123-119 victory over the Suns.
It was quite an entertaining show, considering Towns went for 41 points and Edwards went for 42. But it was still incomplete as the Wolves were down 15 in the third quarter.
Then help finally came to the rescue. First, it came in the form of Juancho Hernangomez, who scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half while Naz Reid added 10. That helped the Wolves chip away at the large deficit toward the end of the third and only down 91-83 instead of double digits.
It was Hernangomez who then hit a key three with 6 minutes, 11 seconds remaining to pull the Wolves within three. He would then ice the game with a dunk with 4.7 seconds left.
Players not named Edwards and Towns accounted for only 14 of the Wolves' field goals and the bench was just 2-for-14 from the floor at the half.
Edwards said he had some advice recently for Hernangomez.
"Juancho can shoot … the hell out the ball," Edwards said. "I tell Juancho, 'If you catch the ball open and don't shoot it, you losing money."
Towns said the unsung hero of the night was Josh Okogie, who helped hold Devin Booker (35 points) to just one in the fourth quarter.
