GAME RECAP
IMPACT PLAYER
Kenneth Faried, Nuggets
With 26 points and a career-high 25 rebounds, including 12 offensive ones, in only 30 minutes, could there be any other choice?
BY THE NUMBERS
1 Times since the NBA started tracking minutes played in 1951-52 that a player had at least 25 points and 25 rebounds while playing 30 minutes or less in the game, according to Elias Sports Bureau. Faried did it Friday.
5 Missed Wolves free throws over 10 attempts in the final 2 minutes, 19 seconds.
6 Double-doubles this season for Wolves center Gorgui Dieng, who had his second in as many games with 14 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots.
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