{"id":445178,"date":"2025-11-30T23:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T23:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/445178\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T23:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T23:56:18","slug":"its-time-for-basketball-spurs-at-minnesota-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/445178\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time for Basketball: Spurs at Minnesota Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines<\/a> apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don\u2019t troll and don\u2019t swear too much. <\/p>\n

The Spurs road trip continues in Minnesota, where the Timberwolves beat the Celtics 119-115 last night With a 39 point scoring burst from Anthony Edwards. Ant wasn\u2019t the only key performer for the Wolves, they got solid performances from Julius Randle and Donte DeVincenzo, who led the team with 8 assists.<\/p>\n

The Spurs are coming off of one of their best performances of the season [Personal note: that\u2019s something I\u2019ve said more than once, which is a good sign] in a 139-136 group-clinching performance over the Denver Nuggets. Devin Vassell and Julian Champagnie led the way for the good guys, but you can\u2019t forget the solid performance from Keldon Johnson coming off the bench. Usually role players don\u2019t play as well on the road as at home, but the Denver game was an outlier for that stat, as every player on the Spurs exceeded expectations, and even guys like Carter Bryant, who has been quite raw at times, had some solid minutes in the Mile High city.<\/p>\n

The Spurs can\u2019t afford a letdown against the T\u2019Wolves, who have been a bit inconsistent this season, but seem to be hitting their stride a month into the season. Although the official injury report has not yet been submitted at the time this article has been written, it\u2019s expected that Minnesota will have all of their players available, and the Spurs are still missing Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle from the lineup. It will be interesting to see if Vassell can build on his performance against the Nuggets and Fox can bounce back after scoring a sub-par (for him) 15 points against the Nuggets. These games are going to be tough as the Spurs keep trying to grind out wins to keep pace in the West until Victor and Stephon return. After tonight\u2019s game, the Spurs return home for a single game against the Grizzlies on Tuesday, then go back out on the road to face the Magic, Cavaliers, and Pelicans\u2014followed by a trip to Los Angeles to face the Lakers in their opening game of the NBA Cup knockout tournament. That\u2019s a real murderer\u2019s row of road games [except for the Pelicans] so we\u2019ll find out a lot about how well things are going with Mitch Johnson\u2019s leadership during the stretch. It\u2019s possible that Castle and Wembanyama could return at some point in that string of game, which could make the NBA Cup tournament much more interesting.<\/p>\n

Rudy Gobert will attempt a slam dunk which misses badly, and the rebound will bounce out to halfcourt for a breakaway dunk by Keldon Johnson.<\/p>\n

San Antonio Spurs at Minnesota Timberwolves
November 30, 2025 | 6:00 PM CT
Streaming: NBA League Pass
TV: FanDuel Sports Southwest
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