MINNEAPOLIS _ It took them a while to actually play the game. But it was worth the wait.
Bouncing back strongly from Saturday's disappointing loss to Sacramento, the Wolves rallied from a 12-point third-quarter deficit to beat Portland, 110-109, on Monday at Target Center.
This was the replay of the March 6 game postponed because of condensation on the Target Center floor.
Wolves center Karl-Anthony Towns scored 14 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter, Andrew Wiggins scored 29 and Ricky Rubio had 11 points and 16 assists as the Wolves (31-45) halted Portland's six-game winning streak.
It was a comeback that had a little bit of defense and a lot of a clutch play.
Up a point late, Wiggins scored with 1:45 left. After a Portland miss, Towns scored with 57.7 seconds left to give the Wolves a 108-103 lead.
At the other end Damian Lillard hit a 3-pointer with 53 seconds left, but Towns responded with another basket. With 31.1 seconds left Allen Crabbe was fouled. He made his first free throw but missed the second, but Al-Farouq Aminu flew in for the put-back to cut the Wolves lead to 110-109 with 30.8 seconds left.
Out of a time out, Rubio drove but was blocked at the rim by Aminu. The Wolves got the rebound, but Wiggins' 3-pointer didn't foul with 4.9 left. Portland in-bounded the ball to Lillard, but his shot bounced out at the buzzer.
Lillard had 25 for Portland. C.J. McCollum and Maurice Harkless had 17 each. Brandon Rush scored 12 points for the Wolves. Gorgui Dieng had eight and Shabazz Muhammad had 11 off the bench.
