Anthony Edwards intervenes late as the Wolves beat the Clippers

Anthony Edwards hit a three-pointer with 2:24 left to give the Minnesota Timberwolves a 93-92 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA Cup West Group A game on Friday night in Minneapolis.

Edwards turned a 90-87 deficit into a 93-90 lead by throwing down a dunk, knocking down a triple and sinking a free throw.

Ivica Zubac converted a putback with 50.9 seconds left to bring Los Angeles within a minute, but a sloppy defensive sequence in the final seconds prevented the Clippers from claiming the win.

Minnesota guard Mike Conley got a steal with 26.1 seconds left in the game and then helped the Timberwolves move the ball with time running out. Conley finally got the ball back late in the shot clock, forcing the veteran to shoot a quick three-pointer.

Conley was wide, but Edwards got the rebound. He also missed a shot, but teammate Rudy Gobert grabbed another offensive rebound and ran out the clock.

Edwards finished with 21 points, Conley scored 13 and Nickeil Alexander-Walker had 12 points and 10 points for the Timberwolves, who finished 2-2 in group play.

James Harden (20 points, 11 assists) and Zubac (16 points, 13 rebounds) each recorded a double-double as Los Angeles fell 2-1 in West Group A with one game left to play. Kevin Porter Jr. scored 17 points but suffered an apparent ankle injury late in the fourth quarter.

The Clippers evened the score to 57-1 on Zubac’s hook shot with 9:38 left in the third quarter. Just over a minute later, Julius Randle answered with a jumper that gave the Timberwolves a 15-4 lead.

From then on, however, it was all Los Angeles as the visitors conceded seven unanswered points at the end of the period, cutting Minnesota’s lead to 72-68 early in the fourth period.

After Porter hit a floater for the first points of the second quarter, the Timberwolves took the lead and went on a 14-2 run to take a 40-29 lead with 8:17 left in the first half.

Minnesota still led 51-41 after two free throws from Edwards with 2:20 left, but the Clippers scored six of the final eight points of the period to get within 53-47 at the break.

–Field level media