Shaedon Sharpe puts up 33 as the Blazers beat the Wolves again

Shaedon Sharpe scored a career-best 33 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 106-98 victory over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.

Rookie Donovan Clingan had 17 points, 12 rebounds and eight blocked shots as Portland defeated Minnesota for the second straight year. The host Trail Blazers won 122-108 on Tuesday.

Dalano Banton scored 13 points for Portland, which won consecutive games for the first time this season. Toumani Camara had 11 points, eight rebounds and three steals and Scoot Henderson also had 11 points for the Trail Blazers.

Anthony Edwards scored 24 points and had four steals for the Timberwolves, but missed all nine of his 3-point attempts. Last Friday in Minneapolis, he hit nine treys and scored 37 points as the Timberwolves earned a 127-102 victory over Portland.

Julius Randle had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Naz Reid scored 15 points off the bench for Minnesota, which lost its third straight game. Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 13 points and three steals and Rudy Gobert added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Timberwolves.

The Trail Blazers made 45.2 percent of their shots, including 9 of 25 (36 percent) from 3-point range.

Minnesota shot just 39.4 percent from the field and shot a shaky 7 of 39 (17.9 percent) from 3-point range.

Portland scored 13 straight points in the fourth quarter to take an 89-78 lead. Sharpe capped the outburst by sinking two free throws with 6:39 left.

Minnesota got within 96-92 after Gobert’s three-point play with 1:48 left, but Sharpe answered with a three-pointer 10 seconds later.

Edwards later made a layup to give Minnesota a 101-96 lead with a minute left. However, Sharpe made two free throws and Banton converted a three-point play to increase the lead to 10 with 16.5 seconds remaining to put the ball away.

Minnesota appeared motivated to avenge Tuesday’s loss as it jumped out to an 11-2, 16-4 lead. The Timberwolves led 33-23 at the end of the quarter.

The Trail Blazers took their first lead at 44-42 after Camara struck back with 2:38 left in the half.

At halftime the score was tied at 48. Sharpe had 14 points for Portland and Edwards had 10 for the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves capitalized on a 12-2 lead to take a 70-63 lead with 3:45 left in the third quarter. But Portland finished the period strong, tying the score at 76 on Banton’s 3-pointer with 35.3 seconds left.

–Field level media