If you were watching Sunday Night Football, you missed an incredible ending in the NBA world. A fabulous flurry at the end of the game between the Thunder and the Timberwolves capped off a back-and-forth battle between two teams expected to make life difficult for the Golden State Warriors out west.
The game ended when Carmelo Anthony hit a go-ahead three-pointer for Oklahoma City. With nearly no time remaining, Andrew Wiggins hoisted up a go-ahed three of his own. This happened.
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The Wolves came out on top, 115-113. This game had everything: Karl-Anthony Towns putting people on posters, Andre Roberson airballing free throws, and on top of all the craziness, Wiggins nails the buzzer beater to bring the Wolves to a 2-1 start during a brutal three-game stretch to start the season.
Wiggins himself is off to a hot start as he’s averaging a career-high 24 points to start the season, which includes him having to share the ball with Towns and Jimmy Butler. So far, the biggest improvement for Wiggins has been his shooting from distance, averaging three made shots from downtown per game, which eclipses his previous career bests.
If Wiggins continues upon this improvement, it’s only a matter of time before the accolades and perhaps an All-Star nomination comes. Seeing as how he got a max extension from the Timberwolves, we’re sure they’d love this from one of their young building blocks.
