Schroder 得点する／非難する／２０s 26, Paul 25 as 雷鳴 （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 T-Wolves 113-104
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - With 退役軍人s banged up, Oklahoma City´s young players are 伸び（る）ing 価値のある experience and learning how to 勝利，勝つ on the road.
Having Chris Paul around to 安定させる things certainly helps, too.
Paul 得点する／非難する／２０d 25 points and 攻撃する，衝突する timely 発射s to deflate Minnesota´s runs, and Dennis Schroder had a team-high 26 points off the （法廷の）裁判 to lead the 雷鳴 to their fifth straight 勝利，勝つ, 113-104 over the 低迷ing Timberwolves on Saturday night.
Since December, the 雷鳴 have gone 12-3 on the road and have won five 連続した games away from Chesapeake Energy 円形競技場. Their （法廷の）裁判 played 井戸／弁護士席 again, outscoring Minnesota´s reserves 52-20. That was 特に big considering Nerlens Noel was out with a fractured cheek bone, and Steven Adams wasn´t やめる at 十分な strength after 行方不明の two games 予定 to 傷害.
"I thought 存在 somewhat short-手渡すd and Steven probably not all the way 支援する 肉体的に, the 職業 those guys did on the road to find a way to 勝利，勝つ was really, really 広大な／多数の／重要な," coach Billy Donovan said.
Oklahoma City had seven players in 二塁打 人物／姿／数字s, 含むing 15 points from Darius Bazley and 11 from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Oklahoma City 雷鳴 guard Deonte Burton, 中心, 封鎖するs a 発射 by Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jarrett Culver, left, as 雷鳴 今後 マイク Muscala (33) watches during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
"Young guys amazing once again," Paul said. "We （機の）カム out, I think we were nine, 10 strong."
Paul had 10 points during a 31-12 run that appeared to give the 雷鳴 支配（する）／統制する in the third. The Wolves managed to climb 支援する late. Robert Covington's 3-pointer with 1:07 to play made it 109-104, but Paul answered with a floater in the 小道／航路 and Schroder 追加するd a pair of 解放する／自由な-throws to put the game out of reach.
"He has so much experience," マイク Muscala, who had 11 points off the （法廷の）裁判, said of Paul. "He knows his 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs. He knows how to keep the ball moving."
Karl-Anthony Towns 得点する／非難する／２０d 37 for the Timberwolves, who 削減（する） a 20-point 赤字 to five in the final minutes but lost their ninth in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動. The All-星／主役にする 中心 has 得点する／非難する／２０d 30 points in three straight games for the second time in his career, but saw uneven 生産／産物 from his チーム仲間s.
"The league is what it is," Towns said. "They´re going to kick when you´re 負かす／撃墜する, and they´re going to keep kicking you until you get it. We´ve got to get up."
REELING WOLVES
Andrew Wiggins 得点する／非難する／２０d 22 for Minnesota, and Shabazz Napier had his first-career ３倍になる-二塁打 with 10 points, 13 補助装置s and 10 回復するs.
Not that Napier was in any mood to celebrate afterward.
"I don´t care about that man, I could care いっそう少なく," he said. "I´ve said this a million times, to many people, I could go in a game an d throw a thousand turnovers, as long as we 勝利，勝つ."
KAT ADJUSTMENTS
The 雷鳴 withstood an 早期に 押し進める from Towns, who 得点する／非難する／２０d 19 of Minnesota´s first 20 points.
"We did a better 職業 of （人が）群がるing the 床に打ち倒す on him and at least putting some people around him where he didn't have so much room to operate," Donovan said.
Schroder （機の）カム off the （法廷の）裁判 to 得点する／非難する／２０ 10 in the period to 刻々と 押し進める the 雷鳴 past the Wolves, who failed to find any 早期に 罪／違反 when Towns took a 残り／休憩（する）. The 残り／休憩（する） of the team went 1 for 13 from the 床に打ち倒す in the first ４半期/4分の1.
TIP INS
雷鳴: Adams played 23 minutes in his return to the 顔触れ after 行方不明の two games with a sprained left ankle. Adams was held scoreless, yet 供給するd a big 団体／死体 to 悩ます Towns. ... The team said Noel underwent a successful 手続き to 修理 a fractured left cheek, and that his status would be updated next week. Noel, who´s 普通の／平均（する）ing 8.2 points and 5.2 回復するs, 支えるd the 傷害 Friday night against Atlanta. ... F Danilo Gallinari was also out with a sore left thumb 負傷させるd Friday night.
Timberwolves: G Allen Crabbe limped to the locker room with a left 膝 傷害 after a hard 落ちる in the first ４半期/4分の1. He did not return. ... 新人 Jarrett Culver was 支援する in the starting 顔触れ a night after Josh Okogie started in the 支援する 法廷，裁判所 to guard Houston´s James Harden. ... The Wolves 解任するd G Jaylen Nowell from the G League on Saturday. The second-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選ぶ in the 2019 草案 普通の／平均（する）d 21 points in 24 games with the Iowa Wolves.
UP NEXT
雷鳴: Host Dallas 無所属の政治家s on Monday.
Timberwolves: Host Sacramento Kings on Monday.
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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Shabazz Napier?(13) 運動s past Oklahoma City 雷鳴 guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander?during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
Oklahoma City 雷鳴 guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander?(2) looks to pass the ball while defended by Minnesota Timberwolves guard Shabazz Napier?(13) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
Minnesota Timberwolves 中心 Karl-Anthony Towns? 衝突する／食い違うs with Oklahoma City 雷鳴 今後 マイク Muscala during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
Minnesota Timberwolves 中心 Karl-Anthony Towns, 権利, passes the ball to Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jarrett Culver during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City 雷鳴 Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Shabazz Napier, left, and Oklahoma City 雷鳴 guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander?fight for a loose ball resulting in a jump ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
Minnesota Timberwolves 中心 Karl-Anthony Towns, from left, Timberwolves guard Josh Okogie, Oklahoma City 雷鳴 今後 マイク Muscala and 雷鳴 guard Hamidou Diallo go up for a 回復する during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
Minnesota Timberwolves 中心 Karl-Anthony Towns?(32) goes up to shoot past Oklahoma City 雷鳴 中心 Steven Adams?(12) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
