SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – The Timberwolves have found playing in California’s capital city to their liking in recent years. Much more so than playing the Sacramento Kings at home, in fact.
Anthony Edwards had 26 points, four rebounds, five assists and two steals, leading seven Wolves players in double-figure scoring in their 144-117 rout of the Kings on Sunday night.
The Wolves (6-4) won for the fourth time in five games, and for the second game in a row they won in decisive fashion. This wasn’t quite the rout [that Friday’s 40-point victory over Utah was](https://www.startribune.com/takeaways-timberwolves-open-nba-cup-with-40-point-rout-of-jazz/601461913), but the Wolves trailed only briefly early in Sunday’s game and shot 53.6% from the floor, hit 18 three-pointers on 46 attempts and scored 37 points off 18 Kings turnovers.
In his third game back from a hamstring injury that caused him to miss four games, Edwards shot 7-for-16 from the floor, 5-for-11 from three-point range and 7-for-8 from the free-throw line. He scored 37 points Friday against the Jazz and is now 12-for-23 on three-pointers over his past two games.
Jaden McDaniels scored 21 points, Rudy Gobert had 19 points, 12 rebounds and a season-high five blocks and Julius Randle also had 19 points as the Wolves starters shot 57.6% from the floor.
The Wolves led 31-25 at the end of the first quarter, with Zach LaVine hitting a three-pointer at the buzzer to make it that close for the Kings.
Edwards shot 0-for-5 in the first quarter but made a three-pointer after re-entering the game in the second, followed by a four-point play at the 4:07 mark. He finished with 16 points in the Wolves’ 40-point second quarter, which ended with them up 71-54.
In the third quarter, Naz Reid’s basket gave the Wolves a 99-71 lead. The Wolves scored 40 points again in the third quarter to take an 111-84 lead into the fourth.