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Webster weaves his own Magic to sink Orlando

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 05:57 AM.

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Nov 3rd, 2010 Fans of the NBA all around the country are starting to pay attention to the Minnesota Timberwolves, following their third straight win on their current road trip, this one against the Magic the day after defeating the fancied Heat. The Wolves are a young side packed with potential and it appears Coach Kurt Rambis is doing something right. �The guys are pleased to have stuck to their processes and come out of this game with a win, but they know it is a long season and there is a lot of work to be done.� Rambis wasn't ready to talk about the potential of his team just yet, wanting instead for the Timberwolves to continue to focus on the fundamentals, �People can hype us up all they want, but we know there is so much more we can improve on and until we do, we are no guarantee to win on any night.�

It was a game that could have so easily gone the other way for the young Wolves, especially when Orlando jumped out of the gate with a 12 � 2 run. Fortunately for the Wolves they did not panic and set about just slowly working themselves back into the game, only trailing by two points at the end of the quarter. Martell Webster hit several deep twos late in the first to warm himself up for what was to come in the second.

The second quarter was a high scoring affair and once again it looked like Orlando was going to show their supremacy and take a handy lead into the half time break, however they were not expecting a 12 point blitz from Webster in the space of 90 seconds at the end of the period. The Wolves sixth man nailed 4 three pointers in a row thanks to beautiful passes from third string point guard Sebastian Telfair and the Wolves went into the half up by one. Webster had 22 points at the half, matching Jason Richardson's output for the Magic.

Webster nails his first of four trey's to end the first half

The back and forth struggle continued in the third, with Webster going cold the Wolves had to find someone else to step up. Michael Beasley who had taken a back seat in the early part of the season to Webster and Rider stepped up and helped his team keep pace with the Magic. The lead changed once again at the end of the quarter though with the Magic up by one. Hedo Turkoglu nailing a couple three's in the period to help the Magic set the pace.

The Wolves came out hard in the fourth and pushed the lead to 10 points and then set about trying to maintain that lead. The Magic battled hard, with third string point guard Chris Duhon (behind Arenas and Nelson) pulling off a couple classy shots to try and get the Magic back into the game. The Magic still trailing by six started fouling with 90 seconds on the clock, and the young Wolves while a little shaky managed to hold on and win by four points, 115 to 111 in one of the highest scoring games of the season to date.

Telfair makes a case for more game time

Notes: Telfair played the most minutes he had seen all season and made the most of the time, dishing an assist a minute for ten minutes. Johnson also put in one of his more polished performances, dropping 10 for the Wolves. Webster continues his push to be considered as a starter, finishing the game with 29 points.

Nov 3, 2010 - MIN at ORL
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Minnesota Timberwolves (3-1)	25	35	28	27	115
Orlando Magic (2-1)	27	32	31	21	111

Minnesota Timberwolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jonny Flynn	20	0-3	0-0	2-2	1	13	2	0	2	2
Isaiah Rider	25	7-14	2-4	2-4	3	1	0	1	0	18
Michael Beasley	24	6-9	2-4	1-2	3	0	0	2	1	15
Kevin Love	25	5-12	0-3	6-7	6	3	1	1	1	16
Anthony Randolph	24	5-6	0-0	1-2	6	2	2	3	1	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Deandre Jordan	25	1-1	0-0	1-2	7	1	1	2	3	3
Martell Webster	18	12-21	5-12	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	29
Wesley Johnson	13	3-4	1-2	3-3	1	2	0	0	0	10
Eric Bledsoe	15	3-7	1-3	2-2	1	5	0	0	0	9
Nikola Pekovic	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Sebastian Telfair	10	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	10	1	0	0	2
Marquis Daniels	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		42-77	11-28	20-26	30	38	8	10	8	115