The Atlanta Hawks found themselves on the wrong end of a blowout against the Minnesota Timberwolves at State Farm Arena on Monday night, falling 136-115.
Trae Young led the Hawks with 41 points with Onyeka Okongwu adding 16 points and 14 rebounds off the bench. For the Timberwolves (playing without Karl-Anthony Towns) Anthony Edwards scored 32 points, Mike Conley added 21 points.
Affairs were proceeding smoothly by the mid-point of the first quarter, the Wolves leading 17-15 with just over six minutes played in the first quarter. Within the next three minutes the Wolves established a double-digit lead and never looked back, scoring 40 points in the first quarter before very quickly running their lead up to 20 points with 8:47 remaining in the second quarter.