NBA-leading Milwaukee pulls away from Timberwolves 140-128

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The Wolves led by two entering the fourth but the Bucks ended the game on a 33-18 run over the final 12 minutes.

MILWAUKEE - The Timberwolves opened a stretch of back-to-back games Friday in New York, without Karl-Anthony Towns, against the NBA’s dregs. They ended it Saturday against the NBA’s royalty.

But it took a while for the expected to happen.

Again without Towns, against a Milwaukee Bucks team with the best record in the league, with a bench playing out of its mind, the Wolves hung with the Bucks for three-plus quarter before the Bucks pulled away for what turned out to be a relatively easy 140-128 victory.

The game was played at a pace guaranteed to take a toll on a team playing…