The brightest moments create the most opportune times for players to emerge onto the scene and, tonight, Jaylen Nowell did just that.
The former PAC-12 Player of the Year continues to rise to the occasion for a Minnesota Timberwolves team that needs secondary creation and scoring juice to combat the absence of Anthony Edwards and Malik Beasley’s uncharacteristic shooting slump.
Nowell poured in 16 points (13 of which came in the second half), on 4/7 from 2-point range and 2/2 from deep, to go along with four rebounds and three assists. The short-handed Wolves out-scored a decimated Dallas Mavericks bunch by six points in Nowell’s 18 minutes.