Wolves shoot franchise-record 68.4 percent to beat Nets

MINNEAPOLIS - Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 points, seven assists and six rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves shot a franchise-record 68.4 percent to beat the Brooklyn Nets 132-118 on Saturday night.

Andrew Wiggins had 26 points and six assists, Zach LaVine scored 21 points and Ricky Rubio had 16 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds for the Timberwolves. The Wolves had a season-high 36 assists to bounce back from an ugly loss in Milwaukee on Friday night.

Markel Brown scored 23 points and Thomas Robinson added 18 points and 17 rebounds for the Nets. Brooklyn played without starters Brook Lopez and Thaddeus Young, who both sat out to rest.

Minnesota's previous franchise record was 67.1 set against the Lakers in 2014.

Everything went in for the Wolves, who didn't have one player miss more than four shots in the game.

The Nets are in the middle of a nine-game road trip, and interim coach Tony Brown decided to rest Lopez and Young on the second night of a back-to-back after playing heavy minutes Friday in Denver. The Nets entered the night just one victory ahead of the Wolves in the race to the bottom, with the team with the worse record getting a better chance at the No. 1 pick in the NBA's draft lottery.

A team that rested its two best players in a game like this normally might be accused of tanking, but not the Nets. Their first-round draft choice is owned by Boston.

Without Lopez to patrol the paint and Young to spread the floor, the Nets were toast.

The Timberwolves shot 74 percent in the first quarter and just kept right on making shots. The Nets trimmed a 23-point deficit to with less than eight minutes to play in the fourth, but Minnesota responded with an 8-0 run to seal the win.

It's exactly what Wolves interim coach Sam Mitchell wanted to see one night after benching four of his starters for more of the second half because he wasn't happy with their lifeless play in a blowout loss in Milwaukee.

The Wolves made 10 of 18 3-pointers and scored 25 points off 16 Nets turnovers.