INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Julius Randle scored 16 of his 20 points in the first quarter, Anthony Edwards added 16 and the Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 108-80 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.

Randle scored all of his points in the first half, including four 3-pointers, helping Minnesota to its third straight win after four straight losses. At halftime the Timberwolves had a lead of 27, and in the second half their largest lead was 41.

Bones Hyland led the Clippers with 18 points, including a season-high five 3-pointers. Derrick Jones Jr. scored 14 points.

The Clippers had their nine-game home winning streak ended.

Takeaways

Timberwolves: Josh Minott came off the bench and scored 13 points. The Timberwolves had a 32-8 advantage in fast break points, including 20-0 in the first half.

Clippers: LA fell to 3-3 on the second night of a meeting and is 8-4 overall.

Key moment

The Clippers had a 10-9 lead before the Timberwolves took control with an 18-4 run over nearly four minutes in the first quarter. Randle scored eight points during the spurt and Randle added five.

Key statistics

Following the Lakers’ 41-point loss at Miami early Wednesday, it is only the second time that both Los Angeles teams have lost by 25 points or more on the same night, according to Sportradar. The other was on April 18, 2005, when the Clippers lost by 25 to Houston and Golden State beat the Lakers by 27.

Next

The Timberwolves are at Golden State on Friday night. The Clippers host Houston on Sunday night.

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