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Player grades from Timberwolves’ road loss to the Orlando Magic

The Minnesota Timberwolves six-game winning streak was snapped in humbling fashion in a loss to the Orlando Magic on Friday night.

Timberwolves sunk by foul issues, hot shooting from the Magic

The Wolves arrived in Florida as winners of six consecutive games. Friday night against the Orlando Magic was supposed to be the easiest of the pair of games, with the second night of a back-to-back on Saturday bringing a matchup against the Eastern Conference-leading Miami Heat.

Things did not play out favorably for the Wolves, however, as the defense struggled early and the offense struggled late in a disappointing loss.

The Wolves shot the lights out from deep in the first quarter, knocking in seven of their 11 long-range attempts. But they couldn’t keep their hands off the Magic on the other end of the floor, allowing the home team to get into the bonus before five minutes had passed on the clock.

That allowed the Magic to hang around, and as the game wore on, the Wolves’ jump shots…

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