Reid exited to the locker room after sustaining an apparent shoulder injury in the fourth quarter of Monday's game against the Hawks, Jace Frederick of St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.
The good news is that Dillingham is available. Without Donte DiVincenzo (toe) in recent weeks, Dillingham has been a key piece of the rotation, playing over 10 minutes in five of his last six games. Dillingham is averaging 5.0 points, 1.8 assists and 1.0 rebounds per game this season, and he's scored in double digits in three of his last six games.
NBA Sixth Man of the Year (6MOTY) race remains one of the league's least inspiring award battles. Between injuries, role changes and the early frontrunner's statistical drop-off, no one did much to separate themselves from the pack over the past week.
Timberwolves big man Rudy Gobert reacts to an object nearly hitting him in the first half of Monday's game versus the Hawks.
The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Atlanta Hawks 100-92 Monday night at Target Center in Minneapolis, but Nickeil Alexander-Walker appeared to suffer a serious injury and was helped off the court by teammates in the fourth quarter.
Despite self-inflicted mistakes most of the night, the Timberwolves pulled out a 100-92 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. After committing 16 turnovers through three quarters, the Wolves put some distance on the scoreboard in the fourth and downed a depleted Atlanta team,
At issue was a brutal second half in which the Timberwolves were outscored 49-40 by the zombie Hawks, who were missing Trae Young, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels and Bogdan Bogdanović. The Wolves still needed to play Rudy Gobert 38 minutes, Anthony Edwards 35 and Mike Conley 31 to ensure they finished off the Hawks.
Anthony Edwards scored 23 points, Julius Randle added 20 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves held on for a 100-92 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night in Minneapolis.
Minnesota Timberwolves star Rudy Gobert narrowly avoided being hit by what appeared to be a falling piece of equipment from the jumbotron at the Target Center during a game against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday.