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kings LOSE

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Kevin Garnett scored a season-high 35 points with 18 rebounds and nine assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied to beat the Sacramento Kings 113-105 Friday night.

Playing before their largest crowd of the season, the Wolves trailed for most of the first three quarters before using a 18-3 burst in the fourth to turn a four-point deficit into a 109-98 lead with 2:57 remaining.

Garnett hit four free throws to tie the score 95-95, then zipped a cross-court pass to Fred Hoiberg for a 3 and a 98-97 advantage, the Wolves' first lead since 6-5.

Eddie Griffin added 18 points for Minnesota, and Sam Cassell scored 14 of his 15 points in the second half.

Chris Webber had 25 points for the Kings, Mike Bibby had 21, and Bobby Jackson added 19 against his former team.

It was another in a series of high-scoring, hard-fought games between the two Western Conference foes.

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They met in a tense seven-game series in the conference semifinals last year, won by Minnesota, and the Wolves handed the Kings their only other loss of the past 14 games by winning 121-110 at Arco Arena on Nov. 28.

The Kings built a double-digit lead early and maintained it until early in the fourth quarter, when Griffin hit a 3-pointer to tie the score 87-87.

Webber scored 12 of his points in the third quarter, and Jackson hit three 3-pointers, including one at the buzzer, to give Sacramento an 82-76 lead after three.

But Garnett scored 10 in the fourth, and the energy of reserves Hoiberg, Griffin and Trenton Hassell ignited the crowd of 19,101.

The loss ended a four-game road winning streak for Sacramento.

The Kings went on a 16-3 run midway through the first quarter to take a 23-10 lead. Webber got inside for three easy baskets and Bibby and Jackson hit long 3s. Minnesota shot just 23 percent (5-for-22) in the first quarter.

Garnett reacted angrily when Kings forward Darius Songaila shoved him as Garnett was going up for a shot and Garnett came down hard. But he channeled his frustration, scoring six of his team's points and setting up the other two baskets in a 10-4 run to pull the Wolves to 46-44.

Notes

Griffin might be the early favorite for the league's Most Improved Player, averaging 11 points and seven rebounds after being out of the league for 17 months. Said Wolves coach Flip Saunders of Griffin, ``He's got a comfort level on the floor and off the floor.'' ... The Wolves, one of the league's best jump-shooting teams, didn't make one in the first quarter, getting all five field goals on layups or dunks, but recovered to shoot 51 percent for the game.