Kent Bazemore scored 23 points, John Collins added 21 and the Hawks blew a big lead but outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves 123-120 in overtime on Friday night in Minneapolis.
Hawks rookies Trae Young and Kevin Huerter each had big 3-pointers in the final minutes of overtime, after the Wolves erased a 22-point deficit only to be done in by missed free throws, dunks and layups.
The Hawks (10-24) earned their fifth road win despite turning the ball over 24 times to tie their season high.
Dewayne Dedmon scored 19 and Young 16 for the Hawks. Alex Poythress scored 12 points in his third game since being called up from the G League. Huerter scored 10.
After Huerter's 3 made it 121-117, Karl-Anthony Towns made two free throws before Andrew Wiggins went to the line for two shots with 4.5 seconds left. After missing two big free throws a few seconds earlier, Wiggins hit the first but missed his second.
Dedmon hit two foul shots with 1.7 seconds left. Rookie Josh Okogie pumped faked DeAndre Bembry and tried to draw contact from the corner, but his 3-point attempt fell short without a whistle.
Bazemore sent it to overtime with a fast-break layup after stealing an inbounds pass with 20 seconds left to play. Bembry blocked Derrick Rose's buzzer-beater attempt as time expired.
Towns led the Wolves with 31 points and 19 rebounds. Robert Covington had 28 points but missed a dunk late in regulation and, in overtime, lost the ball on a wide-open layup underneath the basket. Young followed by hitting a 3 to give Atlanta a 118-117 lead with 1:49 to play.
The Timberwolves erased a 22-point deficit after the Hawks silenced the sellout Minnesota crowd early with a season-high 42 first-quarter points. The Wolves held the Hawks to 47 over the next two quarters.
Minnesota went 21 of 38 from the free throw line.
The game marked only the second time this season that the Hawks have held a 20-point lead; the Hawks won the first game on Oct. 21 at Cleveland.
Timberwolves point guard Jeff Teague, a former Hawks standout, missed his sixth straight game with inflammation in his left ankle.
The Hawks host the Cavs on Saturday night at 7:30.
