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NEW YORK -- No matter how much Tom Thibodeau screamed, his Minnesota Timberwolves clearly arent hearing his message about defense.Kenny Atkinson sure liked what he saw from his offense.Brook Lopez scored 26 points, and the Brooklyn Nets kept the Timberwolves winless on the road with a 119-110 victory Tuesday night.The Nets shot 55.3 percent from the field and had eight players with at least nine points, the kind of movement and involvement that Atkinson wanted to bring to Brooklyn from his time as an Atlanta assistant.Were sharing the wealth a little more and in the perfect Utopian motion system, thats what it should look like, where its really everybodys touching it, Atkinson said.It led to a surprisingly easy offensive performance against a young Wolves team that clearly hasnt yet grasped Thibodeaus defensive schemes.Thibodeau, whose teams in Chicago were among the NBAs strongest defensively, said 110 points is more than enough to win.Unless we correct the defensive end, its going to be a struggle, he said. That has to become a priority by everyone, otherwise nothing positive is going to happen.Trevor Booker added 15 points and Sean Kilpatrick had 14 for the Nets.Andrew Wiggins scored a career-high 36 points for the Wolves, making a career-best six 3-pointers. Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points, but scoring wasnt the problem for Minnesota.The Wolves are 0-4 on the road and just 1-5 overall.We keep hearing were young, thats why were playing the way we play, Towns said. Thats not the reason. Were just not executing.It was close most of the way, neither team having much luck stopping the other, and the Nets lead was just two after Wiggins jumper with 56 seconds left. Bojan Bogdanovic then made a 3-pointer with 37 seconds to go for a 115-110 lead, and Isaiah Whitehead and Bogdanovic closed it out with free throws.Without injured point guards Jeremy Lin (strained left hamstring) and Greivis Vasquez (sore right ankle), the Nets got a scare in the first quarter when starter Whitehead had to leave the game after he fell onto the court and Gorgui Dieng accidentally stepped on his face. But the second-round draft pick from Brooklyn was able to return shortly after and had six points, seven rebounds and seven assists.Thats the toughness we need and thats the definition of Brooklyn grit right there, Lopez said.The Nets shot 62 percent in the first half and led 66-65 despite 19 points from Towns.TIP-INSTimberwolves: The Timberwolves lost for just the fifth time in the last 15 meetings. ... Wiggins previous career-bests were 35 points and four 3-pointers.Nets: Randy Foye made his Nets debut after beginning the season with a strained right hamstring, scoring three points. ... Bogdanovic and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson each had 13 points.EAST MEETS WESTThe Nets were playing their first Western Conference opponent in their seventh game, the longest they had gone into a season since moving to Brooklyn in 2012. The Wolves were playing their first East team.SKILLED KILPATRICKThe Timberwolves once signed Kilpatrick in part because they were so short-handed they needed another player just to meet NBA rules of having eight in uniform, and he was playing in the NBA Development League close enough to arrive on time. Now he entered the game as the NBAs highest-scoring reserve with 17 points per game.Hes still the guy that would get in a car and go to any game at any place, Atkinson said. That guy, hes just a competitor. Hes grinded through some tough times to get where he is and then he just keeps blossoming and were giving him a lot of responsibility and hes answering the bell.UP NEXTTimberwolves: Visit Magic on Wednesday to complete three-game trip. The Wolves have lost eight straight in Orlando.Nets: Visit Knicks on Wednesday, the first matchup this season between New Yorks teams. Its a short journey for the opener of a five-game trip. Cheap Air Max From China . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. Cheap Air Max Free Shipping . In the response filed Wednesday to the complaint by 30-year-old Alexander Bradley, attorneys say the former University of Florida player is invoking his Fifth Amendment right that protects people from incriminating themselves. http://www.cheapairmaxfromchina.us/ . 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He has teamed with John Wall to form one of the most dynamic young backcourts in the NBA but has had difficulty staying healthy. Beal has never played more than 70 games in a season and has been bothered by stress fractures in his right leg throughout his career.He played in only 55 games with 35 starts during Washingtons disappointing 2015-16 season. But he just turned 23 and the Wizards are banking on his ability to put those injuries behind him as they try to push back into the playoff field in the Eastern Conference.The Wizards have designs on landing some other big names on the free agent market, so Beals deal will not be signed until Washington knows who else will be coming from outside the organization. The Wizards have so-called Bird Rights on Beal, meaning they can go over the salary cap -- expected to be around $94 million -- to keep him. The clause in the collective bargaining agreement, named after Larry Bird, gives teams an advantage in retaining players.The deal makes Beal the highest paid player on the Wizards by a wide margin, but Wall didnt seem to have anny gripes about that off the top.ddddddddddddCongrats to my lil bro (at)RealDealBeal23, Wall tweeted Friday. Now everything on u lol...Welcome back !!One player the Wizards wont be getting is the prize of the class: Kevin Durant. Earlier in the spring there was some hope in Washington that Durant would choose to leave Oklahoma City and come home to the D.C. area to join Wall and the rest of a team that appeared to be on the rise just two seasons ago. But it became apparent as the summer dragged on that Durant was not interested in a homecoming, so the Wizards are continuing their plan to build around that dynamic backcourt with a new coach in Scott Brooks.When Beal is healthy, he brings a scoring touch from the perimeter to complement Walls quickness and penetration at point guard. Beal is a career 39.7 percent shooter from 3-point range and also has shown the ability to create his own shot and the versatility to play with the starting unit or come off the bench to provide instant offense.Washington was one of the bigger disappointments in the league last season, going 41-41 and missing the playoffs in the muddled Eastern Conference a year after winning 46 games and advancing to the conference semifinals.The Wizards made the switch from Randy Wittman to Brooks, but Beals ability to stay healthy and productive will prove critical to their plans of bouncing back next season.Yahoo Sports first reported the agreements completion. ' ' '