Malik Beasley showed out in his Minnesota Timberwolves debut on Saturday night against the Los Angeles Clippers, scoring 23 points on 7-of-13 from beyond the arc while also adding 10 rebounds and four assists in a historic 142-115 victory.

Minnesota acquired the former Denver Nuggets guard as part of the four-team deal that sent Robert Covington to the Houston Rockets, and Beasley showed what he could do with more extended run.

The 23-year-old said he was in a “zone”, per Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic, and head coach Ryan Saunders is happy to have that type of weapon around:

“I was in the zone,” Beasley said. “I couldn’t see anybody or hear anybody, and it just felt good. I had great teammates passing me the ball and setting screens for me. It’s not just me, I’ve got other great teammates helping me out.”

“It’s nice to have a weapon like that that can get hot,” Saunders said.

Although Beasley officially made his Timberwolves debut against LA, he might as well have been playing with Minnesota for the entire season.

He wanted to play in Wednesday's game against the Atlanta Hawks merely hours after the Timberwolves finalized the acquisition to bring him to Minneapolis:

Beasley had not officially been a Timberwolf for more than an hour and he was already referring to his new team as “we” and taking a loss to the lowly Hawks personally. He was having trouble getting consistent minutes on a deep and talented Denver team. He was coming to a team that wants to shoot 3s as a way of life, but whose shoddy marksmanship had been a death sentence over the first 50 games of the season.

This is a new start for Beasley. He had mostly been utilized as a depth piece in Denver's backcourt, playing behind Gary Harris and Will Barton. The emergence of Michael Porter Jr. also made him more expendable.

But Malik Beasley figures to be a crucial piece for the Timberwolves moving forward and, after games like Saturday, they certainly figure to extend him this summer.