The three Wolves joined forces, and the Timberwolves won 135-105 on the road to win three consecutive games, while the Thunder suffered their fifth loss in the last six games.
Statistics
D'Angelo Russell had 27 points and 12 assists, Anthony Edwards had 24 points, six rebounds and seven assists, Carl Anthony Downs had 19 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three blocks, and Jared Vanderbilt had 11 points, 16 rebounds and three steals.
For the Thunder, Luguets Dort had 18 points, Alexander 12 points and six assists, and Josh Gieddy had 10 points, five boards and five assists.
Game review
Patrick Beverley was sidelined with a groin injury and Jayden McDaniels started. On the Thunder side, Dolt returned to the starting line after two games off due to a knee injury.
After the opening, the two sides played fast, the outside feel was also hot, Edwards and Dort began to fly back and forth, just after half a quarter has been a 19-19 draw. Then, with the rotation of the lineup, the bench players appeared, and the offensive success rate dropped significantly, but Edwards, who returned after a short break, scored two consecutive three-pointers to help the Timberwolves end the first quarter with a 32-28 lead. Edwards hit five three-pointers in a single quarter and scored 17 points alone.
In the second quarter Russell took Edwards' gun and kept shooting from long and medium range, hitting luckballs in quick succession. Thunder rookie Trae Mann played eye-catching, retreating three-pointers, breaking through the layup, confident and decisive. The two sides had back and forth, but the Timberwolves as a whole were superior, and before halftime, when Josh Okoji was also able to hit the outside three-pointer, the Timberwolves began to extend their lead to double digits, leading 73-57 into the half-time.
At halftime, Edwards and Russell each scored 19 points, and the latter also provided nine assists.
After the start of the second half, Towns also stepped up his personal offense, and the Timberwolves continued to expand the score, and the situation on the court began to show a one-sided situation, and the point difference was extended to 27 points at one point. Although Towns was whistled for an offensive foul for the third time in this game, he was able to accept it because of the big score. The Thunder took advantage of the Timberwolves' three cores to take a break and launched a counter-attack to chase the score to 80-103 before the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves replaced Russell and Edwards in succession, and after a bombing blast, the point difference was widened to more than 30 points, and the game went into garbage time, and the final score was fixed at 135-105.
Both sides started
Timberwolves: Russell, Edwards, McDaniels, Vanderbilt, Downs
Thunder: Gidy, Alexander, Dort, Wiggins, Robinson Earl