On January 28, Beijing time, the Timberwolves ended with a 115-124 defeat to the Warriors. The Timberwolves briefly led by eight points in the first half of the game, but after the second quarter, the Warriors narrowed to four points, and Towns was on the inside to give the Warriors a way to take him. In the third quarter, the Storm Sudden Timberwolves were mute and the Warriors blossomed more, a wave of 38-20 rebounded by 14 points, and the Timberwolves' crazy counterattack in the last quarter shrank to 5 points, but Curry felt hot and hit three consecutive points to help the Warriors seal the victory.
In the absence of Draymond Green and James Wiseman, the Warriors' inner line is still their biggest weakness, this game Timberwolf coach Finch changed the strategy of the last game VS Trail Blazers, he played from the inside line, the opening constantly gave Downs the ball to eat the inside line, Towns faced the 2.06m Rooney no pressure, 11 minutes in the single quarter, 5 of 9, 2 of 3 points 0 to win 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, three seconds zone 4 of 3.
Towns in the second quarter rested for nearly 7 minutes, he played 4 of 6 in 5 minutes, 1 of 2 of three points, 3 of 4 free throws, 12 points and 2 rebounds, the Warriors played small lineup when Bjlitsa was in the fifth position, Cuminga stood in the fourth position, this lineup size was even worse, Halftime Towns only played 17 minutes, has 9 of 15 rampage 23 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
Towns, who has received a lot of praise from the Timberwolves reporter after halftime, said it was the best and smartest half I think Towns had this season, he showed his dominance, using his footwork to create space instead of arms, which is a superstar performance.
In the second half, Cole changed the bag to Downs, sometimes at one point three people. The Warriors in the third quarter blossomed more points, and the Timberwolves did not hit all kinds of open three-pointers, Lee, Poole, Curry, and Wiggins all hit three points, the Warriors rebounded 14 points 38-20 in the single quarter, the Timberwolves scored 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the 20 minutes of the third quarter, Edwards made 2 of 0, Russell 2 of 0, and Towns fell behind by 14 points in the third quarter with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.
With 7 minutes left in the final quarter, Towns returned to the court, Wiggins hit a three-pointer to stretch to 9 points, Towns hit a key three-pointer, and it was difficult to narrow the point difference to 5 points, Curry and Tang Shen alone a three-pointer to open the point difference again, Downs scored 3 points and 2 assists on 1 of 3 in the last quarter, 36 minutes in the whole game, 12 of 22, 2 of 6 three-pointers, 31 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal, shooting 54.5%.
Towns averaged 24.1 points per game, shooting more than 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from three-point range, and he was the only player this season to score 20+ 50 percent + 40 percent from three-point range.
Text/Yan Xiaobai