In the past few seasons in the NBA, the Timberwolves, who have always been regarded as a laughingstock, have finally turned their talents into on-court combat under the leadership of two big champions Edwards, Towns and Russell, and in the 70 regular season games that have ended, they have also achieved a record of 40 wins and 30 losses, ranking seventh in the Western Conference standings, and there is still hope to overtake the nuggets in the final moments and thus escape the playoff area, but to achieve this goal. They have to try more to win in the next race! In this regular season, the Timberwolves encountered the Lakers who replaced them as the laughingstock of the West this season, they naturally will not miss this opportunity to beat the Purple and Gold Army to further improve their record, and sure enough, after the game began, the Timberwolves played a good overall offense, the first quarter bombed 31 points and limited the Lakers' scoring to only 17 points, the whole game not only did not let the opponent get a chance to lead, but also once extended their lead to 25 points, In the end, they also defeated the Lakers 124-104 without bloodshed, giving the Purple and Gold Legion three consecutive defeats!
The current Lakers have long been a mess, which can be seen from their undefended field, if the team's offensive end is not smooth enough because Westbrook and James's personal style is incompatible, then the whole team has recently completely entered a state of no defense, largely because the players have given up this bad season from a psychological level.
As one of the few players in the Lakers team who still has a pursuit, James is now also fighting completely for himself, going all out to impact the scoring king, allowing himself to surpass Jabbar as the NBA's historical scoring king as soon as possible, becoming the most important target of the remaining schedule of the thirty-year-old man, James, who has scored more than 30 points in three consecutive games, can't brush against the young timberwolves in this game. Playing 37.1 minutes in the game, he hit only 8 of 21 shots, including only 1 of 8 three-pointers, contributing only 19 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and a team-high 5 turnovers.
Russell, the old owner of this battle, can be said to give enough face to the old club, the whole game is like sleepwalking, 2 of 11 only got 6 points, but the Timberwolves with mines at home wilted a list of shows, and two Yuanlang, the last game against the Spurs soared 7 three-pointers to cut down 60 points Downs, the game's three-point feeling is generally 3 of 1, still contributed 30 points and 8 rebounds, but when Downs was not accurate in three points, edwards showed his three-point ability, Edwards hit 6 of 11 shots from outside the three-point line, contributing 27 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and carried the team's offensive banner with Towns.
After losing this game, the Lakers only lead the Pelicans behind them by 1 win, the latter after trading mcCollum, the upward momentum is very strong, if the Lakers in the rest of the regular season, continue to perform such a sluggish performance, they are likely to be overtaken at the last moment, not even the chance to participate in the qualifiers!