Beijing time on December 16, the NBA regular season continues, today the Nuggets sit at home to usher in the challenge of the Timberwolves, the two teams are now one is the eighth in the West, the other is the ninth in the West, before the game did not start, the Nuggets ahead of the Timberwolves 2 wins difference, if the Timberwolves can win they will further narrow the gap between them and the Nuggets, and finally the Timberwolves who are fully played have won, they won the Nuggets at 124-107.
This campaign about the teacher really tried his best, the whole game 16 shots 11, three points 4 of 2 won 27 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 steal data, but the team has too many injuries, Murray and Little Porter can not return, now the overall talent of the team compared to most teams are at a loss, but recently in the case of lack of personnel, the Nuggets' young man Marcus Howard played well, this campaign in 14 minutes cut 14 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals.
Marcus Howard can be said to be very inspirational, his height is only 1.78 meters, it was last year's draft, recently because of the Nuggets shortage he got the opportunity, the last Game Nuggets against the Wizards, he scored 9 points in 3 of 4 of three points, and then the previous team against the Spurs He scored 21 points in 21 minutes, the personal immediate combat is very good, the young man has played out, Malone also plans to give him more playing time, but he sprained his knee during the game, and his left leg could not even bear the weight.
Hope that Little Howard can heal and return to it, after all, a losing draft can get the opportunity to play not much, it is estimated that he is not lightly injured this time, a moment and a half will not come back, the Nuggets are unlucky enough, Murray and Little Porter two maximum salary injuries do not say, the team just played out of the substitute Howard Jr. howard is also injured, so in this case the Nuggets' lineup strength has declined, if Teacher Jo leads the current lineup to reach the top three in the West, I think he can still win the MVP.
But this season about the teacher single core to achieve good results may be difficult, now the West competitiveness is obviously stronger than the previous seasons, because the Grizzlies have risen, the Timberwolves are now also eyeing the tiger, their double-element + eye combination has begun to cash in on the talent, this is not today Towns bombed 32 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists 3 steals against Jokic, Edwards this campaign 21 shots 14, 14 three-pointers 10, 0 free throws to 38 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.
The team's organizer Russell made 6 of 12 of 3 of 3 three-pointers with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, and Beverly also did a tandem team task with 11 points and 8 assists, after Beverley's arrival, plus Towns changed the attitude of the defensive end, which also allowed the Timberwolves to play the best defense in recent years, and their defensive efficiency of 107.7 this season ranked 12th in the league is very good.
Looking at the entire league, there are very few teams that can compete with the Timberwolves in terms of talent, they have two titles and one ranking, and all three are not parallel goods, Russell and Towns have been selected as All-Stars to prove themselves, Edwards has played an All-Star level this season, with their immediate strength and talent, we have every reason to believe that this season's Timberwolves have the strength to reach the Western Playoffs.
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