Beijing time on December 16, the NBA regular season continued, the Timberwolves away 124-107 victory over the Nuggets, the process of this game is almost not much suspense, the Timberwolves in the first quarter of the nuggets a wave of 12-3, and then has been in the hands of the advantage, at most once led by 23 points.
After this game, the Timberwolves won two consecutive games, with a record of 13 wins and 15 losses, ranking ninth in the West, and the Nuggets ended with two consecutive wins, with a record of 14 wins and 14 losses, ranking eighth in the West.
Statistically, the Timberwolves' big three all had different degrees of excellence, with Edwards scoring a game-high 38 points, Towns scoring 32 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Russell also having 16 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.
For the Nuggets, five members of the team scored in double figures, with Jokic having a triple-double of 27 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, Morris with 15 points and five assists, and Jeff Green with 10 points.
For the Timberwolves, the win was absolutely sweet, as in addition to winning, their two cores also reached their respective milestones:
--Towns scored more than 10,000 points, becoming the second Mr. Ten Thousand points in Timberwolves history after Garnett
— Edwards surpassed 2,000 points in total, becoming the youngest Mr. 2,000 in Timberwolves history and the seventh youngest Mr. 2,000 in NBA history
In this game, Edwards' performance was really incredible.
He scored 11 points in the first quarter on 4-of-5 shooting to help the Timberwolves take the lead, and in the second half, Edwards was still hot, scoring 10 and 11 points in the third and fourth quarters.
On 14-of-21 shooting and 10-of-14 three-pointers, Edwards scored 38 points without a single free throw, the second-highest for Edwards this season.
What is the concept of 10 three-pointers? Not only is this a record for the Timberwolves, but 20-year-old Edwards has become the youngest single-game 10+ three-pointer in NBA history, a record held by Irving, who has made 11 three-pointers in games against the Trail Blazers.
So far this season, Edwards has played in 28 games, averaging 22.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, considering that the Timberwolves and Towns and Russell are two scorers, such an output is already very good.
In the game against the Warriors at the beginning of the season, Edwards also shot 16 of 27 in a single game, and shot 48 points, 48 points is Edwards' career highest score, and it is also the third highest single game score so far this season, the first two are Durant's 51 points and Curry's 50 points.
Edwards proved his scoring explosiveness in his rookie season, when he scored 42 points twice, but to be honest, the overall efficiency of Edwards still needs to improve, so far this season, his shooting rate is only 43.4%, the true shooting rate of 54.6%, below the league average.
Edwards' three-point range is actually not bad, averaging 8.6 shots per game and shooting 36.0 percent from the field, while his basket finish is also strong, shooting 111 of 191 from within 5 feet, shooting 58.1 percent. But his efficiency in the mid-range range has room for improvement:
- 5-14 feet, 17-of-53 shooting, shooting 32.1%
- 15-24 feet, 12-of-37 shooting, shooting 32.4% from the field.
Still, Edwards has played well enough that his influence on the team can be seen in the data:
— In Edwards' presence, the Timberwolves scored 109.4 points per 100 rounds, outperforming their opponents by 1.7 points
— Edwards was not on the floor, and the Timberwolves scored 98.1 points per 100 rounds, netting 5.0 points against their opponents
You know, Edwards is only 20 years old, he is only in the second grade, but he already has All-Star-level data and influence, he still has very high room for improvement, no jokes, Edwards has every hope of growing into the future façade of the Timberwolves and even the whole league.
Interestingly, in the interview, Edwards said of himself: "This is only my second season, so I am far from the peak. Edwards has been very confident since he entered the league, and now he looks at his growth trajectory very superstar, and I hope he can continue to be amazing.