When the season has not yet begun, no one will think that the Lakers and the Timberwolves are so close to the ranking, and the Timberwolves, which we regard as indisputable, have actually begun to compete with the Lakers for playoff qualifications. Today the Lakers and Timberwolves met, the veteran-dominated Lakers laughed to the end, and the good news is that munch, the youngest on the team, has a good performance.
The Lakers' injury list has a lot of players, but there are also many strong stars who can play, this team has a lineup depth that makes opponents envious, and the Timberwolves are mainly young players, this season is to exercise and gain game experience, this game Towns and Russell can not appear, and they are the team's first and third most points per game core players, the absence has a great impact on the Timberwolves offense. The Lakers sent out the starting players are James, Westbrook, Munch, Johnson and Bradley, and only two players are under the age of thirty, of which Munch is the youngest, only twenty-three.
The Lakers beat the Timberwolves 108-103 and scored a total of 9 points, with the Timberwolves leading by 6 points at most, the Lakers leading by 10 points at most, and the final point difference was 5 points. The confrontation in this game is very fierce, and the game enters the second reading stage to divide the winner and loser.
James and Westbrook's numbers were not as good as before, after James scored more than thirty points in seven consecutive games, while Westbrook had a triple-double in four consecutive games, and after the game, their consecutive statistics were terminated. The Lakers won well with role players, with Munch, Bradley and Anthony all scoring in double digits and shooting more than 50 percent from the field, making them very efficient offensively efficient.
In this game, the Lakers had three players who scored more than twenty points, and the Timberwolves only had one person to do it, the most talented Edwards did not feel good, he shot six zeros in three-pointers, only eighteen points, and Munch, who was about the same age as Edwards, scored twenty-two points and shot more than fifty percent from the field. Munch didn't get many chances with the Lakers, and his performance fluctuated a lot, but he was in better shape today than he was, which deserves our praise.
James had 26 points, seven rebounds and five assists on 7-of-15 shooting; Westbrook had 20 points, three rebounds and five assists on 7-of-16 shooting; Munch had 22 points and one assist on 8-of-14 shooting; Reed had 23 points, 11 rebounds and two assists on 10-of-17 shooting; and Edwards had 18 points on 7-of-19 shooting.
After the game, Westbrook was interviewed by the media, he said that he did not care about the shooting percentage and the number of mistakes, because these are his own characteristics, but also part of the game, make a good judgment, help the team win, this is the most important. In this game, Westbrook made zero-of-five three-pointers and made nine turnovers, but he had a key role in the fourth quarter, when he made two of two shots and had eight points and a rebound.
The victory is of course a celebratory result, but the existing problems have not been completely solved, after all, the Timberwolves lack of major generals, even if all the staff is healthy, they are not a team that makes the opponent afraid, even if the Lakers win is not easy, it can be seen how the Lakers do not reassure the fans, and now they can only wait for Davis to return, to see how much the Lakers will change at that time.