In the era when the Golden State Warriors dominated the league, the biggest challenge they encountered in the West came from the Houston Rockets, when harden-led rockets repeatedly caused a very big threat to the Warriors in the playoffs, although it could not end the Warriors' Western championship five consecutive zhuang, but in the duel with other Western teams, the rockets' advantage is still very obvious, especially in the face of the Timberwolves who have become the laughing stock of the league, the rockets have always had a huge advantage in crushing. But now the situation of the two teams is not the same as before, the Timberwolves under the leadership of the big three Towns, Edwards and Russell, has a clear recovery momentum, but the Rockets have become the league's worst fighting team, currently at the bottom of the Western Conference standings, in this regular season two teams narrowly meet, this game Timberwolves began to show a very strong momentum, early to establish a double-digit lead, the third quarter of the game lost suspense, In the end, they also beat the Rockets 141-123, winning four consecutive games to further consolidate their eighth position in the West!
After choosing to completely tear down the rebuild, cultivating new people has become the most important goal of the Rockets this season, but the performance of the list show Jaylen Green has made him have always been saddled with the name of parallel goods, this campaign he and Porter Jr. backcourt double gun, but also completely destroyed by Russell and Edwards, the whole game Jaylen Green only scored 10 points in 10 shots, although Porter Jr. performed better in tandem team offense, but the personal offensive efficiency was very low as Jaylen Green, 3 of 10 only contributed 9 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.
Although the Timberwolves' backcourt double gun Russell and Edwards were also questioned by the outside world when they first entered the league, but now they have proved their value with their own performances, this game against the Rockets, they both attacked and defended the two ends of the opponent completely suppressed the opponent, Russell hit 5 goals in 9 shots outside the three-point line, contributing 22 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists of the double-double data, Edwards in the case of a poor start, gradually found the shooting feel, 7 of 17 also got 19 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.
In today's Rockets team, center Wood is one of the few players who can stabilize the output of the offensive end, and his performance on the offensive end is also good, cutting 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks in 8 of 16 shooting, but the attributes of the big holes on the defensive end have not improved, as the most comprehensive interior line of the league's personal offensive means, Towns naturally will not miss the opportunity to play gorgeous data, the whole game Towns 25 shots hit 15 goals, including 4 of 6 three-pointers, slashed 40 points, The all-round stats of nine rebounds, seven assists and one steal, and completely suppressing opponents on the inside and outside lines were key to the Timberwolves locking up the win early.
In fact, the rocket team's loss in this game is also expected by most fans, but the team's head coach only gave the list of jaylen Green 26.2 minutes of appearance time, or let many fans wonder, after all, for young players, they need time to grow, and the Timberwolves finally got rid of the impression of huskies this season, but also let many fans sigh after the game, and now it is time for the Rockets to pay off their debts