On January 17, Beijing time, the Warriors played away against the Timberwolves, and the Warriors trailed the Timberwolves 53-56 at the end of the half. This game the Warriors are missing Curry, Green and Payton, so this game the Warriors still have a lot of trouble, after all, this season's Timberwolves performance is quite OK, especially the Timberwolves side also has Towns, so this game the Warriors want to win is not an easy task, of which whether Wiggins can play a wonderful performance when facing the old owner is a key thing. At the beginning, the Warriors did take the lead, but the Warriors' sluggish state in the following game slowly allowed the Timberwolves to open up the score, but in the second quarter, the Warriors still chased the score, and the Warriors trailed by 3 points at the end of the half.
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams each played a very sticky score, but in the following game, the Timberwolves' offensive state was sluggish, and the Warriors gradually took the lead under The Poole played, although Beverley scored to stop the bleeding, but Damien Lee and others were also able to respond, and the Warriors also led by 6 points. However, in the following game, Beverley and Downs helped the team chase points, while the Warriors continued to score, Towns, McDaniels and others played the Timberwolves instead gradually took the lead, and the Warriors also began to make mistakes, Reid and others continued to help the team expand the lead, and the Timberwolves led by 8 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Bjelica made 2 of 2 free throws, and then the two teams attacked frequently, damien Lee scored on a layup at the critical moment, then Russell scored a 2+1, and then Bjelica scored on a layup, and the next game the two teams attacked again to a standstill, Bjelica made 2 free throws, and then Downs scored a layup on the inside line to stop the bleeding, then Damien Lee hit a three-pointer, back Norwell also hit a three-pointer, and then Edwards completed a steal assist Novell hit a three-pointer, and the Timberwolves led to 8 points. After the timeout, Cumminga made 1-of-2 free throws, after which the two teams continued to play iron, Beverley made 0-of-2 free throws, Klay hit a three-pointer at a critical moment, And then Looney scored a layup, and then Edwards hit a three-pointer and the Timberwolves led to five points. After the timeout, Towns scored on a layup, then Cumming added a basket to score, Towns scored strongly, Klay hit a three-pointer at a critical moment, Russell shot a shot, and then both teams played, and at the end of the game Klay hit another three-pointer, and the Warriors trailed by 3 points at the end of the half.
In the first half of the game, fans thought that Wiggins would play a good performance, after all, the current Warriors not only need Wiggins to play, but more importantly, Wiggins can play well against the old owner, but in this game Wiggins did not have such a thing, at the end of the half, Wiggins got 2 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists. For Wiggins, if the Warriors still want to win, Wiggins really needs to play better in the game. And Clay turned the tide in the first half of the game, after all, when the Timberwolves pulled the score, it was Clay who stood up to help the team hit the three-pointer, and relying on Clay's performance warriors was to bite the score.
And the substitute Damien Lee in the first half of the game is a meritorious, after all, relying on Damien Lee to play the Warriors is to chase the score, which is a key thing for the Warriors, at the end of the half, Damien Lee got 7 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 3 of 4. Although Downs was in average offensive form in the first half, his advantage on the inside was still very obvious, and it was not realistic for Looney to completely limit Downs, and At the end of the half, Towns got 13 points and 7 rebounds.