On January 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ended a focus battle, and the Warriors lost to the Timberwolves 99-119. Dream Green, Curry and Payton Jr. were absent due to injury. The two sides fought in the first half, the score gap was not widened, and the Timberwolves relied on a wave of attacks at the end of the third and fourth quarters, scoring consecutive points, extending the lead and successfully winning.
Statistics:
Warriors: Wiggins 12 points, 2 boards and 4 assists, Porter 12 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, 2 assists, Looney 4 points, 12 boards and 2 assists, Klay 13 points, 4 boards and 2 assists, Poole 20 points, 4 boards and 3 assists, Cuminga 19 points and 6 boards, Lee 8 points;
Timberwolves: Edwards 9 points, Vanderbilt 10 points and 6 boards, Towns 26 points and 11 boards, Russell 7 points, 3 boards and 12 assists, Beverly 10 points, 4 boards and 4 assists, Beasley 16 points, Norwell 17 points;
Focus Lens:
Cumminga turned around and elbowed Timberwolf General Nowell in the face, being blown a first-degree malicious foul;
Timberwolves center Towns has a strong performance after at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in a single game for the 14th time of the season;
Contest Review:
In the first quarter, Clay scored the first goal on a jumper and Russell assisted Vanderbilt with a dunk. Wiggins hit one of two free throws, Vanderbilt dunked again, Porter hit a three-pointer, Looney hooked up, and Wiggins hit one of two free throws. After Poole hit a three-pointer, Beverley threw in, Vanderbilt and Porter scored against each other, and Poole played 3+1 strongly. Beverley hit both free throws, Lee threw a free throw, and Beverly and Towns scored six straight points to stop the Warriors. Cumminga counter-attacked, Reid scored four points on the layup and the layup, Norwell scored easily on the layup, Cumminga hit two free throws, and then he overthrew Norwell to eat a first-degree malicious foul. Nowell hit two free throws, reid hit a three-pointer to give the Warriors a 22-30 Timberwolves in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Bjelica made two free throws, Li Kong cut forward, Russell played 2+1, and Bjelica received the ball and went up. Bjelica hit two free throws, Towns made a layup, Norwell and Lee hit three-pointers, and Clay received the ball from the outside. Looney scored a layup, Edwards hit a three-pointer and Towns made a layup. Cumminga broke through to score, Towns scored 2+1, and Cumminga counter-attacked. Towns scored on a layup, Klay hit a three-pointer, russell made a jumper and Vanderbilt scored on a layup. Cummingga slammed his hands, Russell hit two free throws, Poole hit a jumper, Klay hit another three-pointer, but unfortunately stepped on the line at halftime, and the Warriors 50-56 Timberwolves
In the third quarter, Looney scored a layup, Towns scored on a layup, Clay hit a jumper, and Wiggins hit a three-pointer. Edwards shot in from the outside, and Wiggins also used color. Wiggins went to a layup to counter the score, Porter countered, Towns and Porter scored against each other, Towns scored 2+1, Poole threw in, and Edwards helped Vanderbilt catch a dunk in the air. Poole hit a three-pointer, and Beverley responded. Poole scored consecutive free throws, Cumming plus the basket scored, Beasley and Towns hit three-pointers, Edwards countered with a dunk, Beasley made 2 combos from the outside, and Norwell cut in the air. Towns scored with a layup, the third quarter ended, and the Warriors made it 81-91 timberwolves.
In the fourth quarter, Nowell hit one of two free throws and Beasley hit back-to-back three-pointers to widen the point difference to 17 points. Poole cut to the basket to stop the bleeding, Cumminga made one of two free throws, McDaniels flew in consecutive shots, Reid European stepped through the breakout, Norwell and McDaniels hit three-pointers, and the Timberwolves broke out completely in this quarter, directly killing the suspense of the game.
Two teams starting lineup:
Warriors: Wiggins, Potter, Looney, Clay, Poole;
Timberwolves: Towns, Edwards, Vanderbilt, Russell, Beverley;