In the last seven games, the Warriors' record is two wins and five losses, and the performance is not too good, while the Suns seized the opportunity to extend the lead through a wave of three consecutive wins, temporarily ranking first in the West. The Thompson we've been looking forward to is finally back, and at the moment, he's in four games and the Warriors have won just one, and it's clear that Thompson is looking for form and needs time to run into his teammates.
Thompson is injured for two seasons, and now the Warriors' roster has changed a lot from before, today, the Warriors and the Timberwolves had a game, Green and Curry were injured unexpectedly, so they did not make the debut, and the warriors sent the starting players are Wiggins, Poole, Porter, Looney and Thompson. The Timberwolves' roster is neat, with starting players downs, Edwards, Russell, Beverly and Vanderbilt, with three young talented players, and the Timberwolves have significantly more potential than regular teams.
The Timberwolves scored thirty points in the first quarter, while the Warriors were slow to find the feel of the shooting, scoring only twenty-two points in a single quarter. In the third quarter, the two sides scored two points apart, and the Warriors recovered two points. In the third quarter, the Timberwolves improved their impact, scoring consecutive points on the inside, and the point difference finally reached double digits. In the fourth quarter, the Warriors again fell into scoring difficulties, scoring less than twenty points in a single quarter, and the Timberwolves won easily.
The Timberwolves defeated the Warriors 119-99, and there were a total of 9 draws in this game, the Warriors led by 6 points at most, the Timberwolves led by 27 points at most, the first three quarters of the two sides were evenly matched, the score was very close, and the fourth quarter was a watershed.
Wiggins had 12 points, two rebounds and four assists on 4-of-11 shooting; Poole had 20 points, four rebounds and three assists on 5-of-13 shooting; and Cumminga had 19 points and seven rebounds on 6-of-12 shooting. Towns had 26 points and 11 rebounds on 11-of-20 shooting; Russell had 7 points, three rebounds and 12 assists on 2-of-9 shooting; Edwards had 9 points and 2 assists on 3-of-8 shooting; Beasley had 16 points, two rebounds and three assists on 5-of-10 shooting, and Noel had 17 points and four assists.
After the game, the Timberwolves moved up to seventh place in the West, ranking higher than the Lakers, and the young team finally cashed in on its talent and was getting closer to the playoffs. In this game with the Warriors, although the offensive state of Edwards and Russell is not very good, they still won, indicating that the Timberwolves also have the depth of the lineup, and the performance of other players is worthy of our recognition.
The Warriors' loss did not surprise us too much, after all, the two pillar players of the offense and defense were not present, the strength will certainly be greatly reduced, but they did not waste this exercise opportunity, rookie Cuminga's performance is remarkable, scoring almost more than twenty points, after the game Thompson praised his teammates, he thinks That Cuminga is a good basketball player, the performance is very aggressive, this young man has the ability to become a key player in the Warriors.
At present, the winning gap between the Warriors and the Suns has come to two games, the competition for the top position has entered a white-hot, everyone has no room to lose, this week the Warriors have to play three games, the opponents are the Pistons, pacers and rockets, including a back-to-back game, the pressure of the schedule is relatively large, however, the strength of the opponent is not very strong, so the Warriors have no other choice, must defeat them.