In a game that ended today, the Timberwolves beat the Knicks 112-110. Both teams are teams in the East and West that are just one foot away from the playoff gate. The same is the beginning of the season after the rapid low, now you say they are stable in the playoffs, it is really difficult to say. However, the Timberwolves are more likely to enter the playoffs, and Beverley's addition provides a will and winning culture. Coupled with Russell's health, Towns gradually became the overlord of the interior, and Edwards' attack and defense were integrated.
Timberwolves are very dominant in age over these three cores, and they want something for nothing. The Knicks currently lack talent, after missing Durant that year. The only shots the team took were Randall and Barrett. But they really can't lead the team further. From the course of the game, it was all clear, Towns came up in the first quarter to break the Knicks interior line, and then Edwards hit a 2+1, and the Timberwolves led by 7 points.
In the second quarter, Beverly made a lot of achievements on the defensive end, scoring multiple steals. Russell and Downs were in full swing. The Timberwolves led by 10 points at halftime, 61-51. The Timberwolves led the way in the second half and began to relax, and the Knicks quickly hit a 10-3 surge under the rain of three-pointers from Walker and Barrett. Beverly saw that the situation was not good and immediately threw in a three-pointer to stop the bleeding. However, the Knicks were all soldiers, Fournier slashed 5 points in a row, and Randall's meat bomb hit the foul. The Knicks led by five points in the third quarter at 91-86.
The Timberwolves finally fought back in the final quarter, and they started the game 7-0 to complete the rebound. The Knicks relied on Walker's three-pointer to regain the advantage, but Towns was not afraid. He scored a low singles on a strong layup and also caused a foul. The Timberwolves are back again. At key moments, Randall made 1 of 2 free throws. Towns completed the cap on Fournier again. The Timberwolves narrowly defeated the Knicks to win. The Timberwolves scored 58+10+10, Edwards 21 points, Towns 20 points and Russell 17 points.
For the Knicks, Randle 21 points, Walker 19 points, Fournier 27 points and Barrett 17 points and 6 boards. For the Knicks, if they want to hit the playoffs, Randle is no play. You don't look at Randall's stats to look OK, in January he scored 20+ points on four occasions, 30 points, 24 points, 22 points and 21 points but it was not efficient. Face Downslander today on 6-of-15 shooting.
Randle has averaged 19.1 points, 10 boards and 5.1 assists per game this season, but hasn't helped much for the Knicks. As an interior, Randle only shot 41.5 percent from the field and only 31 percent from three-point range. You say that he is like the inner line, and like the outside line, he does not have that influence, commonly known as the four different. That's why the Lakers didn't want to keep Randall, who was criticized for sending Randall blindly. But even if you keep Randle, it is useless, last season's offseason Knicks 4 years 117 million to renew Randle, now it seems very uneconomical.
Now the Knicks are in pain, Derrick Rose is injured and they need to bring in a backcourt. That's why the Knicks negotiated internally to get Rockets guard Eric Gordon. It's just that the round face is now worth a rising ship, and the Rockets are asking for a high pick for a first-round draft pick. It depends on how the Knicks go to the offer, if you get Gordon, I think the Knicks have a lot higher chances of making the playoffs.