
On January 20, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Minnesota Timberwolves challenged the Atlanta Hawks away, and the Hawks completed the reversal with a net win of 25 points in the third quarter, and finally defeated the Timberwolves 134-122.
In this campaign, Trae Young had 37 points, 14 assists and five rebounds, including 23 points in the third quarter, Hunter with 22 points and five rebounds, Collins with 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Okongu with 17 points, 8 rebounds and five blocks.
For the Timberwolves, Russell had 31 points and five assists, Towns 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, Edwards was ousted in the third quarter with 20 points and five rebounds, and Beasley had 16 points.
Game review
In the first quarter, Russell jumper took the lead, then Trae Young made a mistake, Vanderbilt counterattacked and advanced, then Russell scored three points, 7-0, here Hunter scored five consecutive points to respond, Hult also scored three points, Edwards and Towns baskets in succession, the Eagles stopped. Adjusting back, Hunter's three-pointer continued to feel, Russell hit consecutive layups, Hunter jump shots and then stopped bleeding, but then Edwards hit two consecutive three-pointers to expand the point difference to double digits, Collins continued to eat away at the free throw line, Towns and Vanderbilt baskets continued to expand the lead, Collins completed the air connection response, and then the two teams lost consecutive games, McDaniels threw shots, and at the end of the quarter, the two teams came and went to score consecutive points, Wright and Norwell each hit a three-pointer, and the Timberwolves led 42-26 in the first quarter.
Back in the second quarter, Gallinari immediately soared into three points, and then completed the dunk, Prince threw a shot to stop the bleeding, but Gallinari then continued to feel the three points again, the point difference returned to ten points, Reid responded with a layup, after which the two teams stood on the free throw line to take points, Russell suddenly stood up, three consecutive three-pointers, on the other side, Okongu counterattacked to complete the dunk, Hurth threw a shot, into the timeout. Adjusting back, the Hawks side was eaten away by Hunter and Hurth consecutive scores, Edwards three-point rush to stop the bleeding, Trae Young three-point foul all free, the two teams once again fell into a tug-of-war, the end of the quarter two teams caused consecutive fouls to stand on the free throw line, Trae Young and Downs baskets in succession, the Timberwolves at the end of the half 73-61 to maintain a lead.
Easy to fight again, Trae Young came up to shoot three points, the point difference returned to single digits, the Timberwolves fell into a scoring drought, Trae Young and Hunter hit three more consecutive points, Russell shot to stop the bleeding, Okongu and Hurth completed dunks in a row, the Hawks made a wave of 13-2, the point difference returned to 1 point, and the Timberwolves stopped. Back Hunter layup and then completed the counter-over, the Timberwolves' scoring drought is still not over, Trae Young three-point re-entry, the Hawks have played 20-2, Edwards two free throws finally stopped bleeding, Vanderbilt and Okongu basket each played, Towns finally hit three points, Trae Young scored 6 consecutive points in response, Edwards complained that the referee was directly expelled, Beasley three points to stop the bleeding, the Eagles shouted a timeout. After the break, Trae Young chaoyuan hit another three-pointer, and then scored a layup, the Hawks led to 10 points, Beasley's three-pointers also formed a confrontation, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, you came and went, Downs was blown technical foul plus physical foul at the end of the section, the Eagles made three free throws, 106-93.
In the fourth quarter, Reid made a mistake, Wright counterattacked, Gallinari also scored three points, the point difference continued to widen, Russell shot to stop the bleeding, Lou Wei broke through to play 2+1, Beasley continued to feel the three points and then advanced, collins dunked again to stop the Timberwolves. Adjusting back, McDaniels broke through the dunk, the Hawks fell into a scoring drought, and after Russell's three-point shot, the Hawks called out a timeout. Back the two sides still did not hit consecutively, Towns stood on the free throw line two free throws and one shot, followed by Trae Young shooting a three-point shot to break the deadlock, Beaslydee corner three-point shot again, Collins and Okongu shot in the middle, Russell scored 2+1 tight scores, the Eagles lost consecutively, the Timberwolves gradually eaten the point difference through free throws, Collins threw a shot, Reid made up for the second offense under the basket, the Timberwolves chased 8 points, the Eagles suspended the adjustment after Gallinari dunked, Collins and Downs made 6 consecutive penalties, and the game was decided. In the end, the Hawks won 134-122.
Both sides start first
Eagles: Trae Young, Hurth, Hunter, Collins, Okongu
Timberwolves: Towns, Russell, Beverly, Edwards, Vanderbilt
(NBA official website)