The road trip continues
After Kevin Durant was injured, the Brooklyn Nets' road trip continued, Kyrie Irving still staged a scoring feast every night, James Harden gradually found his form, and with the help of the Spurs, the Nets also won 2 consecutive wins. In this game, the Nets want to challenge the Minnesota Timberwolves. It's a talented team that ended a winning streak after losing last game to the Hawks and also fell out of the top eight in the West, but their goals won't change.
Towns is finding a competitive spirit, Russell and Edwards can continue to help the team, such a talented young team, for the Brooklyn Nets, is undoubtedly no small challenge. But the Nets have reclaimed the throne of the First Place in the East, and they are not willing to give in again.
The Nets reversed and failed
James Harden didn't start well, missing a point on 0-of-4 shooting in the first quarter, but delivering five assists, Irving had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 3-of-4 shooting, Mills also had 7 points on 3-of-4 shooting, and the Nets still scored 36 points in the first quarter, which is the team's offensive talent. But the Timberwolves scored 37 points, Russell had 10 points and two assists, and Edwards had 8 points and 1 assist. After returning from the second quarter, the Nets' offense began to decline, Harden made 1 of 4 shooting, and scored 7 points and 3 assists on free throws, and Irving and Mills failed to stand up.
In this case, the Nets only had 26 points in a single quarter, and the Timberwolves continued the fiery feel of the first quarter, Edwards and Russell scored 7 points each, the team scored 35 points in the single quarter, and by the end of halftime, the Timberwolves had led the Nets by 72-62 by 10 points. In the second half, Irving broke out again, with 10 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal on 4-of-6 shooting, Harden also had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Mills hit 2 three-pointers, and the team scored 33 points in a single quarter. While Russell and Edwards remained brave, the Nets narrowed the gap to seven points.
In the final quarter of the game, the Timberwolves continued to pull away the point difference, and more importantly, the cold Downs in the first three quarters also woke up, scoring 15 points and 1 assist on 5-of-6 shooting in the single quarter, making Irving's hard catch-up and becoming useless. In the end, the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Brooklyn Nets 136-125 and successfully returned to the seventh position in the West.
Owen was powerless to return to heaven
Kyrie Ouwen's performance in the game was still impeccable, shooting 11 of 20 from the field, 3 of 8 from three-point range, and 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in the final quarter, but still unable to return to the sky. The reason is very simple, James Harden's performance on the offensive end of this game is really too bad, 4 of 13 shots, 4 of 4 three-pointers, only 13 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, and 6 turnovers, including no shots in the last quarter, not a point, only 1 rebound and 1 assist, such a performance is undoubtedly dragging Irving's hind legs, and the Nets' loss is also reasonable.
Mills hit five three-pointers for 21 points, three rebounds and one assist, Edwards also had 15 points and five rebounds, Thomas had 11 points, two rebounds and one assist, and other than that, the Nets had no other players to score in double figures. The Timberwolves' trident once again played a perfect performance, Towns completed the redemption in the final quarter, 23 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Edwards was 25 points and 4 assists, Russell shot 7 of 13, had 23 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists, and only 2 turnovers, in the match with Harden, the perfect victory.