On January 24, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Nets challenged the Timberwolves away. Durant is still absent from this game, and Irving can play. In this game, the two teams fought a battle against each other, but the Nets failed to resist in the second quarter, and then fell into passivity, trailing by 17 points at one point and failing to narrow the point gap in the final quarter. In the end, the Nets lost 125-136 to the Timberwolves, and the two-game winning streak was ended.
The Nets continued their previous starting lineup in this game, still with Irving, Harden, Mills, Edwards and Sharp. The two teams were caught in a tug-of-war at the start, but the Nets failed to hold back in the second quarter, and the Timberwolves took the initiative on the court, taking a 10-point lead at halftime. In the second half, Irving and Harden led the team to chase points, but Russell led the team to stabilize the situation, and still led by 7 points after the third quarter; in the last quarter, Owen led the team to continue to approach the score, but then suddenly lost power, Towns broke out again, leading the team to blast out a 14-3 attack wave, opening the point difference in one fell swoop, and the game lost suspense.
In this campaign, the Timberwolves' offensive hand was hot, and the four quarters all scored at least 30 points, and the whole game exploded with a high score of 136 points. The team's trio Towns + Edwards + Russell combined to blast down 71 points, of which Downs scored 15 points in the final quarter, which was the key for the team to withstand the Nets' counterattack, with 23 points and 7 rebounds; Edwards scored 8 of 17, 4 of 3 points, got 25 points, but unfortunately left the game injured in the last moment, hoping that there was no major obstacle; Russell faced the old owner 7 of 13, with 23 points and 10 assists. In addition to the three of them, McDaniels had 14 points, Norwell had 16 points and Prince had 15 points.
The Nets lost the game this time, and also lost the first place in the East, and the Heat became the Eastern Front leader. In this campaign, Irving still played well, playing 34 minutes, shooting 11 of 20, 3 of 8 three-pointers, and achieving a season-high 30 points, plus 6 rebounds and 5 assists. After the game, he complained for teammate Harden, "Some of Harden's violations should be respected." ”
Harden played in a slump this time, playing 35 minutes, only 4 of 13 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, 13 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists, but also 6 mistakes. After the game, he also admitted that he did not get a blow-off, and the Nets had 29 fouls in this game, and the Timberwolves got 31 free throws.