Harden was in a slump, with Irving and Mills scoring 51 points; Curry was in a cold state, And Poole carried the offensive flag; LeBron scored 33 points in the air, and the Heat topped the first place in the East.
The Timberwolves' big three rose in unison, scoring 136 points
"Tonight, I played a little negative, which is not directly related to the strict defense of the Timberwolves, I don't feel like I've been treated like A blow, and I don't know why I just don't want to get a whistle...."
After the 125-136 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, James Harden expressed his dissatisfaction with his personal performance and the referee's decision in front of reporters. Compared with the previous two days of 24 shots 13, cut the performance of 37 + 10 + 11. In this game, Harden was 4 of 13, with only 13 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists, and his performance was indeed unsatisfactory. However, if you put it in the years when harden is not so targeted, 4 of 13 can easily get 30 points.
In the last game of the away trip, the team will inevitably show laxity. Throughout the game, the Nets did not come up with particularly good defensive intensity, the Timberwolves themselves are not bad (now they are the Playoffs in the West), not to mention that their big three can play, then they are not afraid to play against other teams. Throughout the game, Towns, Edwards and Russell all played about 30 minutes, scoring a total of 71 points, the latter two of whom shot more than 50%.
The Nets' main carry are Owen and Mills. Mills was fully back in form, scoring 21 points on 5-of-10 three-point range, but he was still a pitcher after all, and his influence on the game was indeed very limited. As the only player with a positive plus-minus score among the Nets' starters, Sharp, who was drafted by the Nets last summer with the No. 29 pick, did what he should do. He single-handedly grabbed six frontcourt rebounds, the most grabbed front board players on both sides. In the first three quarters of the round against Downs, the 29th show did not suffer much, and downs in the first three quarters of defense only scored 8 points. Personally, I think he is well suited to play as a starting center for the Basketball King for a long time.
Bojan missed the opportunity to kill, and the warrior escaped
Without Draymond Green's first 10 games, the Golden State Warriors only achieved a record of 4 wins and 6 losses, and the last two games against the Pacers and Rockets have been extremely difficult, so the Golden State Warriors need to win to help themselves out of this trough. In this home game against the Utah Jazz, Stephen Curry only qualified in the first quarter, and the last three quarters added up to only 2 of 15 shots, and finally Bojan missed the killer goal to let the Golden State Warriors pass the test.
In the case of Curry's unfavorable play, it is still up to the role players to play until the last moment with the fourth place in the West. Damian Lee and Otto Porter fired frequently at the three-point line, and Poole took over Curry's skill pack tonight to hit the shot that belonged to him in place of "Cute God".
Without Donovan Mitchell, the Jazz's offensive firepower in the backcourt is significantly insufficient. Clarkson continued to be unpredictable, letting go of the opportunity of good ends and not shooting, and had to choose a difficult shot plus his poor finishing state, playing like a tumor. Without the sanction of "Green Teacher", Mr. 40 million - Rudy Gobert also played a lot, Bjelica and Looney are indeed inferior to him in physical ability, but the victory is in his understanding of his playing style, and always able to stand in the defensive position, so the 3rd DPOY can not do anything to punish the Warriors' interior line.
In the end, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Utah Jazz 94-92 at home, making Steven Curry the only player in NBA history to concede 12 three-pointers but still win.
The heat of the remnants beat the Lakers, and Butler broke the triple-double record
LeBron James is back in Miami to challenge the Heat, who played six games with them in the Finals the year before. Compared with then, the ranking of strength of the two teams has been completely reversed. The Miami Heat are now a stronger side, and even if they don't have Kyle Lowry and Taylor Hilo, they are not weaker than the Lakers in terms of strength.
From the beginning of the game, the Heat gave the visiting team a lot of defensive intensity. In the first quarter, they pulled the point difference to double digits. Vincent and Duncan Robinson are certainly huge defensive weak rings, but the Heat have come up with a good pinch and follow-up rotation, and the Lakers have not bargained for these two people. In the first quarter, Jimmy Butler also fully played his ability as an organizational striker, delivering seven assists before the first quarter was full. Under his leadership, the whole team played smoothly, with 31 assists in the whole game more than 10 more than the visiting team.
It is said that there is no Taylor Hiro in this game, and the Lakers should be able to take advantage of it at this stage. However, the home team did not let the away team do what it wanted. Dedmund and Adebayor both have a clear height advantage against Stanley Johnson, in addition to coach Spollstra also placed a number of turrets on the outside. After complex and layered tactical coordination, the Lakers were beaten to the north in the FTX arena.
In the final quarter, the Lakers hit a 25-3 wave of attacks that narrowed the point difference to two rounds. However, the key three points of Dunroe and Tucker completely extinguished the suspense of the Lakers' turnover. The final score was fixed at 113-107, and the Heat defeated the Lakers and climbed to the first place in the East.