The NBA regular season continued, with the Warriors beating the Timberwolves 124-115 to defend their home field and usher in a four-game winning streak. #NBA #
Timberwolves player Anthony Edwards was interviewed after the game, speaking about Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson: "I told them that when there was only Stephen on the field, it was much easier to defend them. Let him (Curry) not get the ball as much as possible, and the double bag clamps him.
But now you wrap him around, and on the flank stands Clay Thompson, two bottles of poison to choose one. It's hard to defend, dude. Edwards said.
In this game, Edwards played 37 minutes and had 27 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks on 8-of-18 shooting, including 2-of-11 three-pointers. Towns cut a double-double of 31 points and 12 rebounds, and the two combined to contribute 58 points, but they could only take away one loss.
Splash Brothers shines at the Chase Center
Curry played 38 minutes, hit 10 of 20 shots, shot 6-of-10 from three-point range, and scored 29 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists; Thompson played 26 minutes and 59 seconds, hit 9 of 16 shots, and made 5 of 9 three-pointers to get 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. The Splash Brothers announced their return with such data, in the words of Star Master in Kung Fu football: I feel that all are back.
Since entering January, Curry's outside line has been very iron, often a few consecutive downturns, only to usher in a normal state, Thompson since his comeback, the first five games of three-point shooting rate has not been higher than 40%, and although he is very positive after his return, but the cooperation between the court and the team is not very tacit.
But all of this was perfectly resolved in this game, Curry took on the responsibility of organization and scoring on the offensive end, shooting 50% from the field and 60% from three-point range, and Thompson teamed up with Wiggins on the defensive end to build the Warriors' frontal barrier, which is an unusually tough defensive combination of the front, and he can threaten and kill opponents from the flanks on the offensive end.
In addition to the splash brothers, the Warriors' Poole and Wiggins also adapted to Thompson's return, and the two changed the slump in previous games, scoring 19 points in this game, shooting more than 50% from the field and three-point shooting, which is very efficient.
In this game, The mouth brother has several impressive balls, one of which is on the left bottom corner three-point line, he has the opportunity to shoot in the empty position, but after making a shooting fake action, Wiggins distributed the ball to Curry at a 45-degree angle on the same side, who hit a three-pointer, which was not seen in last season's Warriors game. It's not that Wiggins shouldn't be shot, it should be distributed to Curry, the bigger significance of this ball is that Wiggins has adapted to the Warriors' culture of passing the ball more often.
Of the 11 Warriors who have appeared in this game, 10 have given assists for their teammates, which is the warriors' regular way of playing, one more pass, looking for an easier way to score, in the rhythm of the Warriors, you can see the flowing offense, the game looks pleasing to the eye.
Of course, the Warriors still have shortcomings in this game, that is, the inside line, if it is not the splash brothers and Poole, Wiggins and other people on the offensive end of the efficient performance, the inside line of the exposed Warriors is very likely to lose this victory. Downs on the Timberwolves interior had an absolute advantage, but most of the time the ball did not come to his hands, which is also the timberwolves immature.
The Warriors' next opponent is the Brooklyn Nets, when Harden and Irving may join forces to compete against the Splash Brothers, who can win the game, let's wait and see!