At 9:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 31, the NBA regular season began, jazz vs Timberwolves, the result, the Timberwolves won the Jazz 20-26, 26-28, 40-27, 34-31, and the total score was 126-106. Carl Anthony Towns became the biggest hero of the game, scoring 31 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds alone. The Jazz had four men in the woods, and the return of Ingles became the jazz's biggest loss.
Currently, the Timberwolves are in 8th place in the West with a record of 24 wins and 25 losses, while the Jazz are in 4th place in the West with a record of 30 wins and 20 losses. In the previous meetings between the two teams, the Timberwolves were slightly inferior with a record of 4 wins and 5 losses, and in the last three meetings between the two teams, the Jazz maintained a full victory.
Judging from the recent state of the two teams, the Timberwolves have only lost one of the previous 7 games, and have recently won 3 consecutive games, it should be said that the state is good and the Jazz have been in very bad form recently, with only one victory in the last 8 games, and also suffered four consecutive defeats, setting a record for the longest winless game of the season.
Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams, the Timberwolves starting: McLaughlin, Beasley, Vanderbilt, Edwards, Downs, jazz starting: Conley, Ingles, Whiteside, O'Neal, Bogda.
In the first quarter, the Timberwolves and Jazz jumped the ball, and Edwards got the ball and passed the ball out of bounds, making the Timberwolves seem to have a bad start. But then, Carr's excellent performance became the biggest highlight of the game, and in the first quarter, the Timberwolves led the Jazz by 26-26, 6 points.
In the second quarter, the Jazz rose to the chase, with Mike Conley scoring in double figures and assists. As a result, after halftime, the Jazz chased two points in the second quarter at 28-26, but the overall score was four points behind the Timberwolves at 48-52. In this quarter, the Jazz's Ingles stroked his knee after falling, very painful, and was then helped out.
In the third and fourth quarters, Carr continued to explode and didn't give the Jazz any chance at all. The Jazz's Ingles retired injured, which had a greater impact on the strength of the team. In the end, the Timberwolves beat the Jazz 40-27, 34-31 on aggregate, 126-106 in the second two quarters.
The match also set 3 new records. First, the Jazz suffered the first five-game losing streak since the season, which shows that the Jazz's major correction will be inevitable, otherwise, let alone the fourth place in the West, it is the eighth place, that is, a matter of several games; second, the Timberwolves have broken the record of 3 consecutive defeats to the Jazz; third, since entering 2022, the Timberwolves have won four consecutive wins in the new year.