Today, the Minnesota Timberwolves are at home and face the challenge of the Utah Jazz. After a fierce battle, the Timberwolves finally won the Jazz by 20 points 126-106.
The Timberwolves' best-performing player in this game is undoubtedly core center Towns, who started 33 minutes, scored 31 points on 10-of-17 shooting, in addition to 11 rebounds and 10 assists, a triple-double statistic. From a team's main tackler to concurrently serving as an organizer, I have to admire Downs for his obvious progress and versatility.
Towns has actually always been a technically comprehensive interior line, he played as a guard when he was a child, and after entering the NBA, he also had more face frame attacks and liked to control the ball himself. In this game, Dons Jokic was transformed, more control of the ball, organizing the attack of his teammates.
On Towns' side, Edwards scored 15 points, McDaniels on the bench contributed 22 points, and Noel scored 10 points.
Edwards has improved a lot this season, and the champion has entered the second season of his career and has become one of the Timberwolves' big three, even shouting out the goal of fighting the regular season MVP next season. However, the timberwolves team boss is still Downs from the current point of view.
This season, Towns averaged 24.4 points, 9.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, still the Timberwolves' top scorer, beating Edwards, who averaged 22.7 points per game. However, it should be noted that the Jazz's Gobert and Mitchell did not play in this game, and Downs's direct opponent is Whiteside, who played relatively easily, which is also expected.
In any case, winning a top four team in the West by a full 20 points is enough to show that the Timberwolves have a breakthrough this season.