On February 9, Beijing time, the NBA's new season of regular season continued in full swing. The Minnesota Timberwolves, which have been rising this season, have also ushered in a new game, away to the Sacramento Kings. Maybe even the Timberwolves themselves have forgotten how many years they have been in the mess and which talented high-ranking players they have obtained. The moment of rise was late, and the Timberwolves, with the help of Edwards, Towns, and Russell, finally ushered in the rise and got the opportunity to impact the playoffs.
This time on the road to the Kings, Wolves, who have almost maintained the health of the whole team, have also gained a lot of bargains. Although at the beginning of the game, the two sides began a fierce score tug-of-war, but as the first 12 minutes of the game time came to an end, the two sides still drew 35-35 and continued to compete on the same starting line. Entering the second quarter of the showdown, the Timberwolves, who were fighting customers, finally showed their good strength, played a full-fledged state, and scored a 6-point lead with a score of 38-32.
The point difference between the two sides was officially established, and the Timberwolves, who were easy to fight again, were able to take advantage of the chase and continue to extend their lead. In the third quarter of the competition, beasley, who came off the bench, shot 3 of 3 from three points and sent out a key 9 points, and Naz Reed and others could also make a threat to help the team play a 29-23 score and take a 6-point lead. By the end of the first three quarters of the game, the point difference between the two sides had reached 12 points, and the Kings still had a lot of difficulties in achieving a reversal in the final quarter.
In the regular showdown in the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves in the lead did not give the Kings any chance to counterattack, but instead clenched the leading score and did not let go, continuing to consume the remaining game time, and even further widening the point difference. With the final 2 minutes of regular time left in the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves scored a 27-17 single-quarter score to extend the point difference to 22 points. The game has come to this point, and there is no longer a lot of suspense. In the end, the Kings chose to give up early, and the Timberwolves also sent rotating players to continue to consume the remaining game time, and at the end of the game, with a 134-114 score, completed a 20-point victory.
Unconsciously, the Timberwolves, a fish-belly team that has been in disarray for many years, have also shown their fangs, not only achieving a wave of 5 consecutive wins, but also successfully consolidating their seventh position in the West with a record of 29 wins and 25 losses. Looking back at the game, the Timberwolves had 6 players who scored in double digits, and the overall performance was very good. Among them, the star Downs sent 25 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists in the 28 minutes of playing, and the substitute Beasley was 8 of 7 of three points, contributing a key 21 points.
At the same time, the Timberwolves also ushered in a breakthrough in the three-pointer of the game: 22 of 44 shots in a single game! And seeing the Kings side of the home loss, Fox said that although he delivered the highest score of 29 points in the game, as well as 7 rebounds and 6 assists, he finally entered the empty cutting group. Barnes also had 21 points, six rebounds and three assists, but he didn't help the team complete the reversal. There is no harm without comparison, compared to the Timberwolves' 22 three-point output in a single game, the Kings' 9 three-point output is obviously still very chicken.