Earlier, the Timberwolves played the Kings away, who had just made a blockbuster deal with the Pacers, Harry Burton and Hield, both offensive cores were sent to Indiana, taking advantage of the uneven opponents, the Timberwolves finally bloodied the Kings 20 points 134 to 114 soldiers, ushering in a wave of 5 consecutive wins in the near future. Counting this game, the Timberwolves' record since January has reached 13 wins and 6 losses, and they are currently in seventh place in the West with a record of 29 wins and 25 losses, and only one win away from the sixth Nuggets.
This season in the case of Chris Finch officially took office, this young Timberwolves also ushered in a huge change, offensive and defensive ends have made full progress, as of now, their offensive efficiency with 111.2 temporarily ranked 14th in the league, 109.4 defensive efficiency has also come to the 12th place in the league, under the leadership of Downs, Russell, Edwards these three cores, plus the bench there are Beasley, McDaniels, Reed, Noel and other powerful players, the Timberwolves have really ushered in the rise this season.
In fact, the Timberwolves' lineup collocation, put in the whole league is really not weak, but suffering from the past few seasons can not find a coach suitable for young people, Thibodeau in the absence of Jimmy Butler, but also completely out of control of the team and finally resigned, and the young coach Saunders, limited by the lack of coaching experience, also failed to stay in the team, but was once in the Raptors to assist Nass' old coach Chris Finch, after taking over the Timberwolves last season, gradually let this young team usher in a transformation, not only maintain a stable attack, Qualitative progress has also been made on the defensive end, which is most lacking.
The last time the Timberwolves made it to the playoffs, it goes back to the 17-18 season, when with Jimmy Butler, Towns, Wiggins and predatory coach Thibodeau, the Timberwolves entered the playoffs as the eighth in the West, and the rockets were eliminated 4-1 in the first round. Since then, the Timberwolves have not made the playoffs, and their winning numbers in the past two seasons have not even been 30, which can be said to be the bottom of the Western Conference, but this season they have emerged, just one step away from the top six in the West, which is indeed unexpected by many fans. With a five-game winning streak, the Timberwolves naturally want to move up the rankings and make it straight to the playoffs as the top six, avoiding the brutal and slightly accidental playoffs.
It is true that the Timberwolves' lineup is really good, but after all, the squad is basically all young players, as one of the few Beverley with Western Conference final experience, limited by the lack of personal ability to attack, the contribution to the team is really limited, if the Timberwolves ultimately fail to achieve the top six positions, among the playoffs, then including the Clippers, The Lakers, and even the Pelicans who have just ushered in reinforcement are their potential opponents, and the Timberwolves want to retreat completely, it will be very difficult.
Since they are only one step away from getting a direct chance to make the playoffs, the Timberwolves should work harder to keep their rankings up. Next their opponents are kings, bulls, pacers, hornets, raptors, of which in addition to the bulls are slightly stronger, the rest of the teams, according to the current state of the Timberwolves, it is not difficult to retreat, as long as you can grasp the game that should be won, the Timberwolves have a good chance to lock in a top six position!