On February 14, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and in the first game, the Timberwolves defeated the Pacers 129-120 away. In this game, the two teams began to fight, the Pacers initially had the upper hand, but in the second quarter the Timberwolves found the feel, single quarter bombed 41 points to surpass the score; in the second half, the Pacers chased the points again, fortunately, the Timberwolves successfully withstood the opponent's counterattack, and finally won the game.
The Timberwolves have performed very well this season, and the trio of Towns + Edwards + Russell has also gradually improved, often with excellent performances, this time the trio combined to shoot 75 points, which is the key to the team's win. It was their outburst that also gave the Timberwolves a chance to turn over, and now they are seventh in the West with a record of 30 wins and 27 losses, 3.5 wins ahead of the Clippers behind them, and it is still very stable to enter the playoffs, and as for the playoffs, they have to fight on their own.
The Timberwolves performed well in this game, successfully resisting the Pacers' counterattack, especially in the case of passive interior line, rebounding 38-54 behind, offensive rebounds 8-22 behind. Fortunately, this time, their outside shots felt hot, shooting 52.9% of 18 of 34, which was higher than the 2-point shooting rate.
The Timberwolves scored in double figures for up to 7 players in the game, with Edwards playing the best, shooting 13-of-25, 7-of-13 from three-point range, having 37 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals, plus-minus +13 second on the team; Russell shot 8-of-14, 3-of-3 from three-point range, with 23 points and 6 assists; Towns performed slightly worse in the trio, making 15 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, and 6 turnovers. In addition to the three of them, Beverley had 13 points, Reid on the bench had 13 points, McDaniels had 11 points and Beasley had 10 points.
Although the Pacers lost the game, they still gained something, that is, the performance of rising star Halliburton, once again ushered in an explosion. This time played 40 minutes, 7 of 14 shots, 6 of 12 three-pointers, got 22 points, 16 assists and 5 rebounds, 2 consecutive games ushered in an outbreak, the Pacers trade is still very successful, harvest the core of the future. As Pacers president Kevin Pu richard put it, "He's our future starting point guard." We got a good young point guard who would build a team around him for the next 10 years. ”