Who would have thought?
In this year's three-point contest
It was down to Downs, the big man, who won the championship
In a league full of defenders today
There's a big guy who can shoot three points
It is a rare thing to be true
Look at the three-point contest in previous years
You can hardly see the big man
The last big man to win the three-point contest
Or Kevin Love from ten years ago
Coincidentally, Kevin Love also played for the Timberwolves at the time
And ten years later today
The champion finally returned to his hometown
In the darkness, it seems inevitable
However, the big man who will shoot three points
There will always be some doubts
Comments like "too soft" or "confrontation doesn't work"
Always seemed to revolve around Downs
Be reasonable, as a center
He has become no less of a background board for others
I still remember it to this day
In last November's Timberwolves game against the Warriors
Wiggins's astonishing partition
Of course, the man who was locked was Downs
But Downes couldn't blame anyone else
After all, as a champion show
His ability to lead the team is just not good
The higher the position at the same time
Naturally, there will be more attention from the outside world
Still, Towns is a good player
Towns averaged 24.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game this season
Both are at the top of the team
He has good scoring abilities on both the inside and outside lines
But such an all-round performance
He has become the focus of everyone's attention
It is precisely because of more defensive pressure
Towns got more passing opportunities
Towns has averaged 4 assists per game this season
Third in the team
Although his passing is not as clever as Paul's
But you can see
Downs' passing idea is still good
Let's go back to today's three-point contest
Attentive friends should find out
Downs wore a bracelet with him today
If you have some knowledge of his past
You should know that this has extraordinary significance for him
On that bracelet
Engraved with his mother's name
His mother, on the other hand, died in April 2020 due to a crown in the heart
That year, seven of Towns' relatives left him
In 2021, he himself suffered from a heart crown
Towns' mother was for him
They are both relatives and friends
His mother has supported him in all aspects of his life
He always encouraged Downs
To work hard to become a good basketball player
Her words encouraged Downs
Let Downs gain a heart that never gives up
It is because of her that we can see this Downs now
It's not hard to imagine how much down down his mother's departure was
But even in this case
That season he averaged 26.4 points per game
It was the highest of his career
And in the following season
Still fighting as the timberwolves
For such Towns
It seems unnecessary for us to ask him for more
We can only pray that his career will be smooth sailing
And hopefully the world will treat him more gently
After the three-point contest
Towns kissed the bracelet affectionately
The feelings of this
I'm afraid only Towns himself understands