In the first game after the All-Star Game, the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the mighty Grizzlies for a crucial victory! After winning this game, their record is 32 wins and 28 losses, ranking seventh in the West, and the nuggets in sixth place are 2.5 wins apart, but there is still a certain possibility of catching up and correctly reaching the top six in the West, without having to play a play-off game!
In fact, from the Timberwolves' lineup, even if they go to play the playoffs, their advantages are very obvious. The opponents in the playoffs may be the Clippers, Lakers, Trail Blazers, Spurs, pelicans, these teams have some gaps with the Timberwolves in terms of lineup depth and players' personal ability, so it seems that this season's Timberwolves entering the playoffs should have no problem!
And edwards, the core of the team, also said in an interview recently: "I have super confidence in the team, no one in the West wants to touch our team. You don't know who's going to explode every night, I might take 50, Russell might take 50, Towns might take 50. For example, one day Towns scored 50 points, and Russell and I scored 30 points, 20 points, and it would be a crazy game, and that was the reason for our horror. ”
This sentence is actually very reasonable, facing the Grizzlies game, the first quarter of the game is actually in an absolute behind, but then they slowly occupy the initiative, the last quarter of the game Russell wild 23 points, 3 assists and 1 rebound data, the whole game wild 37 points, is the biggest contributor to the team's victory! In this season's game, Towns has also scored 40+ points, Edwards has also scored 38 points, 40 points, 48 points, it can be said that the Timberwolves, indeed have a very strong scoring explosiveness, the team's three core players have the ability to do anything in a game!
So for the Timberwolves, they are indeed one of the most difficult teams in this season's playoff seats, and I believe that players such as the Suns and Warriors in front of them should not want to meet such a team!