On March 2, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Warriors challenged the Timberwolves away. The warriors suffered a 21-point reversal in the last game, morale was a bit low, and they desperately needed a victory. The Warriors were able to bite the score at the start of the game, but the Timberwolves were in better offensive form, successfully pulling the gap apart before halftime to lead the Warriors 68-56.
Thompson was still unable to play in this game, and Kerr made another adjustment to the lineup, Curry, Moody, Payton Jr., Wiggins and Rooney.
After the game began, the Timberwolves took the lead in finding a feel on the outside, with Towns and Beverley hitting consecutive hits to help the team take the lead. Warriors Wiggins were in hot form, hitting two consecutive three-pointers to help the team reverse the score. After that, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, and the score was also alternately led, and the feel of both teams was very hot. The Warriors just took the lead when the Timberwolves reversed the score with a 10-0 offensive wave, and as Reid scored from the basket, the Timberwolves led the Warriors 34-27 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the two teams began to compete on the outside, but the Timberwolves were in better shape, and Prince scored a layup and was already 10 points ahead. Fortunately, Curry's side hit a three-point shot, and under Curry's leadership, the Warriors narrowed the point gap, while Mundy's side withdrew from the game early, and was hit in the eye by Downs in the game. But in the final moments, the Timberwolves went on again, McDaniels hit a three-pointer, Russell hit a three-pointer, and after halftime, the Timberwolves led the Warriors 68-56.
After the first half, the Timberwolves duo Towns + Russell played well and combined to blast down 35 points. Towns had 20 points and seven rebounds, Russell had 15 points, and the Timberwolves also had the upper hand, leading the Warriors by 12 points at halftime.
The Warriors' Curry didn't feel too good, scoring 15 points on 4-of-12 shooting. And the little Payton and Lee around him became the Odd Soldiers, Payton scored 12 points, Lee came up on the bench to get 11 points on 4 of 4, but their outbreak was still useless, and the team was still behind. Wiggins didn't get any more points after he started with 8 points, and he still needed to stand up and help Curry.