The Warriors have lost two straight! Curry scored 34 points and was lonely Downs 39+9 through the defense The second in the West was fearful
On March 2, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ushered in the showdown between the Warriors and the Timberwolves. The Warriors suffered a big reversal in the final quarter when they were in a big lead, losing their victory at home. The Timberwolves successfully defeated the Knights to avoid losing streaks.
In terms of players, the Warriors are still facing a situation full of injuries, and Klay still has no way to play. The Timberwolves remain basically full, and the Warriors still face a lot of challenges against this dynamic team.
The starting line-ups of both teams are:
Warriors — Curry, Payton, Moody, Wiggins, Looney
Timberwolves – Beverly, Russell, McDaniels, Vanderbilt, Downs
Section 1:
The Timberwolves got the ball, and Towns made a three-point shot to help the team get the first point. The two teams played a bit widely, basically without too much defensive intensity, and the score was once 10 draws. After the opening, Wiggins and Towns became the offensive champions of the two teams, and they won almost all of the team's points.
The overall pace of the first two teams was very fast, and Towns directly scored 15 points, helping the team to 34-27 at the end of the first quarter, 7 points ahead of the Warriors. His feel today is really explosive, maintaining a shooting rate of more than 50% in the first quarter.
Section 2:
Damien Lee's three-point shot from the heels, Curry's outside touch today is not good, and despite a few good chances, he is currently only 1 of 5.
For 10 minutes, the Warriors requested a timeout. The Warriors' overall defense today is obviously not focused enough, especially on the inside, and Downs can easily hit the basket every time.
The game continued, the Warriors rebounding protection was still not in place, allowing opponents to win two consecutive frontcourt boards under the eyes of the three, and the Timberwolves widened the point difference to double digits.
Damien Lee then began playing, his breakouts and mid-range shots helping the Warriors stabilize the gap between 5 and 7 points.
At 5 minutes and 1 second, the Timberwolves requested a pause. The Timberwolves played a little bit simpler during this time, without much coordination, which is obviously not what the manager wants to see. The latest news shows that the Warriors Moody will not return to this game due to being hit in the eye by Towns.
Back from the timeout, Towns returned to the court, and although he rested for more than half a quarter, he came back and hit a direct three-point shot. Today's Towns is really doing whatever he wants on the inside, as long as he can get to the position, basically either score or cause the opponent to foul.
With Russell's two free throws, the Timberwolves once again extended the point difference to more than 10 points. Russell successfully faced Curry in the final moments to play 2+1, and finally the half ended, and the Timberwolves were 68-56, 12 points ahead of the Warriors.
This quarter, the Warriors still did not play too well on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, especially Wiggins, and this season was not a point.
Section 3:
Curry scored consecutive points at the beginning of the second half, helping the Warriors chase the gap to single digits. However, Downs then caused another killing inside, and the score of the two teams came to 76-66. But then Curry began to shoot inside and outside again, and he directly scored 11 points at the beginning of the game to help the Warriors continue to shorten the score.
At 7:10, the Timberwolves requested a timeout, and the two teams scored 76-71.
As the game continues, Towns and Curry begin a scoring battle, with the two constantly using their individual abilities to start scoring. Whenever the Warriors chased the gap to just 4 points, the Timberwolves always had someone step up and score, widening the gap again.
Section 4:
The Timberwolves started with full firepower, directly playing a wave of 10-3, expanding the point difference to 16 points.
At 8:57, the Warriors requested a timeout, and the score between the two teams came to 106-90.
The game continued, and Curry sat on the sidelines to watch, and it is estimated that this game will not play again. Towns was again on the defensive, scoring hard. He also showed his muscles to the camera.
The Warriors still didn't give up the game, and they still played a good counter-attack attack in the final stages, but they were still a bit overwhelmed in the face of a huge point difference.
In the end, the whole game ended, and the Timberwolves defeated the Warriors 129-114 at home, giving the opponent two consecutive losses.
Towns had 39 points and nine rebounds, completely piercing the Warriors' defense. Curry scored 34 points, so that the gap between the Warriors and the third-place Grizzlies is getting smaller and smaller, and the second place in the West is not guaranteed.
The inside line was blasted, and Downs did whatever he wanted
During Green's absence, the Warriors' internal line has always had very big problems, but today against the Timberwolves, this problem is more and more exposed. Towns' inside line against the Warriors is completely ruthlessly crushed, as long as he gets the ball, the Warriors have no way to do anything but let him score.
In addition to Towns, the Warriors' interior defense today is completely careless, any Timberwolves player can easily reach the hinterland, and then complete an easy layup, but also in the second quarter there is a three-person eye defense, so that the opponent grabs two rebounds in a row.