Timberwolves rise west
The young Timberwolves, finally finding their way. Neither the Warriors nor the Cavaliers stopped them, and the West's Thunder swallowed a 37-point fiasco, and today's Timberwolves can only be described in one word, that is, indomitable. With Edwards injured, there are still plenty of players on this team to come forward, and with the steady output of Towns and Russell, the league's second-highest-place points per game tells us they're now the most dangerous team in the West.
In this game, the Timberwolves will host the Portland Trail Blazers at home. Originally, the Blazers had the opportunity to storm the play-offs after the trade, but who would have thought that Nurkic suffered an injury, in which case the team suffered a wave of 3 consecutive losses, while the Timberwolves just won 3 consecutive games.
Stage an offensive battle
Despite injuries, the Blazers made a remarkable personal performance in the first quarter, with Simmons Jr. hitting 3 three-pointers and scoring 14 points and 1 assist, and Johnson also hitting 3 three-pointers to get 11 points, 1 assist and 1 steal. With a fiery three-pointer, the Blazers scored 34 points in a single quarter, but the Timberwolves also had 32 points, including Downs 8 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, and Beasley 9 points and 1 assist. After returning from the second quarter, Simmons Jr. slipped, but the Blazers dropped 22 points on the bench and the team still scored 30 points.
Towns stepped up, shooting 5-of-6, with 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, leading the Timberwolves to another 31 points, so at the end of the half, the Timberwolves were still one point behind the Blazers 63-64. In the second half, Simmons Jr. returned to form, 13 points and 1 assist on 4-of-5 three-point shooting, 14 points on the bench, and the Blazers' 37 points in a single quarter were enough to solve, but the Timberwolves scored 46 points, and Norwell became a Surprise in this quarter, scoring 11 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist on 4-of-7 shooting. At the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves successfully surpassed by 8 points.
In the final quarter of the game, both teams stepped up their defenses, and Simmons Jr. hit two more three-pointers to get 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, but even so, the team only scored 20 points. Towns, on 3-of-5 shooting in the final quarter, had nine points, five rebounds and two assists to help the Timberwolves beat the Portland Trail Blazers 135-121 to win four straight games while giving their opponents four straight losses.
The league's no. 1 center
In the eyes of many people, the league's first center, which should be jokic and Embiid's discussion, does not have a place for Downs. But this season, after this game, people should understand that the league's first center position, Towns is also coming to grab. After winning this game, the Timberwolves won four consecutive games and sat firmly in the seventh position in the West, Towns shot 13 of 17, 4 of 4 three-pointers, that is, from the three-point line, 13 of 13, and bombed down 36 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks.
Russell had 14 points and 15 assists, Norwell on the bench also had 22 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and McDaniels had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Of course, the Blazers also tried their best in the absence of major generals. Simmons Jr. hit 9 three-pointers and got 38 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Williams had 21 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and the team also had 6 people in double figures, hitting 16 three-pointers, unfortunately, encountering the unreasonable Minnesota Timberwolves.