Earlier today, the Timberwolves washed the Thunder with 132-102 blood, and recently ushered in a wave of 6 consecutive wins, and from the timberwolves last won 6 consecutive wins, it goes back to 04, and then the Timberwolves will open a wave of road trips, the first game against the Magic should continue their own winning streak, but the second battle in the face of the Heat at the top of the Eastern Conference, whether the Timberwolves can continue this wave of winning streaks, it is indeed a big question mark.
After today's game, Timberwolf Akira Edwards said in an interview: "I want to find my rhythm before our game against the Heat, because I know it's a very important game. On March 13, Beijing time, the Timberwolves will visit the Miami American Airlines Center to usher in a showdown with the Heat, which is also the second duel between the two sides this season (the Timberwolves who sat in their home target center on November 25 once beat the Heat 113-101), but now is not the same, the Timberwolves are already the seventh dark horse team in the West, and they meet again, and the Timberwolves with their fangs are bound to want to double the Heat this season.
As the current number one star of the Heat, Jimmy Butler also briefly played for the Timberwolves in the 17-18 and 18-19 seasons, and helped the Timberwolves break into the playoff stage after a long absence in the 17-18 season, although butler was also the well-deserved core of the Timberwolves at that time, but at that time he was not cold to the "Buddhist mentality" of the two champions of the team, Lang Downs and Wiggins, and even mocked the lack of morale of these two champions after leaving the Timberwolves.
In May last year, when the Heat sat at home to beat the Timberwolves 121-112, butler and Towns also clashed during the game, the two sides sprayed garbage, according to the reporter at the time, Butler directly at Downs angrily spewed "You are a loser, I have beaten you once." ”
And a full 10 months later, the Timberwolves this time again to visit the American Airlines Center, presumably this game will still be Mars splashed, the Heat today with 21 points to lose to the Suns, the pace of 3 consecutive wins also came to an abrupt end, before the game against the Timberwolves on the 13th, they will also have to face the Cavaliers at their home stadium, the strength of this season's dark horse team can not be underestimated, if it really faces Butler's "old lord" with a wave of two consecutive losses, this Game between the Timberwolves and the Heat will probably ferment more severely.
Unlike the past has been criticized for the soft style of the ball, just a data brush, this season Downs in the Kris Finch tuning, also ushered in a significant transformation, has grown into a team of absolute leadership core, as of now, Towns can average 24.5 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists 1 steal 1.2 blocks per game, three shooting rates are 52.9%, 40.4% and 81.2%, although the overall data compared to the career average is indeed not much difference, But his game contribution value this season can be 16.2 of the 12th in the league, only 0.7 less than Butler, and this time the "wolf cub" who led the growth ushered in the challenge with Butler, and the "new combination" of Towns and Edwards is bound to prove it in front of Butler. If the Timberwolves can really double the Heat this season, I believe that Downs should have a big change in Butler's mind.