The NBA regular season continued, and the Timberwolves' game against the Spurs officially began. Before the game, most fans would have predicted that the Timberwolves would win this game. After all, the Spurs aren't strong today. Sure enough, after the game began, the Timberwolves occupied the initiative on the court early, and the offensive and defensive ends could well control the rhythm of the field. In the first quarter, the Timberwolves took a double-digit lead. At the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves extended their lead to 19 points. In the end, the Timberwolves won 149-139 against the Spurs in the fourth quarter.
Objectively speaking, although the Spurs lost the game in this game, the performance of the Spurs in this game is worthy of recognition. Especially in the offensive end, the Spurs played a very team, the Spurs scored in double figures in the whole game, including 4 players who scored more than 20+, namely: Johnson 34 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Murray 30 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists, Peltel 21 points and 4 rebounds, Walker 22 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Throughout the game, the Spurs shot 53 percent from the field, 37 percent from three-point range, and 84 percent from the free throws. In the face of such data, I just want to give the four words "although defeated" to the Spurs.
I believe that fans who see here will definitely ask, since the Spurs played this game, the offense played so team, why did the Spurs still lose the game? Actually, the answer to this question is very simple, that is, spurs today met an unstoppable Downs. Towns played 36 minutes and shot 19-of-31, including 7-of-11 three-pointers and 15-of-16 free throws, and averaged 60 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists. Yes, you read that right, Towns scored 60 points in this game. What's more worth mentioning is that Towns not only won the game with the Timberwolves, but also set a number of NBA records in this game. As for the other records, I will not give you a long time here, and here Xiaobian will only tell you about the four scoring records created by Downs.
1: In this game, Towns set a new single-game high of the season (the previous high was 56 points).
2: Downs' 60 points in this game is the first time in his career that he has scored 60 points.
3: Towns broke his career scoring record in this game.
4: Towns broke the Timberwolves' all-time scoring record with 60 points in this game.
Fans who have watched the game will know how incomprehensible Downs played on the offensive end of the game. Attacking from the inside, Towns has footsteps, has a height advantage, and has the ability to single with his back. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Downes wants to get to the position on the inside, the Spurs cannot restrain Downs, whether it is single defense or co-defense. Holding the ball in the middle distance, Towns can break through and shoot in the middle distance. Even on the outside, Towns still has a stable three-point shooting ability. All in all, as long as Towns wants to score Spurs, there is nothing he can do with him, and even Popovich's defensive strategy of using a bag clip seems to be of no use to Towns. In the end, even the Spurs fans gave the MVP call to Towns.
I don't know, how do you feel after watching this game? Anyway, after watching this game, I only have one evaluation of Towns, that is, "the only thing that limits Downs' scoring is the limit of playing time." You know, Towns has already scored 56 points in the first three quarters of this game, and Downs has a lot of rest in the fourth quarter. To put it bluntly, if Towns had played the full 40 minutes of this game, I think his points would seem likely to be able to reach 65 points.