On 19-of-31 shooting, 7-of-11 three-pointers and 15-of-16 free throws, Towns had 60 points, 17 rebounds and three assists, including a 32-pointer in the third quarter. What is this concept? The first 60 points is a new single-game scoring high so far this season, and it is also the first time in down town's career that he has scored 60+ points per game, and this 60 points is also the first point since O'Neal in 2000 to be cut by a big center. At the same time, Downs scored 32 points in the third quarter is also the fifth highest score in NBA history, and Downs is also the second player in nearly 20 years who can cut at least 50 points and 10 rebounds in the first three quarters, and the previous player is Anthony in 14 years.
To be fair, this record of 60 points is already a big push. But is that a surprise? To be honest, it's not very surprising, because the recent matches have been erupting. James was 56 points and 50 points in a single game the other day, and Trae Young also slashed 56 points in a single game, and everyone was taking the data. At the same time that Towns took this terrible stat today, Trae Young scored 46 points and 12 assists, which is still a very explosive statistic. Surely this explosion is only about the player's stats? Otherwise, the data of both teams is also explosive.
According to the reason, Towns scored 60 points, and the Timberwolves should have won the Spurs, but the final score was 149-139 points, and the Timberwolves won only 10 points. Seeing this score, it is estimated that 80% of people will think that at least two overtime games have been played, but in fact, an overtime game has not been played, and the two teams have a total of 288 points in the regular 48-minute game time, and the total score of the All-Star Game in the previous decade is only about 300 points, and the score of this regular season is almost to catch up with the score of the All-Star at that time. The shooting percentages of both teams are very intimidating, and the Timberwolves have a 57.8% shooting percentage and a 51.5% three-point shooting rate.
The Spurs shot 53.6 percent from the field and 37.1 percent from three-point range, and the two teams played against each other. With Downs scoring 60 points, the Timberwolves still had five players on the team scoring in double figures, the Spurs scoring 30+ points, four scoring 20+, and five members of the team scoring in double figures. You're basically dazzled by this game, not too much different from playing All-Star, the Spurs gave 33 assists in the whole game, the Timberwolves sent 28 assists in the whole game, and the game has always been two words: goals.
In fact, March is almost the month of the star explosion, and this month is also a month to get the data. Before it was Embiid vs. Jokic, now everyone has begun to cut points, and the momentum of this cut point is simply unstoppable. Will Downs' 60 points per game be the highest single-game score of the season? It's really hard to say, in terms of scoring maniacs like Trae Young and Doncic, the next game may be surpassed. In the past, I thought that more than 50 points in a single game was relatively difficult to get, but now it seems that as long as the stars want to, they can basically get it, and the efficiency is still very high.