Earlier today, in a game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs, the two sides staged a hearty battle, relying on Downs's excellent performance, the Timberwolves also won the Spurs 149-139, ushering in a wave of two consecutive wins, this battle Towns in the opening 36 minutes of playing time, 31 shots 19 of 31 shots, 19 shots, 31 rebounds and 3 assists, becoming the first "Mr. 60 points" of the season, and after the game Towns also credited his 60 points to his teammates: "Teammates have always wanted me to make history, Otherwise none of this would have happened. ”
As a 15-year champion, Towns played for the NCAA university Kentucky before entering the NBA, and in that draft, there was also a teammate who fought alongside him in college who was selected by the NBA team, he was his nemesis Devon Booker, when Booker was picked by the Suns with the first round of 13, and in the second season of entering the NBA, Booker could average 22.1 points per game, and since then, his average points per game have never been lower than 20+.
Booker's fame is the Sun's visit to Boston's North Shore Garden Arena on March 25, 2017 to usher in a showdown with the Celtics, when the 20-year-old Booker, in the 45 minutes of playing time, 40 shots 21 in the crazy slash of a career-high 70 points, becoming the youngest Mr. 70 points in NBA history, and after the game, including Kobe, Lillard, LeFu and other stars have congratulated him on social media.
Now that many years have passed, these two Kentucky goals have become the top scorers in the league today, this season Booker can average 25.6 points per game, temporarily ranked 10th in the league, not long ago in the game against the Spurs cut the season's highest 48 points, continue to prove that he is the core of the Suns' offensive role, and Towns in today's career-high 60 points, but also let his average score per game to 24.8 points, only 0.8 points behind Booker, temporarily ranked 13th in the league.
There is no doubt that Booker and Towns, two extremely talented players in the attack, have become the "absolute double pride" of the 15th, back to their draft meeting, Towns and Booker are the only two players in the year to score more than 10,000 points, Towns ranked first with a total score of 10856, and Booker and him just just 1 point gap, temporarily in second place, as for the third place Russell, who is also currently Downs' teammate in the Timberwolves, only 7344 points, and the difference between these two is more than 3000 points. And these three NBA "rising stars" also have a good personal relationship, the three will often play video games together in private, attend events together, it can be said that they are inseparable, if one day the three of them can play on the same team, it is indeed likely to rub out a different spark.
Unlike the past few seasons that have been the league's deceitful fish belly, this season's Downs-led Timberwolves have also ushered in a salted fish turnover, temporarily ranking seventh in the West with a record of 40 wins and 30 losses, and there is a good chance to enter the playoff stage, and if they really get the ticket for the last train, then the opponent in the first round is likely to be the sun in the west, when the two 15-time "absolute double pride" will meet head-on in the first round of the playoffs, and it is difficult not to look forward to Booker, Russell, What kind of performance will these three good homie use to show their abilities?