In an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Timberwolves beat the Lakers 124-104. James only scored 19 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 1 break and 2 blocks, and in the post-game greeting session, he was very unhappy with his lips the whole time.
4 consecutive away games, the Lakers were not in the state at the beginning, the first half of the first quarter benefited from the Timberwolves' poor hand feeling has been tight on the score, the second half of the quarter they are still tepid, the Timberwolves quickly rebounded and blasted out a 19-7 offensive attack to open the score. In the second quarter, the Timberwolves were another wave of 20-7 offense, and when the Lakers tried to chase points, Edwards scored three consecutive three-pointers to extinguish the Lakers' hopes, and the Timberwolves took a 21-point lead at halftime.
In the third quarter of the scramble, the Lakers finally found a little feeling, played a 10-2 offensive attack to take the lead, a net win of 12 points in a single quarter and chased the disadvantage to 9 points to retain suspense. However, in the final quarter, the Lakers failed to continue the attack and defense, and the Timberwolves blossomed more to expand the point difference to 15 points to lay the victory.
This is the first time in nearly three months that James has scored less than 20 points in a single game, and the last time he scored less than 20 points, or on December 18, 2021, also on the road, against the Timberwolves, he only scored 18 points, the Lakers 92-110 Timberwolves.
The Wolves' two-dimensional claws were sharp, Towns cut a game-high 30 points and 8 boards, Edwards contributed 27 points, 6 boards, 4 assists and 2 blocks, and the Timberwolves completely established themselves in seventh place in the West with a record of 41 wins and 30 losses.