After winning three consecutive consecutive wins, the Timberwolves, who ranked seventh in the West, sat at home and ushered in the challenge of the Bucks, who ranked second in the East during the two-game winning streak.
In terms of timber wolves, Downs is in a hot state, and whether the Timberwolves, which have home advantage in this campaign, can continue the winning streak has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game.
On the other hand, on the Bucks side, Alphabet Brother was absent due to injury, and Da Luo got the opportunity to start, trying to bring more help to Holliday + Middleton, leading the team to 3 consecutive wins!
However, after 4 quarters of play, with the excellent play of Towns + Edwards, the Timberwolves, who played at home, comprehensively suppressed the Bucks in the first half and occupied the initiative on the court.
Coupled with the return of the second half, the Timberwolves took advantage of the win in the third quarter to chase, raining three points at home, playing a wave of 24-11 scoring climax, expanding the point difference to 24 points in one fell swoop, which also made the final quarter early into garbage time.
In the end, the Timberwolves also beat the Bucks 138-119 at home, winning four consecutive wins and giving the opponent Bucks a 19-point defeat!
Playing at home in this game, the Timberwolves can be described as all soldiers, playing a 6-man scoring double-double, multi-point blossoming team offensive, and winning a 19-point victory.
And in the case of russell + Naz Reed and other main forces, each performing their duties, the joint efforts to cut the 50 + 16 double-element Towns + Edwards played a crucial leading role!
Towns was well-defended in this game, scoring 4 three-pointers on 6-of-12 shooting in the first 31 minutes of the game, plus an all-around performance of 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.
Among them, his heroic performance of scoring 11 points in the first quarter of the first quarter not only helped the Timberwolves open the situation smoothly, but also once became an invincible presence for the Bucks!
Rationally speaking, in this game and the champion center Da Luo's confrontation, whether in personal data or team performance, Downs can be said to have completely defeated Da Luo at both ends of the attack and defense!
Of course, the Timberwolves were able to beat the defending champion Bucks in this game, and the performance of Edwards, the core of the team, was also indispensable.
Edwards was in full swing, starting 31 minutes, shooting 9 from the field and hitting 5 three-pointers from the middle and 16 shooting, contributing 25 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.
And his key performance in the third quarter, 3 shots and 3 shots in a single quarter, not only provided the Timberwolves with a powerful outside firepower, but also almost single-handedly disrupted the bucks' defensive rhythm and deployment, successfully affecting the trend of the game!
On the other hand, on the Bucks side, the team was comprehensively crushed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of this game, and finally swallowed the 19-point rout of the game performance, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, in the case of Holliday + Middleton's two main players, continuing to perform steadily, the sluggish performance of Portis + Ibaka in 21 shots is indeed hard to blame!
In the absence of the alphabet brother, in the face of the rising Downs + Edwards, and the multi-point blossoming Timberwolves, the Bucks who worked hard for a whole game but did not return seemed to have no choice but to admit it.
More importantly, after losing to the Timberwolves in this game, the Bucks' regular season record has also reached 44 wins and 27 losses, and has been officially overtaken by the 76ers in the rankings, falling to third in the East.
Although from the current situation, the win gap between the Bucks and the 76ers is flat, but rationally speaking, considering the fiery momentum during the 76ers' two-game winning streak, the prospects and situation of the Bucks wanting to return to the top two in the East are indeed not optimistic!
As the team's home star, I have to say that after the comeback of The Alphabet Brother, in the few fixtures that follow, whether he can lead the team to improve the ranking will undoubtedly usher in a huge challenge and test!