On March 21, Beijing time, Timberwolf star Garnett said in a podcast show that Towns' scoring ability is stronger than Embiid and Jokic, and retweeted the content on social media, writing: "This is one hundred percent of the truth." ”
According to the data: Downs has played in 65 games for the Timberwolves this season, averaging 24.9 points, 9.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, shooting 52.9%, 41.2% three-point shooting, and averaging 2.1 three-pointers per game; Embiid's average is 29.8 points, 11.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.4 blocks, shooting 48.7%, three-point shooting rate of 35.9% Jokic averaged 26.1 points, 13.6 rebounds, 8 assists and 1.4 steals per game, shooting 57 percent from the field and 34.8 percent from three-point range.
From the simplest of statistics, it is clear that Embiid and Jokic have stronger scoring ability, and the two men's deterrent power on the inside and their influence on the game are significantly better than Downs, which is why these two have been able to dominate the official MVP list. (Embiid has the technology to create fouls, Jokic can attract the bag to organize teammates to attack)
But if you simply compare the players' scoring ability, I personally agree with Garnett, because Downs's recent performance is really a bit hot. First of all, on All-Star Weekend, Towns, as a 2.11-meter interior player, scored a high score of 29 points, defeated sharpshooter Kennard in the final to win the three-point contest championship, becoming the first player in NBA history to win both a three-point championship and a skill game championship, and Downs's career three-point shooting rate was as high as 39.7%, the highest of all interior players in history; secondly, Towns played 36 minutes in the Timberwolves' 149-139 away win over the Spurs. Shooting 19 of 31, including 7 of 11 three-pointers, 15 of 16 free throws, and 60 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists, the score not only set a new career high, but also the highest single-game score of all players this season; finally, through comparison, everyone can also see that Towns' shooting efficiency is relatively high, especially the three-point shooting rate.
As a famous Timberwolves, as a senior, Garnett has always been very optimistic about Towns, and also hopes that Towns can lead the Timberwolves back to the playoffs, for now his wish to come true, in the past 11 games the Timberwolves have won 10 games, Towns can contribute 27.5 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, so simply comparing scoring ability, Towns is really not worse than Embiid and Jokic.