On March 28, Beijing time, the NBA regular season entered the end, and the competition in the East was particularly fierce, especially the top four teams, the gap was only half a win. In today's game, the Celtics easily beat the Timberwolves and the 76ers lost to the Suns, which also changed the top four again, with the Celtics reaching the top of the East for the first time and the 76ers falling to fourth.
The Celtics faced the Timberwolves this time, both teams are very talented teams, but this time Tatum and Brown have the absolute upper hand, leading the team has always occupied the upper hand, don't look at the first quarter only 1 point lead, the Timberwolves did not lead once; in the second quarter, the Timberwolves felt down, and the Celtics opened up the point difference with a wave of attack, leading by 23 points after halftime. The Timberwolves regained their touch in the second half, but the Celtics maintained a good hand and did not give their opponents the opportunity to narrow the point difference. In the end, the Celtics beat the Timberwolves 134-112 at home to win six straight.
In this game, the Celtics duo played well, combining to shoot down 65 points and score more than 30 points. Tatum played 34 minutes, shooting 12-of-21, 5-of-11 three-pointers, 5-of-5 from the free throw line, and had 34 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, plus-minus +34 for the first place on the team. Throughout March, Tatum averaged 33.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, and he was key to the Celtics' rise.
Brown also had a great play, playing 35 minutes, shooting 12-of-20, shooting 3-of-5 from three-point range, 4-of-4 from the free throw line, and scoring 31 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.
Under the impact of Tatum and Brown, the Western Dark Horse Timberwolves failed to show the corresponding intensity, and the team's combination of Edwards and Towns was also suppressed by the opponent. Edwards had 24 points, five rebounds and six assists and five turnovers; Towns had 19 points, four rebounds and five assists and three turnovers. After the Timberwolves lost, they are already 1.5 wins behind sixth-place Nuggets, and there is not much room for error.
The Celtics have been in a hot state lately, having won six straight games after a big win over the Timberwolves, and with the 76ers losing, they managed to top the top spot in the East. The rise of the Celtics is also very crazy, once ranked tenth in the East, the atmosphere in the team is not very good, but then they quickly adjusted, quickly found the rhythm of winning, after winning consecutively, the team's self-confidence also returned, playing better and better, and finally achieved a crazy counterattack, from the 10th to the 1st. Now the Celtics have no team to despise and have entered the championship competition.