In the past few seasons of the NBA league, as long as the Timberwolves are mentioned, the first impression of many fans is that they are full of talent, but they cannot be converted into combat effectiveness on the court, and over time, Downs, who is known as the new wolf king, has become a well-known data brush and soft egg in the league, but with the joining of his good brother Russell and the help of Edwards, the Timberwolves have changed their minds this season, achieving a record of 46 wins and 36 losses in the regular season, ranking seventh in the Western Conference standings But because the league adopted a playoff model to decide the final two playoff seats, the Timberwolves must perform better in the playoffs if they want to appear on the playoff stage! In the first playoff, the Timberwolves encountered the Clippers who welcomed back The Great General Paul George, the two teams played a difficult game, but the new Wolf King Towns performed badly, dragging the team's hind legs, but they still relied on the excellent performance of Edwards and Russell to beat the Clippers 109-104, and they will beat the Grizzlies led by Morant in the first round of the playoffs!
Although the overall strength of the Timberwolves is far from the top level of the league, but they are also very trendy to build their own big three core lineup, and this season's harvest full of All-Star Game three-point kings, Downs, is undoubtedly the absolute core and leader of this team, but in this game and the Clippers a win-and-lose playoff, Towns played an infernal personal performance, due to foul trouble, Towns played only 24.2 minutes in this game before leaving the game, in its limited playing time, the personal performance is also miserable, 11 shots only hit 3 goals, including 2 of 2 three-point shots, only got a dismal 11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, but also had a team-high 4 turnovers, which is why fans have criticized Towns for betraying his good brother in this battle.
In the case of Downs's poor performance, the Timberwolves can play with the Clippers until the last moment and laugh until the end, inseparable from the contributions of the other two core Russell and Edwards, who also won the game, edwards personally beat Downs, played 37 minutes of three-pointers, 10 of 21 three-pointers, contributed 30 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
Russell also performed well, 10 of 18 shooting 29 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals of the all-around performance, under his combing, the Timberwolves in this game a total of 4 players scored double digits, of which bench Debut Beasley became the Wizards, a person hit 3 three-pointers, especially the final decisive three-pointer, for the team's reversal win made a huge contribution.
After losing this game, the Clippers have been forced into a desperate situation, if they want to catch the last train of the playoffs, they must laugh to the end in the next round of playoffs, from the overall strength of the team, whether it is the Pelicans or Spurs, they have a very high probability of being able to laugh to the end, I hope Paul George can lead the team to play a good performance, and strive to appear on the playoff stage!