Beijing time on April 13, today the NBA ushered in a focus battle, the Los Angeles Clippers away challenge the Minnesota Timberwolves, the winning side of this game will directly enter the playoffs. In the first quarter, the Clippers blossomed more points, and the counter-guest mainly led the opponent by 6 points at 26-20; entering the second quarter, Edwards and Russell ushered in the outbreak one after another, and the Timberwolves 53-51 countered the Clippers by 2 points, and Towns was in poor shape in the first half, 7 of 0, only scored 2 points, and also received 4 fouls. Easy side to fight again, Zubac hooked up under the basket to take 2 points first, followed by George's strong kill under the basket, Russell did not hesitate to let go, and joined forces with Towns to score 4 points.
After that, Zubac hooked again, the Timberwolves side, Towns grabbed the offensive rebound, threw the shot, and the Clippers were stopped. Timeout back, Morris mid-range 2 points into the account, Edwards bottom corner three points also in color, Reggie is not willing to show weakness, facing the defense of the three-point rain, Towns gradually found his form, assisted the basket under Vanderbilt dunked, George felt back, three points and an arrow through the heart, only one round, George crossed the knife, three points through The Young, the Clippers completed the rebound, downs basket strong to chase the score.
However, after Reggie hit 2 points, Towns received his fifth foul, and soon, George scored 4 points in a row, Russell picked a basket to stop the bleeding, George felt hot, three points splashed ripples, Morris also scored 2+1, Russell hit 2 goals, Powell forced the basket to pull the basket to the basket again, Beasley pressed the whistle three flowers, the third quarter ended, the Clippers led the Timberwolves by 6 points 84-78. In the final quarter, Russell came up and scored 2 points, Covington forced a goal under the basket, the Timberwolves side, Reed suddenly applied a cold arrow, cut down three points, Mann first hat Russell, and then quickly attacked and dunked, and the game was suspended.
After the timeout, Reggie's corner three-pointer scored, Downs scored three points with a surprise free throw, but immediately graduated with six fouls, with 7 and a half points left, and then Billis hit a three-pointer and the Clippers were suspended. Returning from a timeout, George withdrew from mid-range to win, Edwards teamed up with Reid to score 4 points, and Russell was bold and chased for three points to complete the rebound. In the decisive moment, Edwards was shocked by a dragon dunk, Batum three-pointers to stop the bleeding, Edwards played a feeling, retreated three-point killing heart, Russell won in mid-range, George scored three points, and Beverley snatched to kill the game. In the end, the Timberwolves narrowly defeated the Clippers 109-104 to advance to the playoffs after a gap of four years.
In this game, Russell performed bravely, carrying the team's offense in the case of Downs' six-foul graduation, he played 37 minutes, 10 of 18, 3 of 5 three-pointers, cut 29 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals; Edwards performed well, 10 of 21, with 30 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists; Towns 3 of 11, with 11 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists; Beverley 7 of 2, got 7 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, and made big surprises in defense many times Reed had 8 points and 4 rebounds. On the Clippers, George didn't feel good, 10-of-24, and scored 34 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.
Reggie had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists on 7-of-18 shooting, five turnovers and dropped the chain at key moments; Morris contributed 12 points on 5-of-11 shooting; Zubac had 7 points and 9 rebounds; Powell had 16 points and 3 rebounds; And Covington had 9 points and 5 rebounds. In this game, Coach Finch and Coach Lu fought with wits and courage, but apparently, Coach Finch laughed to the end, and Lu coached the use of soldiers at key moments with slight flaws, drinking and hating the Northwest.