The NBA playoffs officially begin, the West's seventh Timberwolves and the eighth Clippers usher in the first round of the showdown, the winning side will directly get the seventh place into the playoffs, facing the second Grizzlies in the West.
The losing team will advance to the second round of the playoffs to face the winner between the Pelicans and Spurs and compete for eighth place in the West, thus playing against the Suns in the first round.
Due to the one-game rule in the play-offs and the fact that they can only play against the Suns after losing, this is a must-win game for both teams.
As soon as the game began, the two teams showed their determination to win, and the Timberwolves, who played at home, made a perfect start 4-0.
Helplessly, the team has since fallen into an offensive mute, and the Clippers have firmly occupied the lead under george's leadership, even if the Timberwolves find their form at the end of the quarter, the Clippers still hold a 6-point lead at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the score of the two teams has been very tight, the physical confrontation is very intense, they cannot play a very smooth offense on the offensive end, the point difference is always within 5 points, and the Timberwolves played a wave of flow performance at the end of the quarter, ending the first half with a 2-point lead.
Easy to fight again, the two teams are still playing inextricably, the score has been biting very tightly, and the Clippers once regained the lead with George's performance.
But the Timberwolves, led by Edwards, showed great resilience, and Beverley also injected strong blood into the young Timberwolves, always clinging to the score.
Even so, the Timberwolves still struggled to stop George in the third quarter, but at the end of the quarter, Beasley hit a three-point whistle, and the Timberwolves trailed by 6 points in the third quarter.
Entering the final quarter, the Clippers still had an absolute advantage at the beginning of the quarter, leading by as many as 10 points at one point.
But then the Timberwolves were forced to change sides, and as Downs played six, the Timberwolves began to set off a wave of counterattacks, constantly approaching the point difference, and the Clippers' situation began to get out of control.
The Timberwolves will be more and more excited, led by Edwards, finally completed the score reversal, while holding the advantage at key moments, and finally defeated the Clippers in a 109-104 reversal.
For the Clippers, this is naturally an unacceptable loss, after all, the team led by as many as 10 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and it was helpless that the team's poor distribution of the ball led to the team eventually losing the game.
Among them, the core George can leave with his head held high, even if the team loses, but George has done everything he can, 10 of 24 in the game, including 6 of 12 three-pointers, and bombed 34 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.
In addition, Reggie 17 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Morris 12 points, Powell 16 points and 3 rebounds, of which Reggie shot 7 of 18, the key moment is too greedy, in the case of George obviously better feel, still choose a personal attack, bad choice, resulting in the final team to lose the game.
On the other hand, the Timberwolves, as a young team, showed the resilience and strong style of the dark horse.
In the case of the core Towns was obviously soft, with only 11 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the whole game, Russell and Edwards carried the team's offensive banner in the two major backcourt cores, the former bombed 29 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, and the latter had 30 points and 5 rebounds.
In addition, Beverley injected the young team with the attribute of iron blood, and it was under his stimulation that Reggie was chaotic in the game, playing in succession at key moments, which eventually led to Beverley backstabbing the old club Clippers and helping the new owner Timberwolves win the game.