Beijing time on March 21, the NBA regular season continued, the Knicks sat home to face the Timberwolves, this game is very important for the Timberwolves, because the Timberwolves and the tenth Lakers, the eleventh Jazz win difference is the same, if the team loses the ranking will directly fall out of the top ten, so the Timberwolves started more blossoming early to establish a double-digit lead, as a result, Randle cut a record 26 points in Knicks history in the third quarter, helping the Knicks to overtake the score, but Randle who cut a career-high 57 points at a critical moment lost key rebounds, Prince eventually delivered a winning layup, and the Timberwolves defeated the Knicks 140-134 to end a three-game losing streak.
【Data Details】
Knicks: Randle 57 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Brunson 23 points and 9 assists, Barrett 13 points and 3 assists, Quickley 19 points and 3 assists, Hart 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Hatten 5 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
Timberwolves: Prince 35 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Conley 24 points and 11 assists, Gobert 16 points and 7 rebounds, McDaniels 18 points and 4 rebounds, Anderson 10 points and 7 rebounds, Norwell 14 points and 4 assists, Reid 12 points and 3 assists
【Star of the Field】
Prince became the star of the game, shooting 12 of 13 from the field and 8 of his three-pointers, setting a new personal single-game three-point shooting high, and against Randall, who scored a career-high 57 points, he sent a winning layup at a key moment to help the Timberwolves win a key victory.
【Highlight Moment】
Randall countered with a two-handed snap
Randle assists Brunson's three-point shot
Gobert assists Norwell's two-handed basket
Brunson Miao Chuan Ping took the cake in the air
Randall points fly defender glide heavy buckle
Conley borrowed cover for three points and had his hands
【Competition Review】
As soon as the game began, the two teams fought an offensive battle, and after the home Knicks led 18-17, the Timberwolves opened the unsolvable offensive mode, Conley, Gobert, Reid played in a row, and the Timberwolves built a double-digit lead in one go, but at the end of the quarter, Randle was powerful, and one person scored 5 points in a row, helping the Knicks narrow the trail to 10 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, although Randle scored consecutive shots, the Timberwolves' offensive momentum did not decrease, the two teams fought a tug-of-war around the 10-point difference, and the Timberwolves repeatedly opened the point difference to more than 15 points in the quarter, fortunately, Randle was in burst form, one person carried the Knicks forward, and at the end of the quarter faced the situation of the Timberwolves blooming inside and outside, and Randle stood up again, and one person cut 8 points in a row to help the Knicks narrow the gap to 9 points at halftime.
Yibian and then battle, Prince, McDaniels scored consecutive shots, the point difference was stretched to 16 points, and then Randle took over the game, shooting inside and outside and hitting unreasonable shots, playing Reed at a loss, plus the second boss Brunson is also in good shape, hitting three points from the outside in a row, the Knicks smoothed out the 16-point difference, fortunately, at the end of the quarter, Walker scored consecutive shots, and the Timberwolves led the Knicks 109-108 by 1 point.
Entering the final quarter of the battle, Hart hit two points, the Knicks rebounded the score again, Reid responded with 2 points, Hart and Barrett played a 5-0 attack wave, Prince three-point to stop the bleeding, Anderson hit a 2-point shot, the Timberwolves took back a 1-point lead, Hatten played 2+1, Quickley scored 5 consecutive points, the Knicks regained control of the situation, Randle made a fatal mistake at the critical moment, Randle lost a key rebound, and finally Posens sent a winning layup to win.
【Two teams starter】
Knicks: Brunson, Graems, Barrett, Randall, Mitchell Robinson
Timberwolves: Conley, Prince, Anderson, McDaniels, Gobert