Timberwolves vs. Knicks
The competition in the preseason continues, and the training of the league's favorites to win the championship has gradually shown a certain degree of immediate combat power. At the same time, those rising teams have also improved their strength in the past period. In this game, the Knicks in New York were challenged by the Timberwolves at home. As a perennial rotten team, the Knicks' progress in the past two years is still obvious to all, and they can also show the immediate combat power of the Eastern dark horse after introducing Randle and Brunson and others.
Their opponent, the Timberwolves, have not grown much in recent seasons. That's right, they didn't win many games with top picks Downs and Edwards as the centerpiece of the win. However, this time they came to the home court of the Knicks, they showed super immediate combat power, and after four quarters of regular time, they won the game with an aggregate score of 121-112.
Specific match conditions
As soon as the game started, the Knicks, who played at home, quickly got into shape, playing a wave of 8-0 mini-climax. For the rest of the first quarter, they were able to ride the trend, scoring 30-28 with the help of Barrett's 15-point shooting from 4-of-6 from the field and 7-of-8 from the free-throw line. The Timberwolves, who entered the second quarter showdown and were behind by the score, were able to quickly launch a counterattack. Substitute Naz Reed was in excellent form, making 4-of-5 three-pointers and 1-of-2 free throws, delivering a crucial 13 points to lead the team to a three-point victory at 29-24.
In the second half, the Knicks, who lost the initiative in the lead, chased the points in time. In the third quarter, Barrett played 12 minutes again, delivering 8 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal, and helped the team play 30-27. In the final quarter of the tiebreaker, although the scores of the two sides once returned to the same running line, the away Timberwolves were able to win, with the help of more blossoms of substitutes in the team, played a single quarter score of 37-28, and won the game with an aggregate score of 121-112.
epilogue
Looking at the statistics of the game, the overall performance of the Timberwolves' players is obviously very good. Although only four of their players scored double-doubles, they provided 38 assists and scored 20 three-pointers in a single game of 45 goals, and they did it to the extreme in terms of offensive fluidity and outside three-point aggression. Among them, substitute forward Naz Reed, in 18.5 minutes of play, shot 5 of 8 from three-point range and 8 of 12, sending a team-high 22 points, effectively alleviating the pressure of scoring.
In addition, Li Kyle, who came off the bench, played only 3 shots in 22 minutes in this game, but with a 100% shooting percentage, he sent 6 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists, helping the team win the opponent's key 27 points, and the efficiency was very amazing. Therefore, under the outstanding performance of the substitute players, the winning core duo in the team has no choice but to become supporting roles one after another. Towns shot 4-of-16 from the field, posted 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and his performance can only be called decent. Edwards shot 6-of-18 from the field, posted 17 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, and was still lacking in scoring efficiency.