On January 10, Beijing time, the Magic hosted the Timberwolves! Recently, the Magic has won 2 consecutive wins, and the current team record is 21-15 and ranks 4th in the East, and the Magic is really going to enter the playoffs this year. American media StatMuse posted the data of Banchero in January, averaging 34.3 points, 9 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2 steals per game! The three-point shooting rate is as high as 50%, and the young man is getting better and better.
So far this season, Banchero has played in a total of 36 games, averaging 35 minutes per game, contributing 23.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.1 steals, shooting 46.1% from the field, 38.5% from three-point range, and 71% from the free throw line. Speaking about his goals, Banchero said, "Make it to the All-Star and help the team make the playoffs!"
Before the game, the Magic officially announced that a total of 5 players on the team were absent from this game against the Timberwolves! Wendell Carter has tendonitis in his right knee, Isaac has a strained right leg, Gary Harris has a right calf strain, Wagner Jr. has a sprained right ankle, and Ingles has a sprained left ankle! This is undoubtedly good news for the Timberwolves who are playing away, and the Timberwolves are still firmly in the first place in the West at 25-10!
It took it directly, at the end of the first half of the game, the Timberwolves beat the Magic 67-37 away by 30 points! The wounded camp and the poor shooting rate of the whole team, in the face of the first lineup in the West, the Magic really has no solution at all, and the obvious mentality behind it began to collapse, broken jars, all kinds of nonsensical mistakes, this hole is not easy to fill.
Downs went crazy, single-handedly playing the Magic, playing 20 minutes in the second quarter, shooting 9 of 11, 4 of 4 from the outside three-point line, and slashing a game-high 23 points! Blocking and dismantling the ball and catching the ball in stride, the meteor went straight to the penalty area, ignoring the brutal dunk staged by Big Wagner!
The Timberwolves continued to feed the inside in the first quarter and assisted Gobert to score frequently under the basket
The Magic side was completely wiped out, and no one scored a double-double at the end of the half, and the highest score was Big Wagner on the bench, who scored 9 points on 3-of-5 shooting and 1-of-3 from three-point range. Banchero completely pulled this time, only 3 of 13 shots, 0 of 2 three-pointers, 7 points, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block! plus/minus -32 lowest in the game! There was also an own goal and five embarrassments, and it was really a cold water to stuff his teeth.
It's still a chance, Yibian re-battle Magic began to exert force, Suggs and Big Wagner led the team to play a wave of potential balloons! The wolves collapsed three times as promised, and the Timberwolves only scored 10 points in the first half of the game, but fortunately, the advantage created in the first half was big enough, and the two teams directly launched a big battle at the end of the third quarter, and the Timberwolves were still leading by 24 points at 90-66!
After scoring only three points in the first half, Suggs picked up the team in the third quarter, shooting 5-of-7 from the field and 1-of-2 from three-point range to score 11 points! Banchero also woke up, scoring 9 points on 4-of-8 shooting and 1-of-2 from three-point range. This ball was too difficult, Suggs took the backcourt rebound and counterattacked all the way to the frontcourt, accelerated the raid and encountered Downs's supplementary defense to complete the score with a limit pull!
In the final quarter, the Magic began to rain three points at home, but the Timberwolves could always respond in time, so the difference remained around 20 points, and the game was no longer suspenseful as time passed. At the end of the game, congratulations to the Timberwolves for their 113-92 away victory over the Magic, ending the opponent's 2-game winning streak.
The Timberwolves scored six double-doubles, Towns 28 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, Gobert 21 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks, McDaniels 15 points and 9 rebounds, Conley 11 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals, Lee Kyle 11 points and 3 assists, Reed 13 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists. The biggest controversy is Edwards, Huazi has no sense of existence in the whole game, only 7 shots to score 6 points, and 5 turnovers!
Magic big Wagner scored 21 points, Suggs 20 points, Banchero scored only 18 points on 8-of-22 shooting, and the plus/minus of -30 was the lowest in the game! The two teams scored 60-38 inside, and the Magic lost here. The full-site data chart is presented.
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