Jackson scored 36 points to blow up the Wolves' twin towers, Huazi scored 28 points, Conley had 17 points and 10 assists, and Lee Kyle scored 4 points
On January 19th, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Timberwolves sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Grizzlies, this battle is the Timberwolves' back-to-back, they just had a vicious battle with the Pistons yesterday, this battle faced the remnants of the Grizzlies, I thought the Timberwolves could take the opponent lightly, but the Grizzlies caused them a lot of trouble, and then we will talk about the game process first, and then talk about the players' play.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, McDaniels scored 4 consecutive goals to take the lead for the Timberwolves, Kennard responded with three points, Conley broke through, Vince Williams hit another three points, Gobert and Jaren Jackson Jr. sent each other inside kills, and then the Timberwolves offense suddenly lost power, and under the leadership of Jaren Jackson, they once led the Timberwolves by 13 points, but Nazrid scored 13 points in a row to help the team chase to 30 to end the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Tillman became a strange soldier, he continued to break through and kill to help the Grizzlies establish a slight lead, the Timberwolves relied on the play of Lee Kyle and also bit the opponent, after the two starters played, I thought that the Timberwolves relied on the double champion They could play a counterattack climax, but the Grizzlies played a climax, Aldama hit a three-pointer, Jaren Jackson made free throws, they once led the Timberwolves by 8 points, and at the end of the quarter, relying on Conley's three points, the Timberwolves trailed by 5 points to end the first half.
E-side rematch Gobert and Towns successively killed inside, Jaren Jackson and Vince Williams combined to score 5 points in response, Edwards scored 13 points in a row with free throws, but the Grizzlies were not suppressed by Edwards' firepower, they were still very resilient, Kennard hit 4 three-pointers in a row, he and Edwards played a matchup, Roddy scored 6 points in a row at the end of the quarter to help the team withstand Edwards' offense, and the Grizzlies were still leading by 5 points after the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Jaren Jackson scored an inside kill, but he received his fifth foul, so he was also restrained, and this also allowed the Timberwolves to seize the opportunity, Nazrid hit three points, Al Ama and Edwards combined for 5 points, the Timberwolves overtook the opponent, and then although the Grizzlies still did not want to give up, the Timberwolves relied on better roster depth, they stabilized the situation, and finally the team defeated the Grizzlies 118-103.
The Grizzlies exploded again with a three-pointer
In the case that only one Jaren Jackson was left in the starters and was not injured, I thought the Grizzlies would choose to give up this season, but they still played full resilience, relying on excellent three-point upsets to defeat the Warriors in the last game, this game brought a lot of pressure to the Timberwolves, the first in the West, Jaren Jackson shot 15 of 23 from the field, and 3 of 6 from three-point range with 36 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.
It is estimated that many fans have questioned Kennard, why he can always get an annual salary of 10 million yuan as a substitute player? It is estimated that everyone now knows that his three points are indeed very incomprehensible, crazy to be able to fight top stars, Kennard shot 6 of 9 in the game, 5 of 7 three-pointers got 18 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
Off the bench, Aldama scored 13 points and 5 rebounds, Tillman scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Vince Williams got 10 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, and Roddy scored 8 points and 3 rebounds.
Reed becomes a surprise soldier
On the side of the Timberwolves in this game, their interior twin towers played decently, it can be said that in the confrontation with Jaren Jackson, they were completely blown up, Towns scored 14 points and 7 rebounds on 5-of-12 shooting, Gobert scored 17 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 blocks on 5-of-10 shooting, Edwards did not project well in this game, 1 of 6 three-pointers in the game, and scored 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 11-of-19 shooting, and the Wolves' starting three points in this game were not good as a whole.
Conley and Reed are the key to their victory, Conley shot 7 of 11 from the field, 3 of 6 three-pointers scored 17 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists. If it weren't for Reed's excellent play, the Timberwolves might have collapsed, and he had 20 points and 3 rebounds on 8-of-12 shooting and 4-of-5 three-pointers, while Lee Kyle had 4 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
This game also showed everyone how great their roster depth is, even if the three cores can't play as well as they should, they can still rely on the excellent play of role players to play competitive, which is why the Timberwolves are favored to hit the good results this season, because they not only have the trio of Edwards, Towns and Gobert, but also Conley, McDaniels, Lee Kyle and Reed are excellent blue collars.
Speaking of which, what do you have to say about these two teams?