Today, a very interesting scene happened in the NBA, the Timberwolves and Thunder, who were the first and second in the West, suffered losses, and the Clippers rose to the first place in the West, which is unbelievable.
1. Timberwolves 123-129 Bulls
In this game, the Timberwolves led by as many as 23 points at one point, and still led by 22 points at the end of the first half, but in the second half, the Timberwolves quickly collapsed as if they had changed teams, scoring only 46 points at halftime, being dragged into overtime by the Bulls, and finally lost to the Bulls 123-126 and suffered a big reversal.
For the Timberwolves, Edwards had 33 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Towns had 33 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, and Gobert had 12 points and 16 rebounds. For the Bulls, DeRozan had 33 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals, White had 33 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Vucevic had 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 blocks, Drummond had 16 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks, and Caruso had 3 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks.
2. Thunder 117-124 Jazz
The Thunder also suffered a collapse in the second half, scoring just 24 points in the third quarter and 25 points in the fourth quarter, and finally suffered a comeback with a lead of up to 12 points.
The Thunder's Alexander had 28 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists and only 5 free throws, Holmgren had 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 4 blocks, and Jalen Williams had 26 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. For the Jazz, Markkanen had 33 points and 11 rebounds, Collins had 22 points and nine rebounds, and George had 16 points and five assists.
The Clippers suffered five straight defeats from Harden's arrival, once ranked 11th in the West, but now they are at the top of the West with 34 wins and 15 trips.