Keep the No. 1 place in the West!The Timberwolves double-kill Nets clashed in the final quarter, Towns scored 28 points, and Huazi scored 29 points
On February 25, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Timberwolves faced off against the Nets at home, Gobert, one of the core of the Timberwolves' interior line, was injured, and Li Kaier started in place of Gobert. The Timberwolves trailed by up to 10 points, and gradually rebounded to extend the double-digit lead in the final quarter, Schroder pushed Conley at the last moment to cause a conflict, Schroder, Smith, Walker, McDaniels 4 people ate T, and finally the Timberwolves swept the Nets in the 101-86 season to keep the first place in the West, and became the first team in the West to win 40.
Timberwolves: Towns 28 points and 9 rebounds, Edwards 29 points and 8 rebounds, Conley 14 points, Lee Kyle 12 points.
Nets: Bridges 15 points, Thomas 18 points, all five players scored in double figures.
In the first meeting of the season, the Timberwolves narrowly defeated the Nets 96-94 on the road. The two sides met for the second time of the season, the Nets were without Whitehead, Gobert, one of the Timberwolves' interior cores, was injured with an ankle injury, plus Clark and McLaughlin were also absent. Lee Kyle started the game in place of Gobert, and the Timberwolves fell behind 6-10 at the beginning of the first quarter, and the Nets scored inside and out, and the Timberwolves trailed by 10 points at 12-22 with two and a half minutes left in the first quarter. Towns and Edwards led an 11-0 offensive run to overtake the score, and the Timberwolves overtook the Nets by one point at 23-22 at the end of the first quarter.
Entering the second quarter of the game, the Timberwolves blossomed inside and out to extend their 29-24 lead, and the Nets scored consecutive points to overtake the score, and the two sides also tied one after another. The Timberwolves scored only 19 points in the second quarter, lost by 4 points in a single quarter 19-23, and the Timberwolves were overtaken by the Nets by 3 points at 42-45 at the end of the first half. In the first two quarters, only one player from either side scored in double figures, with Towns scoring 15 points on 4-of-8 shooting, Edwards scoring 8 points on 4-of-11 shooting and Bridges scoring 10 points.
After halftime, the Timberwolves overtook the score 48-47, the Nets scored four points in a row to regain the lead, and the Timberwolves responded with a wave of small climaxes and overtook the score again. After the Timberwolves were chased to 62-61 and only led by one point, Morris and Cayo hit a three-pointer, the Timberwolves scored five points in a row, Cayo hit two free throws, the Timberwolves won by seven points in the first quarter 28-21, and the Timberwolves led by four points in the first three quarters 70-66. In the first three quarters, the Nets scored four double-doubles, Thomas had 12 points and six rebounds, the Timberwolves also scored four double-doubles, Towns had 21 points and seven rebounds, and Edwards had 18 points.
Entering the final quarter of the game, the Nets took the lead with a wave of 6-0 offense to take a two-point lead, and the Timberwolves responded with a wave of 8-2 offense to regain the lead. The two sides continued to bite the score, Towns hit two free throws, McDaniels made three points and Lee Kyle made a layup to extend the 11-point advantage. Finney-Smith hit a three-point shot, Edwards dunked and hit a mid-range shot to maintain a 12-point advantage, the Nets were powerless to turn the situation around, and the Timberwolves continued to control the situation to extend their advantage and lay the victory. Conley hit a three-point shot from the buzzer in garbage time, Schroder pushed Conley away and caused a conflict, and finally the Timberwolves swept the Nets this season.
Timberwolves: McDaniels, Lee Kyle, Towns, Edwards, Conley
Nets: Bridges, Finney-Smith, Claxton, Thomas, Simmons
(Text/Drunken Sleeping)