On March 23, Beijing time, the Timberwolves played at home against the Cavaliers, and the Timberwolves successfully defeated the Cavaliers 104-91 at the end of the game. In the last game, the Timberwolves lost to the Nuggets because of the lack of major generals, but in the game, the Timberwolves still brought huge pressure to the Nuggets, and there was no way to lose the game in the end, after losing the game, the Timberwolves fell to the third place in the West, on the other hand, the Cavaliers are generally ranked third in the East in the recent state, but Mitchell's injury problem is also worrying, according to Shama reports, Mitchell's knee injury is more serious than the nose fracture, and he came back before he recovered well, it can be said that Mitchell's importance to the Cavaliers is self-evident, if Mitchell can not return in time, so it's really hard to say what will happen to the final ranking of the knights.
In the first quarter, the Timberwolves went on a 6-2 run, then Niang hit a three-pointer, Edwards hit a shot and Garland hit a shot, and then LeVert scored inside, and the Cavaliers led the Timberwolves by 2 points. After the timeout, Reed's offensive outburst helped the Timberwolves complete the comeback, but in the next game, the two teams frequently played iron offensively, and the Timberwolves led the Cavaliers by 2 points. Edwards helped the Timberwolves hold on to the lead in the closing stages, and the Cavaliers trailed by five points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, the Timberwolves tried to pull away the score, but as Merrill and LeVert hit three points to help the Cavaliers bite the score, the Timberwolves maintained the lead under McLaughlin's play, but unfortunately the follow-up Timberwolves made mistakes and offense also hit the iron, Niang and Garland once helped the Cavaliers chase 2 points, Merrill hit three points after the Cavaliers completed the overtake, and then Garland also scored, and the Cavaliers led by 3 points at the end of the half.
In the third quarter, Edwards found his offensive touch, and Conley and McDaniels also caused damage, the Timberwolves successfully tied the score, and in the next game, Conley assisted Gobert to score, and also caused LeVert to go out of bounds, and the Timberwolves also overtook the Cavaliers by 2 points. After the timeout, the Cavaliers' offense frequently hit iron, but Gobert and McDaniels frequently hit iron on the inside, and the Timberwolves also led to 8 points, and Allen and others scored to stop the bleeding at the end of the third quarter, and the Cavaliers trailed by 6 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Conley blossomed inside and outside, and by the time Reed broke through and scored a dunk, the Timberwolves had a lead of 14 points, and then Garland led the team to chase some scores, and McDaniels hit three points in a row at the critical moment to help the Timberwolves occupy a double-digit lead, and the Timberwolves maintained their state in the next game, and finally the Timberwolves refused the Cavaliers to reverse and win the game.
The Cavaliers lost the game and were quite helpless, after all, the Cavaliers' outside state was not good in this game, although Garland was able to score to stop the bleeding, but Garland's outside three-point frequently hit iron, and the Cavaliers did not save the advantage on the inside, Garland scored on the Timberwolves and was able to respond immediately, and in the end Garland was difficult to save, and Garland got 19 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists at the end of the game. For the other Cavaliers players, Allen had 15 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists, Niang had 10 points and 3 rebounds, and LeVert had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.
As for Conley, he also made a contribution in this game, after all, when the Timberwolves were behind, Conley stepped up, and in the game, Conley was not only able to complete the steal, his offensive and organizational skills brought great help to the Timberwolves, so in the fourth quarter of the game, the Timberwolves were able to open the score early, and Conley got 21 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists at the end of the game. At the same time, Li Kaier is also a late force in this game, at the beginning Li Kaier's offensive state was sluggish, but the follow-up Li Kaier is getting better and better, at the end of the game, Li Kaier got 10 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in 5 of 9, and in this game the Timberwolves blossomed more, so Edwards played quite easily, and finally Edwards got 16 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists, Gobert got 9 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist, and Reed got 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.