On April 6, Beijing time, the Suns played against the Timberwolves at home, and the Suns successfully defeated the Timberwolves 97-87 at the end of the game. The Suns have a very difficult schedule in the near future, but at this stage the Suns have come out in good shape, so after winning 2 consecutive wins, the Suns have come to the sixth place in the West, and because the Pelicans and Kings have been in poor form recently, the Suns are also expected to further secure the sixth position in the West, as for the Timberwolves' recent form, the Timberwolves have come to the first place in the West after winning 2 consecutive wins, but the Timberwolves are only 0.5 wins ahead of the Nuggets who are second in the West, so it is not easy for the Timberwolves to sit in the first place in the West.
In the first quarter of the game, the Suns played a 15-0 start, and then Conley finally helped the Timberwolves break the scoring drought through free throws, but unfortunately the Timberwolves' offensive state was still bad and there were mistakes, Durant led the team to continue to expand the lead, and Edwards played 3+1 at the critical moment to stop the bleeding, but then the Suns' offensive state also declined, and the Timberwolves bit the score under the play of Li Kaier and others, and the Suns led by 12 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, although the Timberwolves tried to continue to chase the score, the Suns once led by 19 points under the leadership of Durant, but the Timberwolves still scored to stop the bleeding in the next game, but the Suns continued to break out, and the Suns still led by 16 points at the end of the half.
In the third quarter, the Suns stopped the Timberwolves with a wave of 5-2, but the Timberwolves still played badly in the next game, Nurkic continued to score under the basket, although the Suns continued to maintain a big lead in the next game, but Nurkic's 5 fouls buried some hidden dangers for the Suns, and Edwards and others played in the next game, but Eubanks caused a killing free throw to score, Durant also hit a long shot, and the two teams attacked at the end of the game, and the Suns led by 16 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Reid and Gobert tried to chase the score, but Nurkic scored a basket, and the Suns still led the Timberwolves by 14 points. After the timeout, Durant came on the court to help the Suns extend their lead, and by the time O'Neal and Booker scored, the Suns had a lead of 22 points, which reduced the game to garbage time, and finally the Suns beat the Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves played quite hard in this game, and the Timberwolves dug a big hole for themselves after the game began, although the Timberwolves relied on defense to chase some scores, but unfortunately the Timberwolves' offense lacked continuity, so the Timberwolves still had no choice but to lose. At the end of the game, Edwards had 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Gobert had 4 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, Conley had 5 points and 3 rebounds, and Lee Kyle had 6 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists. And Beal played quite efficiently in this game, seeing that the playoffs are getting closer and closer, Beal is playing better and better in the game is what the Suns want to see, and at the end of the game, Beal got 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in 6 of 9.
As for Booker's rare slump in this game, you must know that Booker has played quite well in the last two games, in this case, Booker scored 52 points and 40 points respectively, that is, relying on Booker's shot to play the Suns can get a winning streak in the near future, and now in the face of the Timberwolves, many fans expect Booker to play better, but in this game, Booker's offensive state is very bad, and Booker got 13 points, 3 rebounds and 13 assists in 3 of 12 at the end of the game. And Durant really didn't give the Timberwolves a chance in this game, after all, the Timberwolves were close to the score in this game, but Durant was always able to score at critical moments, so the Suns have always maintained the lead, and finally the Suns also successfully defeated the Timberwolves, and at the end of the game, Durant got 22 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in 9 of 14.