On April 6, 2024, Beijing time, the Phoenix Suns hosted the Timberwolves in the NBA regular season, and this game is very important for the Suns. The Suns' starters for this game remain unchanged, returning to the lineup of Beal, Durant, Booker, Allen and Nurkic, while Timberwolves Towns continue to be absent, and the starters are Edwards, Conley, McDaniels, Reed and Gobert.
In the first quarter of the game, Booker scored 3 points with a three-point foul and free throws at the beginning, Booker made a mid-range shot, Nurkic completed a layup, Durant scored two plus one, Allen scored a three-point shot, and the Suns stopped the Timberwolves with a wave of 13-0. After the timeout, the Timberwolves didn't score for 5 minutes, Beal completed a violent dunk, and finally scored 2 points through Conley's free throws, and then Edwards scored three plus one against Durant's defense! After the Timberwolves rotated, Walker made a three-point shot, Beal made a three-point shot, and Gordon made a three-point foul and scored a free throw, and the Suns led the Timberwolves 32-20 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, the Timberwolves had difficulty scoring at the beginning, relying on Walker to shoot two three-pointers, and the Suns Durant and Bol Bol and others could also score. After the timeout, Allen hit a three-pointer and Booker hit from mid-range. Fortunately, Edwards, Morris and others can also score, plus a small lineup defense is good, which did not allow the Suns to further expand the score, and the Suns led the Timberwolves 57-41 at halftime.
In the second half of the game, the Timberwolves were still difficult to score, scoring 2 points in 2 minutes with a conversion layup by Edwards, while Durant scored on Conley alone, and Beal made an open three-pointer to quickly stop the Timberwolves. After the timeout, the Timberwolves Conley continued to play three points, Durant assisted Nurkic to complete a layup, and the Timberwolves broke the scoring drought by relying on Reed, first scoring from mid-range, and then causing a foul free throw to score 1 point. After the Suns led by 20 points, they began to relax, and there were mistakes one after another, Beal and Durant did not have three points, and Nurkic had already committed five fouls in just 5 minutes in this quarter! McDaniels scored in the middle of the shot, and after Nurkic went down, the Timberwolves hit the inside, Reed scored a layup, and Allen broke through causing Reed to be fouled three times. McDaniels hit the basket to score, Conley made a three-pointer, and the Timberwolves found a way to attack, but unfortunately Edwards missed a mistake and a layup at the critical moment, missing the opportunity to chase further points.
Then the two sides hit iron and mistakes one after another, and finally the Suns broke the deadlock first, Allen and Eubanks drew foul free throws to score, and Durant shot from mid-range, and the margin returned to 20 points. In the end, the Timberwolves relied on Walker's free throw to score, and Morris scored a fast-break layup, and the Suns led the Timberwolves 77-61 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, Reed finally scored three points, Morris broke through and scored a layup, the Suns relied on Nurkic to score 5 points in a row, Vogel called a timeout early, replaced Durant and Booker, and closed the game early. Durant scored on a mid-range shot, and then assisted Eubanks to complete a layup, and in the next round, the Timberwolves made a mistake, and Durant scored a pull-up jumper, and one person hit a wave of 6-0, and the difference continued to return to 20 points. After Lee Kyle scored on a mid-range shot, Allen missed a three-point shot, Reed continued to play iron with three points, O'Neal shook off the defender and threw a three-pointer, Lee Kyle threw into the mid-range, and then Edwards was interfered with by Durant for three points, Booker converted a three-point shot, and the score came to 24 points, losing suspense, and finally the Suns beat the Timberwolves 97-87.
The statistics of the whole game, the Suns Durant shot 9 of 14, 1 of 4 three-pointers and got 22 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Beal shot 6 of 9, 2 of 3 three-pointers got 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Booker 13 points, 3 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 steals, Allen 23 points and 8 rebounds, Nurkic 11 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, Eubanks 5 points and 4 rebounds, and Gordon 4 points. Timberwolves Edwards shot 6-of-19 from the field and 2-of-6 from three-point range to finish with 17 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Reed had 8 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists, McDaniels had 6 points, Conley had 5 points and 3 assists, Gobert had 4 points and 6 rebounds, Alexander Walker had 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Morris had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and Lee Kyle had 6 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists on 3-of-7 shooting.
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