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The Timberwolves challenged the Suns away, and in the first quarter of the game, the Suns took the lead in the first quarter, and the Suns, who fired inside and outside, quickly took the lead, and the Suns led the Timberwolves 32-20 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Beal and Allen's consecutive scores helped the Suns further open the score, although Edwards stepped up to try to narrow the difference, but the Suns always took the initiative on the court, and at halftime, the Suns 57-41 Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves began to chase points, but the play of Durant and Allen helped the Suns continue their lead of about 15 points, and the Suns ended the third quarter 77-61 Timberwolves. In the final quarter of the game, the play of Gobert and Walker helped the Timberwolves narrow the difference, and Durant's inside and outside fire completely killed the suspense of the game, and finally the Suns defeated the Timberwolves 97-87 to win three in a row.
Timberwolves player stats: Edwards 17 points and 8 rebounds, Walker 13 points and 5 rebounds, Reed 8 points and 11 rebounds, Morris 9 points and 4 rebounds.
Suns player stats: Allen 23 points and 8 rebounds, Durant 22 points and 6 rebounds, Beal 14 points, Booker 13 points and 13 assists, Nurkic 11 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists.
Eight facts that have to be admitted:
1. Durant played efficiently, scoring 22 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists on 9-of-14 shooting. Adu dominates both offensive and defensive ends, scoring and organizing defense, and the data does not reflect Durant's help to the team. Adu is worthy of being the player who gave the Suns the back, and the effect was immediate as soon as he came on the court in the fourth quarter, and the higher the intensity of the game, the more he highlighted his supergiant ability. Durant was able to quickly adjust after a period of slump, and this is the super-giant game impact.
2. Booker was not in good shape in this game, and was very uncomfortable by the opposing kraft candy defense, with a low shooting rate, 2 of 13 shots, 1 of 5 three-pointers, and 13 points and 13 assists. Booker didn't feel good today, didn't play too hard, but chose to organize the tandem, and today he became an organizational guard, and the Pelicans continued to support themselves.
3. Beal played 26 minutes, shooting 6 of 9 from the field, 2 of 3 from three-point range, and got 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Beal plays efficiently, Bill who doesn't possess the ball is still terrifying, very active in grabbing rebounds, with Durant and Booker, two scoring masters, Beal does sacrifice a lot, but he also gradually finds his position and does his best to help the team.
4, Allen is getting more and more stable now, he got 23 points and 8 rebounds in this game, he has a punch and a projection, he is still very active, full of hard work, he can break through and kill with a hot three-point hand, he can shoot and defend, this is to compete with Beal for the third big man, how should the Suns keep Allen?
5, Nurkic is too important to the Suns, today the rebounding and defensive end are invincible, there is a crossbow machine in the rebounding is very reassuring, this game cut 11 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, I really can't imagine that the Suns can do without Nurkic, Eubanks is too bad.
6. Head coach Vogel collapsed as always, the weakest link of the Suns. I don't understand why I like to use Eubanks so much, I should give O'Neal more playing time. Bol-Bol played well, and Gordon played badly. Save on Durant, do you have to use an overdraft when the playoffs are approaching?
7. The Suns are really a magical team, they can beat the Nuggets Timberwolves twice and lose the Spurs three times. What a devil's schedule, the sun is the real devil. I thought that the Devils' schedule would dive into the bottom half of the play-offs, but the Suns directly incarnated as the Devil to sit in sixth place in the West. At this pace, the Suns can compete for the championship.
8. After this battle, the Suns won three consecutive victories and continued to sit sixth in the West, with the Pelicans losing to the Spurs today, the Suns are 1 win ahead of the Pelicans in 7th and 1 win behind the Mavericks in fifth. The Suns' remaining five opponents are: Pelicans, Clippers, Kings, and Timberwolves. All of them are playoff-level powerhouses, especially the card battles with the Pelicans and Kings. However, the Suns have been strong recently, and they are strong when they are strong, and it is fully believed that they can stabilize the sixth place in the West, and the Suns in the playoffs are worth looking forward to.