The Timberwolves have been a lot of good news lately! The team's performance has fluctuated a lot because of Towns' injury, and they have also fallen from the No. 1 position in the West! But the team's big man Reed stepped up and replaced Towns well, and the team's performance has also returned to the right track, winning 7 of the last 9 games, which makes them continue to suppress the Nuggets and rank 1st in the West.
In addition, Timberwolves big man Towns is also recovering well from injury and has a good chance of returning before the playoffs begin, which also gives the Timberwolves a chance to make a big impact in the playoffs, and what the team has to do now is to try to get a good ranking for themselves as much as possible.
Although the Timberwolves are now ranked No. 1, they do not have much advantage, with the same record as the Nuggets in No. 2 in the West, and only one game ahead of the No. 3 Thunder.
The Timberwolves have 4 games left, the opponents are the Wizards, Nuggets, Hawks, Suns, the schedule is not easy to play, especially the matchup with the Nuggets, which can be called the No. 1 belonging battle in the West!
The Wizards have only achieved a 15-64 record so far this season, ranking second from the bottom in the East, a proper fish belly team, and the Timberwolves didn't pay any attention to them, but it was this hand-to-hand game, and the Timberwolves almost lost.
Although the Wizards are weak, this team has nerve knife attributes! Sure enough, as soon as it opened, the Wizards team was particularly excited, Alfodia, Kispert, and Poole fired repeatedly on the outside, and the 3-point shots were one after another, and the team's offense was completely non-stop, scoring 44 points in a single quarter, once opening a huge gap of 21 points, completely occupying the initiative of the game!
The situation is not good, Edwards stood up, relying on his own personal ability, inside and outside shooting to score points, Walker also broke out from the bench, helping the Timberwolves to catch up, the team chased the difference to 10 points in the first half! Entering the second half, the Timberwolves continued to catch up, but the Wizards played well, Poole and Kispert's firepower helped them keep the lead! Fortunately, it was Huazi again, he hit 3 points in a row, and he could score 3 points in a row with a hot hand, and he could also score a difficult breakthrough, and finally overtook 5 points at the end of the 3rd quarter!
But at this time, Gobert played a huge role, constantly sending big hats on the defensive end, and wreaked havoc on the offensive end, dominating the interior at both ends of the offensive end, and the Timberwolves also seized the opportunity to open up a double-digit gap, and finally the Timberwolves defeated the Wizards 130-121.
Wizards (15-65): Baldwin 15 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Avdija 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Gill 15 points and 9 rebounds, Kispert 25 points and 5 assists, Poole 24 points and 6 assists, Davis 10 points. Timberwolves (55-24): Edwards 51 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, Conley 15 points, Walker 23 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, McDaniels 9 points and 5 rebounds, McLaughlin 6 points
21-point reversal, the Timberwolves staged a beautiful comeback, and the team's core Huazi was even more crazy, playing less than 38 minutes, 17 of 29 shots, including 11 of 11 free throws, and 51 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.
After winning the game, Huazi also roared angrily, he played a masterpiece of his career, and let the Timberwolves continue to maintain the No. 1 position in the West, but the ownership of No. 1 in the West, the suspense has also escalated again!
At the same time that the Timberwolves won, the Nuggets also won the Jazz, so that the records of the two teams are still exactly the same, which makes the direct confrontation between the two teams in the next game very important, whoever can win the game, who may be the final No. 1 in the West!