On April 15, 2024, Beijing time, the Suns challenged the Timberwolves on the road in the final round of the NBA regular season, and this game is also very crucial for the Suns, they are expected to move up one place, as long as they beat the Timberwolves, and the Lakers beat the Pelicans, they can directly enter the playoffs. And the Timberwolves are competing with the Thunder and Nuggets for the first place in the West, which is also a game related to the rankings. The Suns' starters remain the same, with Durant, Booker, Beal, Allen and Nurkic remaining the same, while the Timberwolves starters are Conley, Edwards, McDaniels, Towns and Gobert.
In the first quarter of the game, the Suns' Big Three took the lead, scoring 7 points with one shot, Nurkic could also score under the basket, and the Timberwolves relied on Conley and Towns to score a three-pointer each. The Suns started the game defensively well, forcing the Timberwolves into back-to-back turnovers, and the Suns stopped the Timberwolves 15-6 after Allen and Beal converted scores. After the timeout, the Timberwolves' offense changed, with Gobert scoring on the basket, McDaniels hitting a three-pointer and Edwards hitting a two-plus-one. The Suns' Beal also made a three-pointer, Nurkic scored under the basket against Gobert's defense, Durant singled Towns and missed twice, O'Neal made a three-pointer, Booker scored a technical foul and scored a free throw, and the Suns led by 10 points.
Then the Suns took the initiative, Allen made a three-point shot, Durant scored 4 points in a row, Booker caused a foul free throw to score, and then the three-point shot, Beal also made three three-pointers, and the Suns led the Timberwolves 44-22 at the end of the first quarter, Beal shot 6-of-7, 4-of-4 three-pointers and scored 16 points, and completed 2 steals in a single quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Beal led the team with a single core, the Suns' offense declined, the Timberwolves Conley scored three points, and then scored two plus one, McLaughlin scored under the basket, and Walker also hit three points, and there was a trend of chasing points. After Booker and others came back, Booker scored 4 points in a row, Edwards made consecutive mistakes, Durant also hit a jumper, and the Suns stretched the score to 20 points. Reid was released and made a three-pointer. Then the Timberwolves' defensive intensity came up, Beal and Allen were blocked in a row, but unfortunately the Timberwolves did not seize the opportunity, Allen scored three points, fortunately, Conley immediately returned it, Edwards caused a foul free throw score, Beal and McDaniels fouled and scored a free throw, Booker hit a three-point iron, Edwards converted the offense and scored two plus one, fortunately, Allen broke through and scored a layup, and the Timberwolves chased the score to 13 points at halftime 53-66, and the Suns once led by 22 points.
In the second half of the game, Conley made a three-point shot, Durant wanted to return a three-point shot, but he missed a three-point shot! Fortunately, Booker returned a two-and-one, Beal singled Gobert to step back and score, Conley missed, Towns missed a jumper, Durant made a three-point shot, and the difference returned to 18 points. Gobert drew four fouls on Nurkic and was replaced by Eubanks. Facing Eubanks, Gobert scored two consecutive fouls and caused fouls, Durant missed, Edwards converted three points and missed, Gobert made his fourth consecutive foul, scored 2 points from free throws, and the difference returned to 12 points, Booker scored a key three-pointer, Edwards missed three points, but fortunately, Towns began to exert his strength, scored 4 points in a row, and the difference returned to 10 points.
Unfortunately, the Timberwolves did not seize the opportunity, Edwards continued to play iron with three points, Booker caused Towns to shoot foul free throws and score, Towns had an offensive foul again, and then O'Neal and Booker continued to score through free throws, fortunately, Gobert supported the Timberwolves' offense, and the Suns led the Timberwolves 89-78 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, Beal scored on a jumper, Allen broke through and scored two plus one, the Timberwolves relied on Reed to score a layup, Conley caused Durant to foul and score a free throw, Allen scored another three-pointer, Gobert completed a dunk, Durant scored in the middle of the shot, Reed was interfered with under the basket, Beal scored three points, and the Suns stretched the score to 18 points! After the timeout, Reed finally made a three-pointer, Beal broke through and scored a foul free throw, Towns scored a self-throwing basket, Beal broke through and continued to score, Reed made a mistake, Nurkic easily completed a layup, and the difference has come to 24 points. The game also lost its suspense, with the Suns beating the Timberwolves 125-106!
After defeating the Timberwolves in this game, and the Pelicans lost to the Lakers, the Suns directly rose to sixth in the West, and continued to play the Timberwolves in the playoffs!
The player statistics of the whole game, Suns, Beal shot 14 of 21, 6 of 6 three-pointers and got 36 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Booker shot 6 of 16, 3 of 8 three-pointers got 23 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, Allen 20 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, Durant shot 6 of 14 and got 15 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Nurkic 6 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 steals. Timberwolves, Gobert 21 points and 7 rebounds, Conley 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Edwards shot 3 of 7, 0 of 2 three-pointers and got 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Towns 10 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, McDaniels 6 points, Reed 10 points and 4 rebounds.
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