On April 24, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA playoffs continued, and the Suns challenged the Timberwolves away. The Timberwolves took a 2-0 lead in the final quarter, and the Suns were about to return to their home court without any room for error.
Conley scored the first point with an empty layup, Edwards hit a three-point shot directly through the cover, and the Timberwolves quickly stopped the opponent at the 8-0 start, and Gobert was very active in finishing inside one after another. The Suns were in a sluggish state with consecutive turnovers, Allen finally broke the deadlock with three points, and the Big Three shot inefficiently, but fortunately, Booker strengthened the impact to stabilize the rhythm, and caused Towns to commit 3 fouls, temporarily trailing by 3 points at 21-24 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the rematch against the Suns gradually got better, Beal's outside hand fell, Durant turned over and hit a jumper to make it 2+1, the Big Three took turns to achieve overtake, the situation became more and more intense, Booker and McDaniels pushed each other without the ball and caused a conflict, and the latter deliberately hit someone to get a technical foul. The Timberwolves were limited to scoring inside, and could only try more shots but had a low shooting percentage, and were only one point behind at 50-51 at halftime.
Back in the second half, Towns scored eight points in a row, Beal and Booker responded with three points one after another, the Suns' offense gradually fell to the bottom of the wind intermittently, and the efficiency of the opposite side of the basket was also reduced. Edwards singled out Durant and hit a solid shot from mid-range, and the Timberwolves opened the gap with a wave of 12-0 climax, but Towns made 4 fouls and led by 7 points at 78-71 in the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the final battle against the Timberwolves, the fighting spirit became more and more courageous, Conley drifted to the bottom corner and scored a three-point shot, McDaniels broke through the layup in a row, and it was another wave of 11-0 climax, Vogel had no choice but to call out the team's last timeout, and there was no miracle reversal when he came back.
At the end of the game, the Timberwolves defeated the Suns 105-93, leading the series 2-0, and the whole team scored double-doubles in the starting points, of which McDaniels shot 10 of 17 and contributed 25 points + 8 rebounds, full of firepower at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. The Suns' Big Three didn't play as well as they could have been, with Beal scoring just 14 points and six assists on 6-of-17 shooting, Durant scoring 18 points on 6-of-15 shooting, and Booker scoring 20 points but committing six turnovers.
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