On April 24, Beijing time, the Timberwolves played at home against the Suns, and the Suns directly swept the Timberwolves in the regular season, so although the Timberwolves have a home-court advantage in this round of the playoffs, many people still have a greater chance of the Suns to advance to the next round of the playoffs, but in the G1 game, the Timberwolves gave the Suns a head start, the Timberwolves performed well in this game, on the other hand, the Suns played hard in this game, Booker was very sluggish in the game, although Durant played very efficiently in the game, but the Suns still defeated the Timberwolves, so the Suns should also be vigilant when they lose the G1 game, and they need to go all out if they want to beat the Timberwolves。
In the first quarter of the game, Durant hit iron, although McDaniels also hit iron, Booker hit a three-point iron after Conley scored a layup, and in the next game, Durant also hit an iron, but Edwards hit a three-point shot here, and then Nurkic made a mistake, McDaniels caused Durant to foul 1 of 2 free throws, and then the Suns made another mistake, Gobert dunked and scored, and the Timberwolves led to 8 points. After a timeout, Allen finally hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, Towns made a mistake and Beal shot iron, and in the next game, both teams were in a sluggish offensive state, and Nurkic took the lead in scoring under the basket, but Gobert responded in response, McDaniels scored on a free throw after the Suns lost the rebound, Durant shot after Walker scored, and then Booker also scored 2+1, and the Timberwolves led by 6 points after Gobert scored. After a timeout, Booker and Gordon helped the Suns chase points, and the Suns trailed by three points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Gordon took the lead in hitting a three-pointer, Reed hit a three-point iron and Bill was blocked by Gobert, but Nurkic grabbed the rebound and caused a foul free throw of 2 to 0, Allen grabbed the rebound and Nurkic scored a layup, Reed scored a free throw after Beal scored a layup, although Beal continued to score after that, but McDaniels also responded, turning back Bill hit a three-pointer, Conley scored and Durant scored 2+1, after Booker scored a free throw, Conley hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, Durant hit a three-point shot after Edwards shot directly out of bounds, when the Suns were about to open the score, McDaniels scored to stop the bleeding, and then the Suns made a mistake Conley also hit a three-point shot, and the next game The Suns offense was sluggish, Beal was empty and hit the three-point iron, fortunately, Walker offense also hit the iron, and the Suns led the Timberwolves 51-50 at halftime.
At the beginning of the first half, the Timberwolves took the lead early, and it can be said that the Suns at this time were in trouble again. Gordon's role players have found an offensive touch, and in the first half of the game, Towns 3 fouls were in foul trouble, which is quite unfavorable for the Timberwolves, Towns can only be forced to rest, and Edwards is also pulling his hips on offense here, so the Suns can reverse the Timberwolves in the game, fortunately, Conley and McDaniels have a good play in the next game, so the Timberwolves will fall behind by more points. At halftime, Edwards had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on 1-of-5 shooting, Conley had 14 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and McDaniels had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
Booker in the G1 game is quite bad, although Booker made some low-level mistakes in this game, but Booker at this time can cause damage, Booker got 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists at the end of the half, but Bill's offensive state here is not too good, at the end of the half, Bill got 7 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists in 3 of 9. And Durant also made a contribution in the first half of the game, after all, if it wasn't for Durant to defend Walker in the final moments, then the Timberwolves might have established a lead in the first half, and Durant got 11 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist at the end of the half.