The Twin Towers showed their strength, contributing 49 points and 21 rebounds. The Timberwolves beat the Thunder 120-95 at home and advanced to the playoffs with the 8th place in the Western Conference. They will face the first-seeded Nuggets in the first round.
The Timberwolves scored in double figures with 6 players, Karl-Anthony Towns scored 28 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, Rudy Gobert scored 21 points and 10 rebounds in his comeback; Anthony Edwards scored 19 points and 10 Rebounds and 6 assists.
The Thunder made less than 40% of their two-pointers and three-pointers, and only three scored in double figures. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made 5 of 19 shots, scored 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks. Luguentz Dort made 17 Points and 8 rebounds, Josh Giddey made 2 of 13 shots, scored 6 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Edwards and Towns teamed up in the second quarter to widen the point difference, leading by 10 points at halftime. Gobert scored 9 points and 4 rebounds in the third quarter, helping the Timberwolves continue to widen the point difference. The final quarter led by nearly 30 points, and the game lost suspense.
In this game, the Twin Towers led the Gray Wolves to wreak havoc on the restricted area! The inside scored 58 points, and the Thunder only had 30 points. At the same time, Huishen made 29 of 48 inside shots, with a shooting percentage as high as 60.4%; Thunder made 15 of 39 inside shots, and his shooting percentage was only 38.5%.
Towns praised the performance of teammate Nickeil Alexander-Walker, “He is the X factor in this game, he is the reason we won tonight.” Walker played 37 minutes, 5 of 10 shots, 12 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 Steal 2 hot pots.
The Timberwolves have made the playoffs for two consecutive years. According to statistics, this is the 11th time in team history that they have reached the playoffs.
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