On January 2, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Knicks played at home against the Timberwolves, who are the first in the West. The Timberwolves took the initiative, but after that, the Knicks launched a counterattack, blasting a 38-17 offensive in the second quarter, directly reversing the score, and once established a 21-point lead, and then the Timberwolves launched a counterattack, but the Knicks successfully withstood it in the final quarter. In the end, the Knicks defeated the Timberwolves 112-106 to stop the decline.
In this game, the Timberwolves showed the strength of the first in the West as soon as they came up, Edwards scored 15 points in a single quarter to help the team establish a lead, but in the second quarter, the Knicks felt hot outside, blasting out a wave of 12-0 offensive to overtake the score, and new recruit Anunoby staged a series of violent dunks, directly pulling the difference apart, leading by 12 points at halftime. In the second half, the Knicks still took the initiative and took a lead of up to 21 points, but the Timberwolves launched a counterattack, and Randle scored consecutive points at the critical moment to seal the victory, and finally defeated the Timberwolves, the first in the West, by 6 points.
The Knicks' recent momentum hasn't been great, and the team has made a change, sending away Barrett and Quickley to get Anunoby from the Raptors, who also made his Knicks career debut this time. He got the chance to start in his debut, and he also had a good performance, playing 35 minutes, shooting 7-of-12, 3-of-6 three-pointers, scoring 17 points and 6 rebounds, and having a plus/minus of +19 to rank first on the team. It can also be seen from the game that Anunoby was seamless, and in the end he also fought to 6 fouls.
The new signings broke out when they came up, and the other players did not lag behind, among which Randle continued his recent excellent form, scoring a game-high 39 points on 14-of-24 shooting, and also scored consecutive points to help the team stabilize the situation at critical moments. Brunson didn't feel very good this time, shooting only 5-of-23 and 1-of-9 from three-point range, scoring 16 points, but he dished out 14 assists and was second only to Anunoby in plus/minus +16. The team upset the first place in the West, and the Knicks home fans were also happy to celebrate, and the key is that the trade was quite successful.
The Timberwolves failed to withstand this time, and they had a good start, but quickly lost their lead. This time, Edwards still played well, scoring 35 points;Downs ushered in a comeback, scoring 29 points on 10-of-18 shooting. But apart from them, the other players were in a bit of a slump and could not provide support. After losing this game, the Timberwolves' advantage was also narrowed, and the lead over the second-place Thunder was only 15 wins.
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