On February 7, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Timberwolves challenged the Bulls away. In this game, the Timberwolves entered the state early, took the initiative on the court, and took a 22-point lead at halftime, thinking that the game would lose suspense early, and the Bulls fought back wildly in the second half, and the game went into overtime with DeRozan missing. In overtime, DeRozan scored consecutive points to take the initiative, and finally the Timberwolves lost to the Bulls 123-129.
In this game, the Timberwolves took the initiative when they came up, directly reversed the away game, established a lead early, and the point difference was further widened, with a lead of up to 23 points, thinking that the game would enter garbage time early. Unexpectedly, in the second half, the Bulls launched a counterattack, constantly closing the point difference, among which White became a surprise soldier, scoring 21 points alone in the final quarter, and the Timberwolves scored 23 points, directly dragging the score into overtime. In overtime, DeRozan stepped up to take over the game, and Edwards stopped the bleeding with three points, but unfortunately failed to withstand it in the end, and finally suffered a 23-point reversal by the Bulls.
This time the Bulls' performance was still very good, in the unfavorable situation of trailing by 23 points, the second half of the crazy counterattack, this time White and DeRozan also broke out together. Among them, White made 7 of 13 three-pointers, scored 33 points and 7 assists, including 21 points in the final quarter; DeRozan finished with 33 points and five assists on 8-of-19 shooting and 17-of-18 from the free-throw line. In addition, Drummond on the inside had 16 points and 16 rebounds, suppressing Gobert on the opposite side; Vucevic also has 24 points.
The Timberwolves failed to withstand the Bulls' comeback and collapsed in shame in the second half, with the team's double star slashing 71 points and 17 rebounds. Edwards shot 12-of-24 from the field and 5-of-9 from three-point range to finish with 38 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists. Towns had 33 points and 5 rebounds, but unfortunately the team failed to continue the momentum in overtime, and was completely suppressed by the Bulls, and finally suffered a 23-point reversal by the opponent and lost the game.
With the Timberwolves' upset loss, the Clippers once again reaped the benefits and directly lay in the second place in the West. This is also the best record of the season for the Clippers, who have been on a hot streak lately, and with the constant warmth of their opponents, they have also improved in the rankings, rushing from outside the play-in tournament all the way to second place in the West, and they are only half a win away from first place.
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