At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 10, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, and the Orlando Magic is at home to face the Minnesota Timberwolves. Prior to this game, the Timberwolves ranked first in the West with a 25-10 record, and they are still the strongest dark horse team this season, sitting at the top of the Western Conference for a long time. The Timberwolves shot accurately across the team, with an overall shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage in the top 6 in the league, and a strong defense of 1087 defensive efficiency, firmly ranked first in the league. From the perspective of the lineup, the Timberwolves have both inside and outside, the inner twin towers Towns + Gobert guard the gatekeepers, and the outside line is also led by the young star Edwards, as a dark horse team, they are not short of experienced veterans like Conley.
On the other side, the Magic, before this game, ranked 5th in the East with a record of 21 wins and 15 losses. However, they are a bit of a high start and low meaning, the Magic at the beginning of the season once ranked in the top 2 in the East, and in the past 13 games, the Magic is only 6-7, and the state is average. However, Banchero, the core player of the Magic, has been on a hot spot lately, and he has averaged 34 per game since January3 points, 9 rebounds, 65 assists, Talking about his goals and those of the team, Banchero said in an interview: "For me personally, it's the goal to be on the All-Star team, but I still have to keep winning and help the team get to the playoffs." ”
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Magic side is Houstan, Banchero, Bitadze, Okeki and Suggs, and the Timberwolves are sent McDaniels, Towns, Gobert, Edwards and Conley. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Gobert jumped the ball to win, the Timberwolves took the lead in getting the ball, Edwards received the ball and hit a three-point shot, scoring the first goal of the game, Gobert continued to win in the penalty area, Towns did not hesitate to catch the ball on the wing and hit the three-point rush, Gobert did not hesitate to dunk with both hands and made a 2+1, and the Timberwolves came up and hit the Magic wave 11-0. Houstan's three-pointer from the bottom corner finally opened for the Magic, Suggs also scored a three-pointer at the top of the arc, and Banchero made a steal and a layup.
The Magic team fought back 8-0, but their counterattack momentum did not continue in the next period, and after a period of time, the Magic fell into a scoring drought, and the Timberwolves became more and more courageous, Gobert dominated the basket and scored consecutive points, and Towns also blossomed inside and outside, and the score difference in the first quarter of the game came to more than 15 points. At the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves led the Magic by 17 points at 33-16. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Li Kaier made a slow three-step layup and cleverly scored the ball to help the Timberwolves take the lead, Wagner Jr. hit the basket to cause damage, and stood on the free throw line to make two free throws, Okeki fixed three points and directly blossomed, Blake also hit a bottom corner three-shot shot, the Magic first narrowed the difference to less than 10 points, and then they collapsed again and fell into a scoring drought that lasted for more than 4 minutes.
The Timberwolves also seized the opportunity, full of firepower, Conley soared two ultra-long three-pointers into the center of the net, Edwards hit a two-point difficult mid-range jumper, and Gobert and Towns were both pronged. At the end of the half, the Timberwolves led the Magic by 30 points 67-37, and the Magic only scored 37 points at halftime. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Conley scored three points in the bottom corner, opening the third quarter of the game, Suggs hit a jumper in the middle and hit a ball, Gobert was shocked by the air relay dunk skills, Bitaze was not to be outdone, and there were also rebounds on the spot, Banchero scored a small throw inside the net and hit the center of the net, Fultz quickly broke through the layup and won the board, Wagner cut the basket to fight the layup, scored and added free throws.
The Magic eased a little bit, but the difference between the two teams was still huge, and the Timberwolves still led the Magic by 24 points at 90-66 after the third quarter. In the final quarter, the Timberwolves didn't give a chance at all, continued to keep the main players, played on the court for a few minutes, the game gradually entered garbage time, and the outcome lost suspense early, and in the end, the Timberwolves defeated the Eastern dark horse Magic by 113-92 and 21 points, and continued to sit in the first place in the West.
In terms of statistics, on the Timberwolves' side, Karl Anthony Towns had 28 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals;Rudy Gobert 21 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks;The twin towers combined for 49+18, and Jaden McDaniels had 15 points and 9 reboundsMike Conley had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists;Anthony Edwards had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists;Kyle Anderson had 11 points and 3 assists;Naz Reid had 13 points, 10 rebounds and two assists. On the Magic side, Jalen Suggs had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals;Paolo Banchero 18 points, 3 assists and 3 steals;Moritz Wagner 21 points, 8 rebounds and 2 steals;Caleb Houstan 8 points and 7 rebounds;Trevlin Quinn had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Hundreds of spectators