At half past four in the morning Beijing time, the Clippers away from the Timberwolves is a key battle, the fourth in the West against the first in the West, the Clippers have lost to the Timberwolves twice before, they have no way to take Downs Gobert's twin towers, for potential opponents in the playoffs, the Clippers and Wolves attach great importance to this game, Zubac also returned to relieve the pressure on the inside. At the beginning of the game, the Timberwolves were in a hot state, the inner twin towers overturned the river, the outside three-point arrows pierced the heart, and the Clippers started in a direct wave of 21-7 without the power to parry, Zubac and Theis were respectively dunked to the ground by the Timberwolves players and were very embarrassed, Harden George Mann could not shoot anyone, and could only rely on the small card to stabilize the army's heart. However, things improved when Powell came off the bench and he made many miracles at the three-point line, the Clippers slowly found their offensive crosshairs, and George kept scoring as they caught up with the Timberwolves in a tug-of-war.
In the second half, both the Timberwolves and the Clippers began to lose offensive touch, and they fought each other defensively, and scoring began to get tough. Leonard is the backbone of the ship, his various stable shots for the Clippers slowly establish a slight advantage, although the Wolves to the extreme defensive intensity, but unfortunately their offense is really the first quarter of the two teams, the Clippers with the success of the last few key shots and desperate defense, the Timberwolves finally lost 88-89 at home, the Clippers won a crucial game, and there will be a battle between them in more than ten days.
In this game, Leonard had 32 points and 5 rebounds, Powell hit 6 three-pointers and scored 24 points, George scored 15 points, and Harden felt sluggish and only scored 4 points in 0 of 10, but he sent 10 assists, especially the last wonderful pass to assist Leonard to make a layup 2+1 to lay a solid foundation for winning. Timberwolves Edwards had 27 points and five rebounds, Towns had 18 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and Gobert had 12 points and 16 rebounds.