The Minnesota Timberwolves (hereinafter Minnesota) caught the Houston Rockets (hereinafter Houston) with difficulty.
Minnesota beat Houston by 104-96, 8 points in the regular league game of the NBA 2022-23 season held at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, USA on the morning of the 9th (Korean time). This put Minnesota on a 4-game winning streak with a record of 20-21. (Houston 10-30)
Minnesota had Anthony Edwards with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and D’Angelo Russell with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 46 assists in the game. In Houston, Kevin Porter Jr. scored 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and Alpharen Sengun 18 points and 8 rebounds.
Minnesota was dragged by Houston with a 24-33, 9-point lead due to bad performance, committing 7 turnovers from the 1st quarter. In addition, Minnesota finished the first half with Rudy Gobert being pushed back by Sengun in the second quarter, but with Edwards and Jayden McDaniels fighting to narrow the score to 58-62, 4 points. 토토
Edwards played an active part in the air defense with 7 points, 1 steal and 2 blocks, including 5 points in a row at the beginning of the 3rd quarter. However, Houston did not give up the lead as Porter Jr. succeeded in consecutive pull-up 3-pointers, and Jabari Smith Jr. scored. In particular, Minnesota committed many turnovers in the third quarter and ended the third quarter with a 77-81, 4-point lead.
In Minnesota, Russell turned Minnesota into a comeback with a stable two-man game in the fourth quarter, and even Go Bear’s cut-in dunk survived. As a result, Minnesota quickly turned it into a 9-point lead. Then, Jaylen Green, who was insignificant in the game, also scored, and Kenyon Martin Jr. and Porter Jr.’s 3-point shot made the chase.
Then, Gobert overwhelms Sengun with a tip-in score, and Russell further confuses Houston with a breakthrough score. Eventually, Houston started to self-destruct with a lot of turnovers and couldn’t stop Russell. After that, Minnesota won Houston by 104-96, 8 points.