Author: Different Sparks

On January 30, the Timberwolves played against the Thunder at home. This was the third meeting between the two sides this season, and these three games were all in this month. The first two games ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Therefore, this game also attracted a lot of attention before the game.

Da Zhuang also hopes to have a perfect ending to the January schedule.

This season, with Durant and Westbrook returning from injury, the Thunder's record in the regular season is much better than last season. In the past 47 games, it has also achieved a record of 34 wins and 13 losses.

It is also ranked fourth in the Western Conference. Judging from the current situation, the playoff spots should not be a big problem.

It is also worth mentioning that the Thunder is one of the teams with relatively few personnel changes this summer, and the Thunder's trading strategy this summer is also a matter made public by the league, which is to reduce the burden of the luxury tax.

And there is another interesting thing, that is, Ridnour, who previously played for the Timberwolves, changed five teams in just five days this summer.

Moreover, he was traded three times in just one day, and was eventually sent to the Raptors by the Thunder.

Da Zhuang also attaches great importance to this game, and once again used his killer weapon - the system buff.

It's not that Dazhuang has any grudges with the Thunder. At most, it's just Durant. And two seasons later, in fact, few people have mentioned this matter.

In addition, there are very few players in the current league who would easily provoke Chen Dazhuang. Not everyone dares to provoke this label of being popular in the league.

Rational consumption, this is the only thing Da Zhuang learned after experiencing several big pitfalls after the system update.

This time it only cost 20 points. After seeing two red ones, Da Zhuang decisively stopped refreshing.

Although the attributes seem to be average, one increases the shooting guard's three-point shooting rate, and the other increases the point guard's passing success rate.

Originally, Da Zhuang thought that even in this situation, the game should be stable, but no one expected that this game would go to the end. According to the outside world's evaluation of this game, it would become the most classic game of the season.

It was no less exciting than the crazy overtime game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs last season.

The match between the two sides will be played on time at 6 o'clock in the evening.

The Timberwolves have all their main players, including Dinwiddie, Middleton, Bennett, Jokic and Oden.

The Thunder also played all the main players, Westbrook, Waiters, Durant, Ibaka, and Adams.

From the beginning of the game, both sides were on full fire.

The Timberwolves fired first. Middleton used Jokic's screen on the outside to directly hit Waiters with a time difference and accurately hit a three-pointer. Looking back, Westbrook also used the screen to get inside and not only hit the ball.

scored, and also caused a foul on Jokic who was defending, a successful two plus one.

The next offense of the Timberwolves was still Middleton, and this time after handing the ball to Jokic, he ran diagonally inside to the weak side corner, while Waiters, who was following the defense, was blocked by Oden.

After a moment, Middleton, who then came to the bottom corner, also received a pass from Jokic, a typical open three-pointer formed by a no-ball screen.

Consecutive three-pointers also brought the atmosphere at the scene to its peak.

But then it was the Thunder's turn to attack the ball. This time it was Durant facing Bennett's defense. He made a fake move to break forward and then followed up with a pull-up jumper and hit a two-pointer.

The back-and-forth between the two sides started from the first minute of the game and continued until the last moment of the game.

The score has been rising alternately, and neither side has a good way to deal with the opponent's offense, especially the defense of the opponent's core players.

Moreover, the core scoring points of both sides have always maintained a high shooting rate in this game.

With 41 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the score on the field was 103 to 103. From this score, we can see that both sides' offense was very sharp in this game.

Thunder's offensive possession.

Durant showed off his power from the outside and hit a three-pointer directly against Bennett. This goal also caused huge cheers from the Thunder bench.

There are 28 seconds left on the clock, and the Timberwolves have the offensive ball.

The score on the court at this time was 103 to 106, and the Timberwolves were three points behind the Thunder.

It's still the same routine, but this time it's Bennett's reverse run, and Middleton holding the ball attracts the Thunder's defensive attention, so Bennett is left open.

In the end, Bennett hit the three-pointer, and all the fans in the stands at the target center stood up and cheered.

106 to 106, the two sides were tied again, and the time was only 5.7 seconds left.

Originally, the Thunder had a chance to defeat the Timberwolves, but unfortunately Durant failed to hit a three-pointer this time, so as the referee blew the whistle, the two sides had to enter overtime.

In overtime, both sides still maintained a high shooting percentage.

But this time it was Durant who saved the team.

With 4 seconds left in overtime, the Timberwolves led by 2 points, 119 to 117.

After Durant made an emergency stop and changed direction, the mid-range shot tied the score again, and the two sides had no choice but to enter the second overtime.

But this time Durant failed to save the team.

As can be seen from this overtime, the Timberwolves' strongest point is the depth of their bench.

The biggest heroes of the Timberwolves in this overtime were LaVine and Grant who came off the bench.

The two hit consecutive three-pointers in the middle of overtime, and Grant even defended Durant's two consecutive attacks. As a result, the point difference between the two sides exceeded 5 points for the first time in this game.

And these 5 points are like an insurmountable trench for the Thunder.

In the end, as Durant's gambling-style three-pointer hit the basket at the last moment, the referee also blew the whistle to end the game. After two overtimes, the Timberwolves defeated the Thunder 134-129.

"classic!"

This was the day after the game ended. The Los Angeles Times' headline on the front page of its NBA section only contained these two words, but these two words fully explained the game between the Timberwolves and the Thunder.

"A game that can be recorded in the history of the league. When you think of this season again many years later, I think this game will definitely be the first thing that appears in your memory."

Barkley's words can clearly illustrate how intense this game is.
Chapter completed!