🚨 Game 3 Final: Timberwolves 143, Thunder 101
Well, it was different. After two discouraging losses on the road, the Minnesota Timberwolves ran circles around Oklahoma City Thunder in match 3 of the western conference finals in Minneapolis on Saturday. The Timberwolves led by 45 points in this 42 -point victory, and they have a chance of the same series in match 4 on Monday.
It was the second loss most distraught by a seeded n ° 1 in the history of the NBA qualifiers. The Wolves have scored the most points in the history of the franchise qualifiers, and they recorded their second 40 -point victory in the history of the playoffs.
It is difficult to overestimate how much more comfortable minnesota looks. He only hired eight reversals (four from the live ball variety) and drew 16 for 31 at the bottom of the first three quarters. (The garbage time began at the end of the third or at the beginning of the fourth, depending on whether the starting point is when thunder has drawn all their inputs from the wolves pulled the wholeirs.) It is difficult to separate the improvement from the improvement of the increased pressure, discipline and force of Minnesota. OKC’s Ball Handleurs seemed much less comfortable to operate in the pick-And-Roll, and the Wolves managed to force 13 reversals in three quarters.
Anthony Edwards finished with a summit of 30 points (12-17 FG, 5-8 3pt, 1-2 feet) for wolves, more nine rebounds, six assists and two interceptions in 30 minutes. He was more-36 in the match and Julius Randle was more-38. Randle finished with 24 points (9-15 FG, 2-5 3pt, 4-4 pi), four rebounds and three assists in 30 minutes.
The Recruit Terrence Shannon Jr. wing gave a boost to Minnesota in the first half and added to his statistics line after the match for the match. Shannon finished with 15 points (5-8 FG, 1-3 3PT, 4-4 pi) in 13 minutes, and he was ahead of all Oklahoma City players.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with only 14 points on shooting 4 for 13. The Target Center crowd chanted “Mer-Whant” at Franc launch “in Gilgeous-Alexander when he went on the line, but he did not have a lot of opportunities to do so-he pulled 4 for the franc launch line in 28 minutes.
Before that, Gilgeous-Alexander had scored at least 30 points in six consecutive qualifying games, the longest sequence in the history of OKC.
The Thunder spent a nightmarish night at both ends. They pulled 22 for 60 (and 10 for 31 deeply) three -quarters.
