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Anthony Edwards he had had it inside him for a while, and after the defeat at his parents’ home Minnesota Timberwolves per 115-104 against i Sacramento Kingsall his frustration for a negative start to the season, in the record and in the energy around the team, it exploded.
The Twolves have thrown away a game where they were ahead 98-86 in the fourth quarteragainst the Kings themselves in a difficult moment and who had scored just 12 points in the third period. in the fourth quarter the roles were reversed, Sacramento closed with a partial of 34-18 overcoming Timberwolves incapable of reacting and defending, above all.
The problems are always the same. Minnesota has gave up 64 points in the paint to the Kingsand in attack Rudy Gobert e Julius Randle they step on their toes, they don’t look at each other and the former Knicks player always tends to stop the circulation of the ball, for him also 4 turnovers and 1 out of 5 three-pointers. In 37 minutes of play Gobert attempted just 2 shots. What collapsed was the defense on the pick and rolls of De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk with Domantas Sabonis, disastrous in the fourth quarter and which the Kings took advantage of to recover.
With two triples in a row, Monk he tied the game on 102-102 with 3:41 lefton the next possession Fox Kings made +3 on a two-possession situation and the two closed the game with all the decisive basketswhile the Twolves were no longer able to score and generate attack. And in the locker room, Edwards let off steam. “At the moment I think we are a soft team, just as a group. We can’t even talk to each other, we look like kids playing. Everyone, we can’t talk to each other. But we need to understand what doesn’t work because we can’t go on like this. The fact is that we all look like prima donnas, when we lose and are down no one says anything, we win and move on and everyone raises their voices and celebrates. Then we go back downstairs and everyone is silent. We’re all like that, including me. Everyone here has different goals right now, and that’s why I think we’re losing“.
And year after winning 56 games finishing third in the Western Conference, i Twolves they seem to have returned to mediocrity which is the hallmark of a franchise. The trade with which the team has ceduto Karl-Anthony Towns ai New York Knicksfor reasons especially regarding wages, has so far backfired. Julius Randle with his style of play does not help to create spaces around Edwards, who himself has atavistic difficulties in reading and understanding and who on the contrary in the past benefited from Towns’ ability to widen and shoot, or attack the basket “straight to straight” with faster decisions. Donte DiVincenzo is not confirming the percentages he has held in the last two seasons, and his effectiveness on the field is decreasing.
Against Minnesota he scored 21 points with 12 assists Domantas Sabonisfor Malik Monk 27 points off the bench and for De’Aaron Fox 26 points with 8 assists and 8 reboundsDeMar DeRozan did not play due to a physical back problem, debut for Jae Crowder 8 points in 27 minutes, as a starter.
