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Julius Randle had 24 points and 11 assists to lead the Timberwolves of Minnesota through another unequal performance, this time taking advantage of the absence of the Golden State Warriors star, Stephen Curry, in a 117-93 victory on Thursday that tied the second round playoff series in a game.
Anthony Edwards ended with 20 points after a scare of injuries for the Wolves, who more than tripled their production of 3 points (going 16 by 37) of his loss of game 1 when Curry was marginalized by a left ischiotibial strain that will probably keep him out at least until next week.
Edwards hurt his ankle in a tray attempt in the middle of the second quarter, and immediately left the game. He remained until the end of the second quarter, but returned to the beginning of the third and ended with 20 points and nine rebounds.
With the 3 leading 3 -point shooter in his NBA career sitting next to the bank, coach Steve Kerr used the kitchen strategy with 14 players receiving time, including the dozen of a baker in the first 14 minutes.
Jonathan Kumina (18 points) and Trayce Jackson-Davis (15 points) combined to shoot 14 for 17 from the floor for the Warriors, who took almost five minutes to score until triple Jimmy Butler stopped the 13-0 race for the Wolves to start the game.
Kumina, the seventh general selection in the 2021 draft that fell from the rotation sometimes during the regular season, was a brilliant point from the bank. But this Warriors team was already thin in the offensive of a healthy curry.
Against the wolves and their athletic, long and versatile defense, there was not much to rely on. Without worrying curry, the wolves had more capacity to keep Buddy Hield and Brandin Podziemski and the soft and intelligent butler under control.
The Warriors put their lowest score of the first quarter (15) in the playoffs from game 6 of the 2016 NBA finals, according to Sportradar, when they had 11 in a defeat against Cleveland.
Draymond Green picked up his fifth technique of the playoffs, two less than an automatic suspension of a game, for Naz Reid’s elbow after Reid had committed a foul. Green was hot on the call, continuing to shouting the officer Tony Brothers during the waiting time at risk of obtaining a second. Curry was worried enough that his friend was expelled that he went to the scorer’s table to try to talk about Green and walk him back to the bank.
Associated Press reports.
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