For a half, the Heat dominated the Wolves when, on paper, Miami did not have the weapons for that. Erik Spoelstra’s players had indeed played (and lost) the day before and appeared without Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro, Duncan Robinson or Gabe Vincent.
Miami thus had only eight players on the score sheet, including a Bam Adebayo diminished by his knee. This did not prevent the Heat from reaching the break with a 13-point lead. For Minnesota, it was disappointing…
“We didn’t play hard, we had no energy in the first half and I don’t know why”lamented Chris Finch for Twin Cities. “We cannot allow ourselves to be dominated by our clumsiness. We shouldn’t worry about our attack, but above all about our intensity, our defense. »
Wolves will indeed change their face in the second half. Anthony Edwards then scores 10 points at 100% shooting success in the third quarter and the bench hits 3-pointers. Minnesota thus won the second period 58-41 and finally managed to win this badly embarked meeting.
“We were better, we scored easy baskets”, continues the coach. “For me, it’s Jordan McLaughlin and Jaden McDaniels (19 points in this act, at 5/5 at 3-pts) who made the difference. They were engines. We managed to do what we weren’t capable of two weeks ago: it’s the first time we’ve come back from a gap after the break. It delights me. »
“Now is not the time to be choosy”
It is therefore a fourth victory in a row for the franchise. Timing and schedule helped since the Cavaliers were in a tough spot, Orlando without Paolo Banchero, Philadelphia without James Harden and Tyrese Maxey and Miami very, very diminished. However, after a complicated start to the season, we still had to win these matches.
“Right now, we’re taking the wins,” recognizes Chris Finch at the Star Tribune. “We try to find solutions, so we take all possible victories. Now is not the time to be choosy. »
With these four consecutive successes in ten days, Minnesota goes from 13th to 10th place in the Western Conference. The franchise is slowly going up but knows that all this remains very fragile.
“We are still looking for solutions. We take the matches one after the other, so we are not on a winning streak, ” even believes Anthony Edwards. “We are supposed to win games, so we shouldn’t get excited after winning a few games. We get paid for that. We will keep a cool head and work. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Anthony Edwards | 16 | 36.2 | 45.8 | 35.0 | 69.9 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 22.1 |
| Karl Anthony Towns | 16 | 34.3 | 51.5 | 36.3 | 90.3 | 1.8 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 21.3 |
| D’angelo Russell | 16 | 30.4 | 42.0 | 33.0 | 75.0 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 14.5 |
| Rudy Gobert | 14 | 32.0 | 61.9 | 0.0 | 69.3 | 4.1 | 8.5 | 12.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 13.7 |
| Jaden Mcdaniels | 16 | 30.0 | 54.3 | 34.9 | 75.8 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 11.1 |
| Jaylen Nowell | 16 | 17.2 | 41.7 | 30.6 | 76.2 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 10.3 |
| Taurean Prince | 16 | 19.4 | 50.5 | 40.8 | 86.4 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 8.2 |
| Naz Reid | 11 | 11.8 | 59.6 | 33.3 | 71.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 7.7 |
| Kyle Anderson | 12 | 19.6 | 51.9 | 42.9 | 83.3 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 6.3 |
| Jordan McLaughlin | 14 | 15.8 | 39.6 | 12.5 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| Bryn Forbes | 8 | 10.9 | 31.0 | 28.6 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| Aj Lawson | 1 | 1.8 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| austin rivers | 7 | 6.2 | 22.2 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Nathan Knight | 6 | 2.5 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Wendell Moore, Jr. | 1 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
