Third win in a row for the Wolves, the fifth in six games, we finally seem to see the end of the tunnel and it’s nice. For the Kings reception (and in the absence of Karl-Anthony Towns, ahem), Minnesota provided rare footage of a group happy to play basketball. It’s been a long time. Long time.
The pretty homemade boxscore is HERE!
Yes, winning against Sacramento in 2023 is a huge achievement.
Said like that it looks like nothing eh, but the Kings remained on eight wins in ten games. Falling them when they are full was a small feat for Wolves. As a perfect pack leader, Anthony Edwards took out his fangs with 34 points at 14/21 shooting including 5/7 from afar, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Of leadership natural. Vocal, expressive and devoted to his guys: in short, everything this Minnesota team usually lacks. By showing the way, Ant has found brave men to follow him there: Rudy Gobert precious in the paint (13 points and 14 rebounds), Jaden McDaniels brilliant on the wing (15 points, 8 rebounds and +14 plus/minus) and D’Angelo Russell released (25 points at 8/14 shooting). The latter has been living again for several weeks, with a nice average of 20 points in 50/40/90 since November 15th. One of the best shooters of his generation. Sacred guy when he pushes a little on the pedal. Big performances also from Naz Reid and Kyle Anderson in the category “unsexy but effective”. In any case, this success seems to come in the middle of a transitional phase. The click that Wolves fans have been waiting for since the start of the season. Casually, the West is tight like Jared Dudley in 40 and Chris Finch’s group is now… 6th in his conference.
De’Aaron Fox at 10/24 in shooting, Dom Sabonis very good but unable to carry the team if it lacks success (he takes very few shots per game), Kevin Huerter at 2/7 from the parking lot, Keegan Ghostly Murray: Sacramento missed their date. Second consecutive lossbe careful not to drop ballast where les magazines SLAM will quickly be devalued.
We note: January 29, 2023, peak of “the group is living well” in Minnesota. pic.twitter.com/0eg9SN1AZQ
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) January 29, 2023
