Rudy Gobert and Anthony Edwards play their best basketball, at the best time, and the Wolves can thank them! This night, facing team C or D of the Sixers, the two All-Stars had to release the very big game to avoid the worst with a success torn in the last seconds.
Before that, the Edwards-Gobert duo had placed his training on the right rails. From the start of the match, Edwards overflows Guerschon Yabusele to sign one of the dunks of the year! On the other side of the field, Gobert is insurmountable and he plays the launch ramps to develop fast game. Except that the shots do not fit, and the Sixers are in contact (13-13) with an effective yabusele.
You have to wait for the entrance to Nickeil Alexander-Walker that Minnesota did the break. Also in great shape, the Canadian is launching an 11-0, while the Gobert-Reid duo blocks access to the circle. In two minutes and dust, the gap goes to +13 (38-25). But the Sixers hang on, and Jared Butler and Lonnie Walker IV combine well to sign an 11-2. At the break, the Wolves lead only four points (55-51).
Quentin Grimes shakes the wolves
Upon returning from the locker room, Gobert Bache Yabusele, but the Wolves lose too many balls. Result, on a Walker service, the Dunk of Yabusele gives the advantage to the Sixers (72-71). Followed by a long chased-crossed where Yabusele and Quentin Grimes impress to answer Donte Divincenzo (83-82).
It was ultimately Anthony Edwards with 3-point, and Rudy Gobert by his offensive rebounds, who put the Wolves back on the right path to resume 11 points four minutes from the end (101-90).
But the Wolves play little arm, and Quentin Grimes plants three awarded shots in a row in two minutes to bring the Sixers back to a possession (104-101). Edwards answers him, and it is the all-star rear that crashes the shot that makes all wolves breathe. Glued to the sidelines, with two defenders on him, he rises when the buzzer of possession sounds. He hit the bull's eye to give five points ahead (114-109). Behind, Yabusele, his 3-point, and it is Edwards who takes the rebound of the win.
What to remember
– And eleven … Eleventh setbacks in a row for Sixers, and it's their longest series of defeats since April 2016! This night, Nick Nurse had to deal with 11 absent, including his “big three”.
– Grimes hot stroke. Under the eyes of a delirious audience, Quentin Grimes delivered a fairly crazy “money time” with 14 points scored in three minutes, including one 4 out of 4 to 3-3. In March, he turned to 26.6 points on average, and he was on the same bases in this first week of April.
– The point in the classification. Like the Clippers, the Wolves remain in contact with the Lakers-Warriors-Nuggets-Grizzlies quartet. After this evening, Rudy Gobert's teammates stay in 6th place with 46 victories for 32 defeats.
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How to read the stats? Min = minutes; Shots = successful shots / tempted shots; 3pts = 3-point / 3-point attempted; LF = Successful free throws / tempted free throws; O = offensive rebound; D = defensive rebound; T = total rebounds; PD = assists; FTE: Personal faults; Int = interceptions; BP = lost bullets; CT: against; +/- = Differential points when the player is on the field; Pts = points; EVAL: evaluation of the player calculated from positive actions – negative actions.
