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Lthe Timberwolves by Ricky Rubio and Juancho Hernngomez they continue without raising their heads since their main star, Karl Anthony Towns, is on sick leave after contracting covid-19, and on Friday they accumulated their fourth loss in a row, and eleventh so far this season, before some Atlanta Hawks (98-116) in which Trae Young and Clint Capela stood out.
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The Spanish base Ricky Rubio returned to the field after missing three games by the protocol of the league against the NBA. But Rubio only shone on rare occasions and could not prevent the Minnesota team from taking another beating by a Young who scored everything (43 points, his career record) and a Capela that got his first triple-double with 13 points, 19 rebounds and 10 blocks.
The two Hawks players summed up the main ailments of Wolves loaded with young inexperienced players: no defense and negligible rebounding ability.
In attack, the Atlanta team smashed the weak Wolves defense. Except in the first quarter when Minnesota’s players faced off against Atlanta’s and took the lead four times during that span, the Timberwolves were unable to make a decent shot selection.
The base D’Angelo Russell, on other occasions the team’s leading scorer, stayed at 9 points throughout the game, with a 22% success rate and a triple of the five attempted (20%). Rubio, who just scored 4 points after 14 minutes of play, he had to content himself with a percentage of 33% in the shots of two and 0% in the triples (0 of 2 attempts).
In front, Young had a glorious night. If his defender gave him space, which was not very difficult, is exhibited from the triple with eight of 12 shots made of which I tried. And when he wanted to, he ripped into the paint and ended under the rim.
Young se, who played 31 minutes, had an accuracy percentage of two points from the 63.6% and 66.7% in triples. He also had 4 rebounds and 5 assists.
While, Capela made the most of Towns’ absence.: dominate the rebound under the own and opposite hoop; and gave a masterclass in plugging. Atlanta’s tall man’s triple-double has the added value of First in the NBA since 2018 that includes double digits in the plug section.
The game started with equality. The leader of the scoreboard changed eight times during the first 12 minutes. With a 7-10 on the scoreboard, Rubio entered the field and the Spanish point guard managed to impose a certain discipline his teammates both in defense and attack.
When Rubio was replaced by Russell with 1.15 left in the quarter, the score was 19-19. But With Russell leading the team, the Wolves received a 0-7 run that condemn the first quarter. After the first 12 minutes, the scoreboard was 19-25 in the marking for the Atlanta team.
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Wolves coach Ryan Sunders decided that Rubio would start the second quarter because of Russell’s poor performance. But it was useless. When Rubio was substituted with 8.18 to go by halftime, Atlanta’s men were 10 points ahead on the scoreboard, with the Young tandem driving the Wolves crazy.
An example was one of the last plays of the second quarter. Capela misses his second free throw, takes his own rebound, passes to Young who ends the play with a triple with the Wolves in the audience.
When you get to rest, the score was a clear 43-62 for Atlanta.
The second half was to forget, with a broken Saunders, which earned him a technique, and Wolves that can no longer sink further into the bottom of the Western Conference, with 11 losses and only 3 victories.
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