In early February, D’Angelo Russell called the Target Center audience a “spectators mute as graves”. An outing that woke up the fans then and obviously, they decided to be heard since.
Which makes sense since the franchise is currently riding a five-game winning streak. The last, against the Blazers, was folded in one half. So that one could think that in the second period, as Minnesota won by 43 points, the spectators would be less present, physically as well as in terms of noise.
“It was electric”notes however Josh Okogie to the Star Tribune. “When you blow up an opponent like that, the energy goes away and people leave early to go home. Many stayed and the hall was noisy. It was very fun. »
The symbols of this communion, it is first of all the “ola” of the public, in which Karl-Anthony Towns and Patrick Beverley participated.
Then the second then took control of the t-shirt cannon during the last quarter, to the delight of the fans still in the stands. “I would have liked to see that”said Naz Reid. “I didn’t know one of the players had done that. »
The public of Minnesota thus of course heard the message of D’Angelo Russell. So much so that the point guard, who was not playing against the Blazers, tweeted “HOMECOURT ADVANTAGE!” after the meeting.
“When the public is not inside, it feels like playing outside”continues Josh Okogie. “Because we do a big action and nothing happens. Now it’s changing and it makes you want to throw yourself to save a ball, to do lots of little things that then lead to victory. »
yes this actually happened. pic.twitter.com/p02AUuIxIJ
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) March 8, 2022
| Tirs | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Karl-anthony Towns | 58 | 34.0 | 52.7 | 40.2 | 81.8 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 24.6 |
| Anthony Edwards | 56 | 34.6 | 43.2 | 34.7 | 76.8 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 21.4 |
| D’angelo Russell | 51 | 32.2 | 41.9 | 35.0 | 82.4 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 19.3 |
| Malik Beasley | 64 | 25.0 | 38.6 | 36.9 | 75.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 12.2 |
| Jaden Mcdaniels | 62 | 26.0 | 45.1 | 31.3 | 78.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 9.2 |
| Patrick Beverley | 45 | 26.2 | 40.0 | 33.8 | 71.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 9.1 |
| Naz Reid | 62 | 15.9 | 48.8 | 34.1 | 74.6 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 8.2 |
| Jaylen Nowell | 46 | 14.9 | 47.4 | 38.5 | 74.6 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 7.9 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 60 | 26.0 | 59.2 | 16.7 | 64.2 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 7.1 |
| Greg Monroe | 3 | 21.0 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 6.7 |
| Taurean Prince | 53 | 15.8 | 46.5 | 39.0 | 78.3 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 6.3 |
| Nathan Knight | 29 | 6.8 | 48.2 | 25.0 | 70.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| Jordan Mclaughlin | 47 | 13.4 | 37.4 | 22.2 | 74.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| Josh Okogie | 36 | 11.7 | 34.7 | 27.8 | 65.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
| Jake Layman | 25 | 7.1 | 37.3 | 15.4 | 75.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Mckinley Wright | 3 | 2.9 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Leandro Bolmaro | 26 | 7.4 | 30.6 | 26.7 | 88.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Chris Silva | 1 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
