This Saturday evening, as part of the NBA regular season, the Minnesota Timberwolves, guided by Rudy Gobert, won against the Charlotte Hornets (105-122).
Minnesota is recovering. This Saturday evening, as part of the NBA regular season, the Timberwolves, although deprived of Anthony Edwards and who remained on a series of two consecutive defeats, quietly won against the Charlotte Hornets (105-122). A big duel took place between Julius Randle (30 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists) and Miles Bridges (30 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists). The visitors definitely took off, level with the scoreboard, during the middle of the third and penultimate quarter. In this meeting, the French Rudy Gobert finished with a double-double (14 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists), while Jeanne Beringerhis compatriot and teammate, failed to score.
In front, Moussa Diabaté was not far from the double-double (11 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist), while
Tidjane Salaün was more discreet (2 points at 1/5 including 0/4 from distance, 1 rebound, 1 assist). The Washington Wizards suffered a fourth consecutive defeat, the fifth in six games, beaten this time by the Orlando Magic (94-125). Among the locals, the two French
Alexandre Sarr (10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks) and Bilal Coulibaly (10 points at 3/10, 2 rebounds, 4 assists) therefore failed to be more decisive.
Indiana, great first
The visitors mainly relied on Paolo Banchero (28 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists). For his part, Noah Penda finished with 3 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. The Sacramento Kings won their first away game of the season, after managing to overthrow the Milwaukee Bucks (133-135). The visitors were notably led by their quartet Schröder (24 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists), DeRozan (29 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), LaVine (31 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists) and Sabonis (24 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists).
For his part, the French Maxime Raynaud had to settle for a rebound. Opposite, Giannis Antetokounmpo (26 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists) was ultimately not enough. In other results of the evening, the Indiana Pacers won their first game of the season, against the Golden State Warriors (114-109), the Boston Celtics fell to the Houston Rockets (101-128) and the Detroit Pistons dismissed the Dallas Mavericks (122-110).
