0 wins and 5 losses! I saw one loss every time! All four new players made their debut

On October 5, in the NBA preseason, the Timberwolves defeated the Nuggets 126-116. Edwards, Randle, Conley and other core players were absent, Gobert, Reed, Divinchenzo and McDaniels only played one quarter, and the Timberwolves still easily defeated the Nuggets. The Timberwolves 40-28 in the first quarter, suppressing the Nuggets.

Last season's regular season, the Timberwolves swept the Nuggets 4-0! Including today's preseason game, the Timberwolves won all the last five matches, which is really blood suppression. Looking further, in the 2023-24 Western Conference semi-finals, the Timberwolves eliminated the Nuggets 4-3 in the tiebreaker. Don’t forget that today the Nuggets’ main players compete, and the Timberwolves are in the remnant formation.

In this game, Jokic played 18 minutes and 48 seconds, made 5 shots, 6 free throws, scored 14 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, plus-minus value -6. The performance of the Nuggets' four new players was disappointing: Cameron Johnson started for 14 minutes and 37 seconds, made 1 of 3 shots, 0 of 2 three-pointers, scored only 2 points, 1 assist, 1 block, and 1 turnover, with a plus-minus value of -5.

Valan came on the bench for 13 minutes and 16 seconds, made 3 of 5 shots and scored 6 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 4 turnovers and 5 fouls. Bruce Brown came on as a substitute for 15 minutes and 41 seconds, scored only 2 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 2 steals, with a positive and negative value of -12 the lowest in the game. Hardaway made 0 of 3 shots, scored 3 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 fouls.

In this offseason, the Nuggets exchanged Porter Jr. for Cameron Johnson, and Salic for Valan, signing Bruce Brown and Hardaway Jr. for basic salary. He has settled four new players in a row, but their debut disappointed the Nuggets. The Timberwolves don’t have many new players, and this summer mainly renews Reed (125 million in 5 years) and Randall (100 million in 3 years).

Timberwolves made it to the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive years, but when it comes to the strong Western Conference teams in the offseason, everyone will mention the Thunder, Nuggets and Rockets, and they will always ignore the Timberwolves. In this year's draft, the Timberwolves selected Joao Belange, who was 2.11 meters away with the No. 17 draw, and Zikaski, who was 2.21 meters away with the No. 45 draw. The two brothers scored 14 points, 4 rebounds and 9 points, 8 rebounds respectively today.

Finally, let's take a look at the game data. Do you think the Timberwolves are the most underrated team in the West?