13 to 17, the point difference is only 4 points!

Rose's outburst came just in time.

This time it was Thibodeau's turn to call a timeout.

He also sensed that his former disciple was about to explode, and made defensive adjustments in advance.

After the timeout, Towns posted up Siakam in the low post, but his turnaround hook shot from the free throw line hit the backboard and went in.

This shot showed Towns channeling Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and it also helped the Timberwolves stabilize the situation on the court.

The Pelicans attacked the frontcourt, and Rose and Siakam ran a pick-and-roll again.

This time, Rubio directly abandoned Siakam and double-teamed Rose with Towns.

Siakam moved outwards after the screen, betting that he couldn't seize the opportunity on the outside.

But unexpectedly, Rose didn't choose to pass the ball. He accelerated towards the inside, ignoring the double team.

His breakthrough skills are not as good as Tang Tian's, but he is fast and decisive enough. He accelerated and broke through to the inside, forcing Towns to foul on the shot.

He made both free throws steadily, and he has scored 9 points in a row!

The commentators, Breen and Miller, have already started discussing Rose.

The Windy City Rose of the past, after putting on a good performance, will always be a hot topic.

Rose's continuous scoring allowed the Pelicans to stalemate in terms of score, but more importantly, he played what Stevens wanted.

With the牽制 (qiānzhì, containment) of his one-on-one strong point, the Pelicans' positional warfare opened up again.

After the first quarter, the Pelicans won after losing, leading the Timberwolves 27 to 23.

Rose scored 13 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, a very eye-catching performance.

When he was substituted back in the second quarter, he continued his excellent form from the first quarter.

In this quarter, he scored another 11 points with inside breakthroughs and outside shots, and had already scored 24 points in the first half!

Led by his outstanding performance, the Pelicans led the Timberwolves by double digits, 55 to 45, at halftime.

Rose's fans on the message boards were hyped at this time.

"I was originally just a Rose fan, but now I am also a Pelicans fan. I really thank the Pelicans for giving Rose enough patience! The Rose is finally blooming!"

"I think Rose has always had the strength, but he just lacked a team, and the Pelicans are the most suitable team for him!"

"Rose definitely has the ability to start for a weak team now. His performance has been steadily improving since his comeback. I have a feeling that he has a chance to get 50 points tonight!"

"Come on, Windy City Rose, bloom again, let the fans smell your blossoming fragrance again!"

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Sharp-eyed fans noticed that Soak entered the Timberwolves' locker room during the halftime break.

No one knows what happened inside, but after returning from the halftime break, the Timberwolves played much more aggressively than in the first half.

Rose also enjoyed the double-teaming, and even triple-teaming, treatment that he hadn't enjoyed for many years.

His passes were still timely, but the other Pelicans weren't in as good a shape as they were in the first quarter.

As a result, the Timberwolves scored a net gain of 30 to 20 in this quarter.

After three quarters, the two teams tied at 75.

The two sides were evenly matched.

Rose didn't perform well in this quarter. He took 7 shots, but only made 2 of them, and only scored 6 points.

The fans' discussion on social media during halftime was a huge jinx.

At this rate, let alone 50 points, even 40 points would be difficult.

After all, he has to rest for the first few minutes of the fourth quarter, and Thibodeau, as his former mentor, has a relatively targeted defense against Rose in the second half.

In the opening stages of the fourth quarter, the two sides' substitutes stalemated on the court.

The camera captured the details on the sidelines. Tang Tian was pulling Rose aside and talking about something.

Tang Tian pointed to the court from time to time, apparently telling Rose some detailed problems in the game.

After two minutes into this quarter, the Timberwolves suddenly exerted their strength and launched a 6-0 offensive, forcing the Pelicans to call a timeout.

The Pelicans' substitutes were brought up to play as starters, and those who played as substitutes were from the previous bench, and even Caruso and Ding Yanyuhang were brought up to play.

Their individual abilities are remarkable, but their stability needs to be improved.

They did a good job in the first and second quarter substitute connection stages, but they did relatively poorly in the third and fourth quarters.

After the timeout, Stevens made a substitution adjustment, putting Rose and Siakam on the court early.

In the Pelicans' first attack back, Rose didn't attack with the ball like before, but gave the ball to Siakam, then ran an off-ball screen.

Siakam was double-teamed after breaking through, and he flicked the ball to Rose at the corner.

Wiggins' help defense was very fast, and Rose's three-pointer after receiving the ball was interfered with.

"Swish!"

But the ball still went in!

Except for the third quarter when his shooting percentage was low due to being double-teamed like crazy, his touch tonight is really good!

The point difference was narrowed to 3 points!

Wiggins posted up Kuzma in the frontcourt, turned around and scored another layup, scoring his 22nd point of the night.

He kicked over his thermos cup again.

Turning around, Kuzma's catch-and-shoot three-pointer missed, and there was a melee under the basket. Dedmon finally slapped the ball out.

Rose got the ball, cut directly into the basket, and scored another 2 points with a layup!

The Pelicans' bench erupted again.

Rose scored a 5-0 personal offensive wave after coming on the court, and has already helped the Pelicans narrow the point difference to 1 point!

"Derrick Rose, this will be his night!"

On the commentary booth, Breen couldn't help but exclaim.

13 points in the first quarter, 11 points in the second quarter, and 6 points in the third quarter, Rose's scoring decreased quarter by quarter.

But in the critical fourth quarter, he broke this rule and scored 5 points as soon as he came up!

And his single-game score has reached 35 points!

"Maybe he thinks this is Chicago."

Miller said with a smile.

Back in Chicago, with the Bulls, Rose, who was expected to become the second Jordan, played like this.

The fans on the message board also collectively climaxed.

Rose is really carrying the Pelicans forward tonight!

The Timberwolves played a coordinated offense in the frontcourt, and Wiggins received the ball and went straight to the basket. He took off for a layup.

At a critical moment, a figure rose into the air and chased after him for a block.

"Bang!"

The ball was slapped onto the backboard, a chase-down block!

The scene was restless.

Because the blocker was Rose!

This is unbelievable!

But you can feel that Rose is really heating up.

Siakam followed up and protected the defensive rebound, and the Pelicans defended another wave!

Pushing to the frontcourt, the Pelicans played positional warfare again. After Rose held the ball and broke through, he passed the ball to Siakam.

But he didn't stop after passing the ball, and continued to cut towards the basket.

Siakam made a tacit pass back, Rose received the ball and turned to甩开 (shuǎi kāi, shake off) Towns, then shot the ball off the backboard for another 2 points!

The Pelicans, reversed the score!

Some fans in the audience have already started cheering for Rose.

Rose has already scored 37 points! Only 5 points away from his career scoring record!

The Windy City Rose of the past is really going to bloom tonight!