Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell Leads Timberwolves To Playoffs

On Apr 13, 2022

Former Ohio State guard D’Angelo Russell scored 29 points, dished out six assists and pulled down five rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 109-104 win over the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA Play-In Tournament on Tuesday night.

With the win, the Timberwolves have earned the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference and will play the second-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, which begin Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN.

Now in his eighth year in the league after being selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, Russell averaged 18.1 points, 7.1 assists and 3.3 rebounds in 65 games with Minnesota this season.

That’s slightly better than his career averages of 17.7 points, 5.6 assists and 3.5 rebounds in 424 regular season games, which also includes stints with the Brooklyn Nets and Golden State Warriors.

Russell has appeared in just one playoff series to this point in his career, when Brooklyn took on the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs. He averaged 19.4 points, 3.6 assists and 3.6 rebound per game, but the Nets lost in five games.

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