Suns 95-120 Timberwolves! Trailing 0-1! Durant 31 points and 7 boards, Beal 15 points, 6 assists and 3 steals, Booker 18 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, Nurkic 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks, Allen 4 points and 5 boards injured and retired, O'Neal 14 points and 4 boards! 3:30 a.m. Suns vs Timberwolves achieve their first meeting in the playoffs! The Suns swept the Timberwolves 3-0 in the regular season! The fans chanted Edwards: MVP! Huazi's sense of energy is too strong! It can be described as explosive, full of passion, and the future is limitless. The scale of the playoffs, the open confrontation, either it looks good, no one says who is anyway, the defense is all hands, and they don't dare to breathe. The Timberwolves Suns group is intense, at least very playoff, with many stars, big interior lines, and hand-to-hand combat. After the Timberwolves' victory over the Suns, Edwards was interviewed by reporters, and fans chanted MVP from the sidelines!
Suns 0-1 Timberwolves, a rout made the Suns see the gap, and it is too difficult to ignore defense and rely entirely on offense to win in today's league style. At present, what the Suns need to improve is the sharing of the ball, Durant can't stand up and play alone as soon as he sees Towns, the Timberwolves are a tall team, and the interior plays twin towers, and the Suns have to rely on the guard to run and mobilize the enthusiasm of the whole team if they want to win.
Blindly standing stick singles will only bring the monotony of the offense, the loss of the team's integrity, and at the same time, the role players will bring a series of blue-collar work such as rebounding and defense because of too little ball, and the team will fall into a bad atmosphere.
The Timberwolves beat the Suns 120-95 at home
In the first quarter of the game, the scores of the two sides alternately rose, and the Suns led by 1 point to end the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Suns made more turnovers at the end of the quarter, and the Timberwolves took a double-digit lead. At halftime, the Timberwolves led the Suns by 10 points. In the third quarter, Durant led the team to chase the difference to only 4 points, and the Timberwolves responded with a wave of 21-5 climax to widen the gap to 20 points. In the last quarter, the Timberwolves continued to widen the gap with three points, and the Suns struggled to narrow the difference, and the game lost suspense early. In the end, the Timberwolves beat the Suns 120-95.
#森林狼1比0太阳#, we successfully defended our home court in our 2023-24 playoff debut, beating the Suns, who lost three times in a row in the regular season, 120-95! @爱德华兹AnthonyEdwards 14 of 24 shots, scored 18 points in the third quarter, 33+9+6 in the whole game, and singled out Durant many times to hit difficult shots! Downs 19+7+4, Gobert 14 points and 16 boards, the performance of the twin towers is remarkable! Alexander Walker played a masterpiece-level battle, with 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals, with a plus/minus of +28 leading the game! Reed 12 points, @李凯尔 Exited the game with a hip injury after 5 minutes (and then returned to the bench to watch the game) G1!
In the Timberwolves' 120-95 home victory over the Suns in G1, Huazi was 14 of 24 in the game, including 8-4 three-pointers, 2-1 free throws, and 33 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.
I can't say it's exploded, but I definitely have the upper hand. Downs' offensive and defensive play against Durant was too good, preventing Adu from 0 assists and 3 turnovers in the first half, blindly standing up singles, while Downs was calm and restrained, constantly cooperating with teammates, and at the same time actively rushing for rebounds, 13 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists for a comprehensive performance.
The strategy is right, as long as the Timberwolves stimulate Durant to play alone, destroy the integrity of the Suns' passing, and try to give Durant a mid-range single, rather than a three-point shot from a small guard, the Wolves can convert the advantage of offense and rebounding to make the team slowly lead, what an excellent young team! But everyone is very conservative when mentioning this strategy, and they all feel that this is a high-risk behavior for the Timberwolves to "try" in a special time period or key shot.
In the first game between the Suns and the Timberwolves in the NBA playoffs, Durant did play well, scoring 31 points, but unfortunately, the Suns finally lost to the Timberwolves with a score of 95-120, losing by a full 25 points. In this game, the Timberwolves showed strong strength on both offensive and defensive ends, completely crushing the Suns. In this way, the Adu people are really good, everything is a smile. Huazi is still very young, and the future must be the face of the league, better than the Celtics Tatum.
As previously stated, Suns head coach Vogel has become the Timberwolves' biggest undercover agent. In this loss, Vogel's lineup was a big problem! You must know that the advantage of the Timberwolves is that they have the twin towers of Gobert and Towns. And the Suns don't put out a tall lineup, but use a small lineup to play the tall lineup of the Timberwolves.
Bill: "The Timberwolves did a good job of switching between defense and man-marking, so much so that for a while we were a little confused. We have to do better and make sure we play more focused on the pitch. Beal on what kind of message the team sent after the game: "Obviously, we were very angry about this loss. However, we motivate ourselves and we know we can play better. It's going to be a great series and it's going to be a challenge for us. ”
The Timberwolves beat the Suns by 25 points, and Edwards went crazy: played 35 minutes on the court, shot 14-of-24, 4-of-8 three-pointers, and exploded with 33 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. 8-of-11 in the third quarter, scoring 18 points and gaining +19!?Vogel on Booker: "We need to do a better job of finding open spots for him. I'm not worried about his form, he's one of the best scorers in the league. ”
The win in this game is undoubtedly a positive sign for the Timberwolves, but the journey to the playoffs has only just begun. They can't afford to be complacent about a victory, after all, the next opponent is not an idle person. The Timberwolves need to keep a clear head and cool judgment to go far in the playoffs. And although the Suns lost this game, their strength should not be underestimated. After all, with a luxurious roster like Durant, Booker and Beal, the Suns are more than capable of making waves in the playoffs. They need to come out of the shadow of defeat as soon as possible and face the next matches with more enthusiasm and fighting spirit.
After the Minnesota Timberwolves' win over the Phoenix Suns, Edwards, who scored 33 points, and the legendary running back of the Minnesota Vikings, Adrian Peterson, swapped jerseys.
At first, I was worried about the Timberwolves' ability to shoot the ball, but when I thought about it, the Suns' defense was... In addition, this team is really lacking in confrontation. Of course, the series has just begun. See when the trio started convulsing . .
In the first round of the NBA playoffs in the Western Conference, the Timberwolves defeated the Suns 120-95 at home. Edwards scored 33 points and then beat his chest and spewed trash talk in the face of Durant. And Durant responded with a smile. It's good to be young! Edwards scored KD in a row at the end of the third quarter, and then sprayed trash talk at his idol Durant, and Durant laughed when he saw it! [surprised] The point is that after spraying trash talk, Edwards also pulled out another three-point shot against KD, and he really hit high!! Thick eyebrows had two kind of confrontation layups, and they didn't blow fouls. Based on the intensity and blowing penalty of the Timberwolves and Suns today, it's normal not to blow. Conley had a ball today, and Allen elbowed him in the face, but it didn't escalate [crack].
Speaking after the game, Edwards said: "Everybody knows Durant is my favorite player, so it's wonderful to compete with him on the court. "Edwards has improved dramatically over the years, and he's become the absolute core of the Timberwolves. Edwards has excellent physical fitness, amazing bounce, and more importantly, Edwards has solid fundamentals and delicate technique. This season, the Timberwolves once occupied the top spot in the West, which is directly related to Edwards' excellent performance.
On April 21st, another year of the playoffs, another year of Durant, and the Suns coach said that we would be a beast in the playoffs;
The NBA playoffs ushered in the opening game today, and the NBA official website also announced the refereeing arrangements for today's four games. Magic vs. Cavaliers: James Williams, Mark Lindsay, Pat Freyher, 76ers vs. Knicks: Scott Foster, Brian Ford, Sean Corbyn, Suns vs. Timberwolves: Mark Davis, Ben Taylor, Aaron Smith, Lakers vs. Nuggets: John Goble, Mitchell Irving, Nick Bucht.