The Suns lost to the Timberwolves by 25 points on the road by 95:120, a game that showed three ugly realities:
1. In this game, the Suns' interior line was completely blown up.
The Suns grabbed just 34 rebounds as a team, while the Timberwolves had 59. And the Timberwolves grabbed 13 offensive rebounds as a team, Gobert grabbed 6 alone, and the Suns only had 3 on the team, which is too big a gap in interior strength. Gore directly hangs Lurkic on the inside. In the interior offensive competition, the Timberwolves scored 52 points, while the Suns only scored 34 points, and the Suns' interior offense and defense were completely lost.
Second, the Suns swept the Timberwolves in the regular season, and then lost by 25 points in the playoffs.
Timberwolves star Huazi did not perform well against the Suns in the regular season, averaging only 14.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game, but in this game, Waltz wanted to take in front of the Suns' defense, bombarding 33 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, shooting 14 of 24, playing quite efficiently, and the Suns had no one to defend Edwards. And let Huazi cut 18 points in a single quarter in the third quarter.
Third, the offensive triumvirate that the Suns are proud of, only Durant is struggling to support.
Adu had 31 points and seven rebounds in the game. On the offensive end, he struggled to support, but his teammates did not perform well, Booker only scored 18 points on 5 of 16 shots, and Beal only contributed 15 points although he shot 6 of 10, and the two giants did not give Durant enough support, and Adu also suffered in this game.
