With the help of the Heat in the absence of Jimmy Butler, Rochier, once again replicated the legend of last season's play-offs, with an overwhelming advantage, defeated Chicago, and let it break into the playoffs again, in this way, the East and West play-off teams have been released, the West Warriors, the Kings two teams of the same faction all lost, and the East Hawks and Bulls teamed up to start vacation life in advance. After the play-offs, the fierce playoffs kicked off.
As a triumvirate team, the Suns killed the Timberwolves three times in the regular season, and the attributes of the nemesis once made the Suns have a very high voice in this round of the series, and even the deadly commentators and celebrities are one-sided, thinking that the Suns can take the Timberwolves lightly, and even more so once thought that the Suns took away the series 4-1, and the contempt for the Timberwolves is self-evident。
Conley's pre-game bowing, it seems to have played a special attribute, in the face of the Sun's first game, in addition to Booker's downturn, the Timberwolves' double-champion performance, amazing, Towns is a change of the past weak attributes, playing extremely focused and tough, Downs' outstanding performance, but also become an important factor for the Timberwolves to take away the game in the second half, in the case of not being favored, the Timberwolves who fought at home, but also a blow, won the start, and ended the embarrassing moment of the Suns' regular season for the Timberwolves three consecutive kills, so that they can raise their eyebrows and regain their confidence and competitiveness。
This game is extremely important for both sides, after all, snatching a good start, is crucial for any team, especially for the Timberwolves, when public opinion is one-sided, it seems that the veteran Conley's pre-game soul chicken soup, once played an absolute role, throughout the Downs playoffs over the years, this big man with a soft style of play has always been extremely stretched, but this super long play, it seems to have a great connection with Conley's plea before the game, which will also be an important factor for Towns to withstand the pressure and achieve a counterattack, looking at the Suns' lineup, Downs' dislocation advantage is extremely obvious, so Towns will also be the only weight and key to the Timberwolves' breakthrough。
As a young team, the Timberwolves can withstand the pressure, which does prove their growth and maturity, a season of grinding and waiting, does make the Timberwolves extremely resolute, especially with the help of Conley, so that the team's momentum is also constantly improving, so that it can play the competitiveness of the giant team, this time the public opinion is one-sided, can still come out of the haze of three kills, for the Timberwolves will still continue to be powerful, and even expected to win this round of the series An important factor, after all, they still have home court advantage.
Compared with the slump of Gordon on the Suns bench, the performance of the two Timberwolves bench bandits combined for 30 points once became an absolutely important factor for the team to defeat the Suns with obvious psychological advantages, and the deterrent power on the bench has also become an important factor for the superstar to be dimmed, but the depth of the lineup is stronger, and it also allows the Timberwolves to withstand the psychological pressure and win the game without being favored。
This victory for the Timberwolves, will undoubtedly boost their self-confidence in this round of the series, so that they can let go of the anxiety in their hearts, but also let them see the nemesis attributes, not unbreakable, as long as the Timberwolves are patient enough, more people on the bench can step up, the top three teams in the West, is still expected to hold the record, after all, a season's efforts, can not be in vain, they are still a team to be reckoned with, even if the nemesis attribute does exist, but it is not invincible, as long as the focus is enough, hard enough, and play in the right way, the Timberwolves are still expected to achieve a counterattack and make this giant team, continuing to complete the birth of transcendence and legendary moments.
Compared to the Timberwolves' excellent play and winning this battle to prove themselves, the Suns don't seem ready to win, perhaps, the Suns are still immersed in nemesis attributes and one-sided joy. Throughout the game, the performance of the Grim Reaper was still impeccable, and the efficient play did make a few days of rest, allowing Durant to play the deterrent power of a superstar again, and even once became the hero of the first half of the biting game, playing 11 of 17 shots in the whole game, and 2 of 2 three-point shots, completely playing the performance that a playoff superstar should have.
In the whole game, Durant cut 31 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist, and continued to play an extremely efficient performance, making him worthy of the identity of a superstar, but compared to the excellent performance of the Timberwolves Edwards' assistants, the two giants around Durant, Bill was so-so, cutting 15 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists, 6 of 10 shots, 1 of 3 three-point shots, although extremely efficient, but Bill was extremely restrained, which seems to have become the abbreviation of Bill's one season, Bill recognized the identity of the three masters, but in the case of Booker's extremely sluggish situation, if Bill can't play a little selfish, even if Durant tries his best, it will be difficult for the team to win the game, it can be said that a victory is hard to find.
Booker shot 5 of 16 in the whole game, 2 of 6 three-pointers, super high number of shots, but in exchange for extremely inefficient performance, Booker still did not find the right way to play, Bukela's performance across the sun, but also completely broke the rhythm of the Suns, becoming an important factor in the team's loss, as the second leader, the team's vanguard, this time Booker's completely sluggish performance, not only did not help the team out of the trough, but became the key factor in the team's loss, Booker as an extreme scorer, not stable performance, and too competitive state, has always been an important factor in the team's poor record, although in the opponent's home court, it is extremely difficult to win the game, but Booker's poor hand and assist are not outstanding, and the performance of not switching modes in time is the key factor for the team to lose.
As a superstar, Booker is indeed still a level away from Durant, but as a young star, Booker should adjust his emotions in time, and in the case of poor hand, he should use deterrence to help the team play more team basketball, and Booker's insistent performance not only makes his hand continue to fall into a slump, but also makes Booker completely lost, and it has also become a key factor in the team's loss, if Booker has been playing in this way, he may be able to help the team win a certain game, but it will be extremely difficult to win the whole series, and it will be difficult for Booker to help the team win more games, to become the team's anchor.
Although, the loss of this game is not completely out, but if it does not change, it is still difficult for the Suns to achieve a comeback in adversity, and even let it go through a round of tours, the first game, it seems that except for Durant and Beal, the performance of others is no longer a level, Allen, who just got a big contract, shot 0 of 3 three-pointers in the whole game, and continued to continue the sluggish feeling in the second half of the season, although O'Neal as Durant's old teammate, the playoffs are still powerful, the whole game cut 14 points and 4 rebounds, and 8 three-pointers shot 4 of 4, but only O'Neal on the bench is difficult to support alone, Gordon played 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 21 minutes, and shot 0 of 4 three-pointers, 5 shots of 0 shots, completely lost competitiveness, Gordon's loss also made the Suns bench, almost uncompetitive, and also became an important factor in the team's loss.
The huge gap on the bench, as well as the starters, Booker's overly persistent shooting, and even Beal's overly humble performance, have become the key factors in the loss of this game, and when Durant plays the Nets playoff performance again, this will not be an extremely good thing for the Suns, whether it is the high playing time, or the single-core leading style of play, it is not the rhythm that Durant and the Suns should have, maybe at the critical moment, Durant is out of the sheath, understandable, but if from the first game of the playoffs, Durant will enter the Grim Reaper mode in advance, which is for Durant's physical fitness, as well as the play of other players in the Suns, will be a huge blow and impact.
For the Suns, if they want to turn the game around, Durant is not the team's only hope, after all, Durant's ability is there, and he has always been able to continue to output, Booker plays smarter, Beal plays more selfishly, this is the result the team wants, Gordon needs to respond, timely three-pointers can't help teammates, can break through to make kills, Allen needs to cultivate his self-confidence, and Nurkic and O'Neal need to continue to stand up and help the team play more resolute and decisive in difficult situations.
The feasible attributes of the Suns for the Timberwolves still exist, the outcome of a game still cannot determine the conclusion of the playoffs, but if it cannot be adjusted, the current outcome is very likely to become the final result of the Suns.
But in addition to the role players, the performance of Booker and Beal is extremely important, the two should not be overly concerned about the ball and the right to shoot, whoever is in good shape, who should shoot more, the star who has a bad hand should be responsible for the ball control organization, to help the team play a more team performance, after all, this can make the deterrence of the Big Three to the most extreme performance, blind humility, and Booker's crazy shot, will not only make the Suns lose competitiveness, but also will make this championship team fall into the abyss without setting sail, making it an embarrassing giant team, and also making the Suns unable to achieve great goals, so, can Nirvana be rebornBooker's attitude and Beal's change will also be an important factor in the next game trend, and it will also be whether Phoenix can rise from the ground and continue to be a team with glory and glory, and continue to write great legends, the only choice and the final salvation.