Durant scored 18 points and scored 20 points on 13 shots, and Booker couldn't play like that

Achenggao

2024-04-24 10:35Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

On April 24, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, today the Timberwolves and the Suns ushered in the second game of the series, in the first game of the Suns lost to the opponent, this game they also want revenge, the team played a good competitiveness in the first half, but in the second half the team collapsed again, through this game the Suns showed a lot of shortcomings, then we briefly talk about the game process, and then talk about the players' play.

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Durant scored 18 points and scored 20 points on 13 shots, and Booker couldn't play like that

At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Conley teamed up with Edwards to lead the team to an 8-0 start, the Suns relied on Allen's three-point to open the situation, Nurkic killed inside, Gobert and Walker scored 4 points in a row, and then Booker turned on his personal mode and scored 8 points in a row to help the team chase down to 3 points to end the first quarter. In the second quarter, Durant began to exert his strength, and he hit consecutive mid-range shots, scoring nine points in a single quarter to help the Suns take a one-point lead at halftime.

Yibian replayed Towns in this quarter to turn on the killing mode, he burst into the outside shot to score 8 points in a row to help the team overtake the Suns, Durant's lack of physical fitness began to show, the Suns lacked firepower, and finally the Timberwolves overtook by 7 points at the end of the third quarter. The firepower of the Timberwolves is still very strong, McDaniels and Conley scored successively to help the Suns extend their lead to more than 15 points, and the game also lost suspense, and finally the Timberwolves defeated the Suns 105-93, and the score of the two sides came to 2-0.

Timberwolves bloom in more places

I have to admire the operation of the Timberwolves in the past few years, they have assembled a set of athletic ability, and each of them is tall and long-armed, the team relies on excellent single defense ability to limit the Suns' three stars, and having such an excellent playmaker as Conley also allows each player to play their due performance on the offensive end, this game because Durant gave up the main defense of Edwards to defend McDaniels, and was targeted by the Timberwolves.

Now the purpose of the Timberwolves is very clear, that is, to use the offensive end to single Durant to consume his physical energy, so that Durant can not exert his strength on the offensive end, but their goal was achieved, and McDaniels also played a good performance, shooting 10 of 17 from the field, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and got 25 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. In addition, under Conley's tandem, Gobert scored 18 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, and Towns scored 12 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Downs is a player who has too many small actions to be honest, and he often has low-level fouls on the defensive end, that is, the referee is lenient enough today, otherwise he would have been off the court a long time ago, and because he fouled a lot, the Timberwolves directly abandoned him in the second quarter, and his problem may become a hidden danger for the Timberwolves to go far in the playoffs. Edwards didn't play well on the offensive end this game, but his defense was good enough, and he had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists on 3-of-12 shooting and 2-of-6 three-pointers.

Conley shot 7 of 13 from the field, 3 of 6 from three-point range, got 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, he showed the value of a top point guard, the team in tandem on the offensive end, and also did a good job of controlling the court, and the defensive end was a good limit to the opponent's backcourt, the Suns to be honest are lacking a qualified point guard, otherwise they would not have been obsessed with singles, after winning this game, the Timberwolves are closer to promotion.

Booker can't play like that

Just now we also talked about Durant being targeted by the opponent in this game, since the big injury, Durant's physical fitness is obviously not as good as before, the last game the Suns lost was the fourth quarter Durant had no physical fitness, this time Durant lost his physical fitness at the beginning of the third quarter, so the Suns collapsed, this game Durant shot 6 of 15 from the field, 0 of 2 from three-point range and got 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

We also talked about it just now that because there is no point guard, the Suns team is now full of singles, although the team has three top singles, but their functions conflict, there is a single, and the others have no chance to play singles, so they can't play the role of the three cores at all, and basketball is a five-person sport after all, and it is obviously unrealistic to rely on singles for 48 minutes, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for the Suns to win the series, because their lineup is deformed.

However, if you want to win 1-2 games, there is still a chance, they want to win, then they can't let Durant be the boss anymore, he is indeed the most sure of the three singles, but because the rise in age is only suitable for the final harvest, he can't stick to the whole court, so Booker should be the team boss again, he still has a height advantage in the face of Conley's defense, and the efficiency of this game is also good, he got 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists on 6-of-13 shooting, but he didn't have the ball.

Beal was also very inefficient in the face of Edwards' defense in this game, with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists on 6-of-17 shooting.

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