On April 24, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs ushered in the matchup between the Timberwolves and the Suns G2.
The Suns' tactics have not changed much, and they all rely on the Big Three, but unfortunately they don't feel good
In the first quarter of the game, the Suns continued to play iron, the Timberwolves Conley broke through to complete the layup, Edwards scored three points, Nurkic and Booker made mistakes, McDaniels converted the offensive dunk and was fouled, scored 1 point on the free throw, and Gobert completed the dunk! The Timberwolves played an 8-0 start, and the Suns quickly called a timeout. After the timeout, Durant still didn't shoot from mid-range, Beal began to catch the ball, assisted Allen to shoot a three-pointer in the bottom corner, and Nurkic scored under the basket. The Timberwolves also began to make mistakes, but fortunately, Gobert scored a switch offense, and also caused a foul, missed the free throw, and let McDaniels grab the rebound and make up for the basket, and the Suns fouled again, sent McDaniels to free throws to score 2 points, and also caused Durant to foul twice! The Timberwolves stabilized the situation.
Then the Timberwolves played the passing ball and used the pass to mobilize the Suns' defense, Gobert and Walker were able to score, but fortunately, Durant and Booker found some touch, scored five points in a row, Gordon also began to score, and Towns also received his third foul at the end of the quarter! The Timberwolves led the Suns 24-21 at the end of the first quarter.
Towns committed three fouls and disrupted the Timberwolves' offensive system
In the second quarter of the game, Gordon Sr. made a three-point shot, Reed and Conley missed a three-point shot, Beal was blocked for a layup, Nurkic was fouled for a rebound, and missed two free throws! Then Beal found his form, with both mid-range and three-point shooting, Durant scored a two-and-one on a single shot, and the Suns found their rhythm to the game. The Timberwolves didn't play well in this game, he didn't feel good at all, and he shot a long-range three-pointer! In the end, he relied on Conley's three-point shot to survive.
Booker and McDaniels also got into a physical altercation, and McDaniels received a technical foul!
The Suns' offense suddenly lost power!
In the second half of the game, the Timberwolves had difficulty offensively, either making mistakes or not making shots, and finally relying on McDaniels to complete the dunk, the Suns had more chances on Nurkic and Durant, the two played Gobert a total of four times, and only Nurkic scored once. Suns Allen was also injured on the offensive end, was directly helped back to the locker room, stepped on Conley's foot when defending, and sprained! Then Beal and Nurkic scored 4 points in a row, and the Timberwolves Towns began to exert strength, hitting the inside line and scoring 5 points in a row, and then was released at the top of the arc and scored three points, and the Timberwolves overtook the score.
Then he relied on Beal to throw a three-point shot to break the deadlock, Edwards continued to play iron with a three-point shot, and Booker's three-point shot came! The classic Booker style of play went straight to the defense and pulled out a three-point shot! Stopped the Timberwolves. After the timeout, McDaniels completed the dunk, Edwards converted the offense and was fouled and scored a free throw, Reed broke through and scored a layup, Beal fouled Edwards and sent him to the free throw line, free throws scored 2 points, Edwards singled Durant to score on a mid-range shot, McDaniels completed a layup, the Timberwolves overtook the score again with a wave of 12-0, and the Suns had no points for 4 minutes. In the end, Durant scored on a mid-range shot, Durant scored a ball, and Coach Finch immediately called a timeout! Then Booker scored from mid-range, Walker returned a three-pointer, and Towns defended Durant and received his fourth foul, leading the Suns 78-71 at the end of the third quarter.
Booker's continuous mistakes allowed the Timberwolves to play an offensive climax again, and Durant basically couldn't touch the ball in the fourth quarter
In the final quarter of the game, Booker made consecutive mistakes, offensive fouls, passed out of bounds, and then clamped his arm to Towns, which was also an offensive foul, and Vogel's challenge failed! It can be said that the situation is frequent, and Booker himself is also the fourth foul! Finally, the Suns relied on Beal's layup and Gordon Sr. to shoot three points! And the Timberwolves scored consecutive inside points, Conley scored three points, and the difference has come to 13 points. Then the Suns continued to make mistakes, and McDaniels scored 4 points on consecutive layups, continuing to expand the score, and the difference came to 17 points!
After a timeout, the Suns relied on Eubanks to complete a dunk, and Gordon made a three-pointer, but Edwards of the Timberwolves hit the whole game and hit a three-point shot! The Timberwolves scored 29 points on the Suns' turnover, while the Suns scored only two points on the Timberwolves' turnover. Vogel complained about the referee and was whistled for a technical foul! Gobert made a foul and scored a free throw, Durant couldn't touch the ball on the court, and Eubanks was blocked for a layup! McDaniels scored three points, and the difference had reached 19 points! In the end, after Durant grabbed the rebound, he didn't pass the ball anymore, dribbled to the front court and scored, and Finch had a mentality again, and immediately called a timeout! Then the Suns didn't have any point chasing arrangements, Booker was fouled twice in a row and was forced to leave the court! In the end, the Timberwolves defeated the Suns 105-93 and led the Suns 2-0 in the series!
Full-time player stats
Suns: Booker shot 6-of-13 from the field and 1-of-6 from three-point range for 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 6 fouls and 6 turnovers, Durant shot 6-of-15 from the field and 0-of-2 from three-point range for 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists from three-point range, Beal shot 6-of-17 from the field and 2-of-4 from three-point range to finish with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and Nurkic had 10 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists
Timberwolves: Towns shot 3-of-7 with 12 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist, McDaniels 25 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Gobert 18 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, Conley 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, Edwards shot 3-of-12 from the field and 2-of-6 from three-point range to get 15 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals, and Walker had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.
Full game summary
At the beginning of the game, I was expecting the Suns to have any tactical changes and new arrangements, and after watching the whole game, the biggest change for the Suns was to let Beal take on more offense, and still think about the situation of Beal beating the Timberwolves in the last game of the regular season?
In the final quarter of the game, Durant, like the previous game, began to lose touch the ball from the second half of the third quarter, and Booker was the same as the first game, with consecutive turnovers in the fourth quarter! On the contrary, the Timberwolves played more reasonably, and although Edwards and others did not feel good, they knew how to use their strengths to play.
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