Vogel has made adjustments on the defensive end, emphasizing the speed of rotation on the one hand, and using joint defense in a short period of time. After the adjustment, the Suns' overall defense has actually improved, and the Timberwolves are not very effective in finding opportunities by passing the ball and including the basket. But in terms of individual defense, because of the player's single defense ability, the Timberwolves still grabbed some opportunities.
Alexander Walker can force Booker, Conley can also play Beal, Jaden is even more incarnated as a small card today to beat Durant, Vogel can improve the team's overall defense through adjustments, but when it really comes to one-on-one, the Suns' single defense is weak, and Vogel can't do it. On the other hand, although they have the Big Three, they are all strong in single defense, and they can all match your Big Three.
G1 Finch sent Towns to play against Durant, and Jaden took over Booker and Edwards led Beal. G2 Vogel thought of a lot of ways for Jaden to play against Durant, thinking about freeing Booker and Beal as much as possible, and they did get their wish in the first half, Towns's three fouls came very early, and Jayden topped the No. 4 position against Durant. But Jayden was in very good shape today, turning into a small card at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and without Towns in the first half, relying on Jaden's play, the Timberwolves only fell behind by 1 point, which can be regarded as dismantling the Suns' pre-game targeting.
In the second half, the Timberwolves returned to a normal rotation and back to the right way to play, and overtook the score in the third quarter. But the Suns still had a chance heading into the fourth quarter, and they weren't much behind at that point. However, because of the deformity of its own lineup, the lack of organizers at critical moments, and continuous mistakes, the opponent counterattacked, from 6 or 7 points behind, to 15 points behind in an instant, and this game could not be recovered.
Today, the Suns barely matched the intensity of the opponent's defense on the defensive end, and the problem was that their offensive play was still too simple. One of the Big Three played alone with the ball, the other 4 people fell to the bottom corner and the flanks all died, and the people without the ball did not have any cover or run between each other, and the offense was too uncomfortable. Coupled with the strength of the opponent, there is no real point guard control on their own side, and various mistakes occur one after another, giving others the opportunity to counterattack.
Back at home, Vogel may still have to adjust from the offensive end, the Timberwolves are not a particularly offensive team, and they ended up scoring 105 points today, and they also had 19 turnovers and sent opponents on a large number of counterattacks. Defensively, with more rotation and some combo defense, the Suns can limit the opponent's scoring. But the question is how to solve their own offense, can the Big Three really kill people with a single slick? Can they use tactics to make it easy ball? Otherwise, even if they can kill each other, is it too tiring?