On April 29, 2024, Beijing time, in today's NBA playoffs, the Suns ushered in the G4 battle with the Timberwolves at home. Suns starters: Booker + Beal + O'Neal + Durant + Nuki, Timberwolves starters: Conley + Edwards + Maidan + Towns + Gobert.
In the first quarter of the game, Nuki dunked, Gobert and Towns responded, the Timberwolves 5-2, Nuki dunked again, Madan made 3 free throws, the Timberwolves led by 4 points, Booker scored continuously, Maidan scored in a row, the difference was 5 points, Durant tied the point difference, Edwards and Lee Kyle scored, Booker and Okogie responded, the Suns overtook by 1 point, Reed and Lee Kyle scored, Gordon and Durant responded, the Suns led by 3 points, Towns made 2 free throws and 2 hits, and the Suns led 26-25 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Gobert and Towns overtook by 3 points, Durant and Booker scored, Downs and Walker responded, the Timberwolves led by 1 point, Booker and Gordon overtook by 3 points, Maddan, Gobert, Edwards scored, Durant, Booker, and Nuki responded, and the difference was still 3 points, Walker, Edwards, and Gobert exceeded by 3 points, Durant, O'Neal, and Beal exceeded by 5 points, and Towns hit 2 three-pointers in a row, Booker and Beal scored in a row to respond, and the difference was still 5 points, and the Suns led 61-56 at halftime.
Durant had 20 points, 5 boards, 4 assists and 3 blocks on 7-of-10 shooting in the half, Booker had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists on 5-of-9 shooting, Towns had 15 points and 5 boards on 5-of-7 shooting for the Timberwolves, and Edwards had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 2-of-8 shooting.
In the third quarter of the game, Towns and Edwards scored continuously, Booker and Durant responded together, the two sides were tied, Maddan, Towns, Reed, Edwards scored, Durant and Booker chased points, the Timberwolves led by 2 points, Booker and Durant scored continuously, Towns, Edwards and Maidan responded, the difference was 3 points, Durant and Booker overtook by 2 points, and the Suns led 92-90 in the third quarter. Booker scored 18 points in the quarter, Durant 11, Edwards 15 and Towns 11.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Beal made a layup, the Suns led by 4 points, Reed and Conley overtook by 1 point, Booker scored 5 points in a row to overtake 4 points, Conley, Edwards, and Towns overtook 3 points, Durant, Okogie, O'Neal scored, Edwards scored in a row, the Timberwolves led by 3 points, Beal and Booker scored, Madan scored three points, Edwards broke through and faced Durant to complete the dunk, the Timberwolves led by 4 points, Edwards made 2 free throws and 2 hits, Booker made a layup, Conley hit the knee of Timberwolves coach Finch, and Finch was injured and was carried off the court by 2 people.
Conley made 2 of 2 free throws, a difference of 6 points, with 1 minute and 40 seconds left in the game, Booker made 2 of 2 free throws, Edwards dunked quickly, made 1 of 2 free throws, Conley made 1 of 2 free throws, and the game ended, the Timberwolves defeated the Suns 122-116, and won the game after falling behind in the first three quarters, and swept the opponent 4-0 in the series to advance.
Edwards scored 31 points in the second half, finishing with 40 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks on 13-of-23 shooting (7-of-13 three-pointers), Towns had 28 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists on 11-of-17 shooting, Maidan had 18 points and 3 boards, Conley had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, and Gobert had 9 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Booker was 13-of-21 (3-of-5 three-pointers) and 20-of-21 free throws to score 49 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, setting a personal playoff scoring record, Durant scored 33 points, 9 boards, 5 assists and 4 blocks on 12-of-17 shooting, Beal scored 9 points, 1 board and 2 assists on 4-of-13 shooting, made 6 turnovers and performed poorly, and Nuki had 9 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
The Suns swept the Timberwolves 3-0 in the regular season, every game is a complete victory, the industry said that the Suns' style of play restrained the Timberwolves, but I didn't expect the Timberwolves to sweep the Suns 4-0 in the playoffs, even if Booker and Durant played a terrifying efficiency today, they couldn't win the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves were terrible, and another strong team in the NBA was born.
The Suns formed a big three of Durant + Booker + Beal last offseason, aiming to impact the championship, but they didn't expect to be swept 0-4 in the first round.