On April 29, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs ushered in the fourth game between the Suns and the Timberwolves, and the Suns trailed the Timberwolves 0-3 in the previous three games without a win. In this case, the rest of the game will be a life-and-death battle for the Suns this season, and if you win, you will continue to play the following games, and losing any of them will end the season completely.
Before the game, Woj reported on a TV show that many in the league thought that Suns head coach Vogel would be fired at the end of the season! In the past three defeats, Vogel has not improved in the course of the game!
Allen of the Suns is still absent due to injury in this game, and the starters are the same as the starters in the previous game, which are Durant, Beal, Booker, O'Neal and Nurkic, and the Timberwolves start the same, which is still Conley, Edwards, McDaniels, Towns and Gobert.
Vogel is still the same Vogel, and if he doesn't agree with him, he will go to five small
In the first quarter of the game, the Suns played some cooperation in the first round, relying on Nurkic to score 4 points on the inside, Durant couldn't understand why he had to beat Towns or Gobert instead of Conley to play? McDaniels drew consecutive fouls on Nurkic on the inside and received a second foul early! Vogel replaced Gordon and continued to play a small lineup!
McDaniels continued to hit the inside, Durant shot and continued to hit the iron, Booker defended a three-second violation, Conley scored a free throw, and Durant singled Reed to finally have it, scoring five points in a row to help the Suns equalize. Then Durant and Booker blamed each other and didn't play, and in the end, Booker couldn't reluctantly pull out a three-point miss! Edwards converted offense and caused a foul free throw to score 1 point! Booker was decisive this time, and singled Downs to cause Downs to foul and score a free throw for the second time.
The Suns are still mostly singles in this game, and there is not much tactical arrangement in sight, but fortunately, the Timberwolves are not accurate in three points, and the two sides can form a stalemate on the court. The Suns ended the first quarter leading the Timberwolves 26-25.
Durant Booker began to exert his power and help the Suns establish a slight advantage
In the second quarter of the game, Gobert and Towns scored 6 points in a row, the Suns relied on Durant to break through and score a layup, Vogel asked Beal to defend Downs, and directly received his third foul, which could only be replaced by Booker. Then Durant and Booker scored 4 points in a row, Walker scored a layup inside and scored two plus one, and then the Timberwolves hit iron one after another, Booker broke through to score a layup, Gordon shot a conversion three-pointer, I thought the Suns were starting to get up, but a mistake allowed McDaniels to score two plus one! Fortunately, Durant made a three-point shot from the bottom corner, Booker also completed a layup, and the Timberwolves Gobert and Edwards both responded.
Edwards was let go, allowing the Timberwolves to open up three-pointers, and Nurkic assisted the empty Durant to complete the dunk! Then the Suns opened up from the outside, O'Neal and Beal hit back-to-back three-pointers, Towns responded with a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and Durant broke through to cause Gobert to score his third foul free throw. In the end, the Suns relied on Booker to score consecutive points, and the Suns led the Timberwolves 61-56 at halftime.
Booker Durant is on fire, and Towns Edwards can respond
In the second half of the game, Towns broke through and completed the first layup, Gobert received his fourth foul in less than 1 minute, and was forced to leave the court early! Booker scored on the empty cut, Towns continued to single Durant to throw and score, and Durant returned the color with three points! Reed missed the breakaway, Downs grabbed the rebound and gave it to Edwards in the bottom corner, and the three points also responded. Beal missed two three-point shots, and Edwards converted to attack with a three-point shot! McDaniels was let go and broke directly to the inside to complete the dunk to help the Timberwolves overtake the score, and Vogel immediately called a timeout.
After the timeout, Durant pulled out a mid-range shot, and Towns immediately replaced it again! Booker hit a three-point shot! Edwards broke through Reid in the bottom corner and hit a three-point shot! Booker broke through and scored a layup, and the two sides began a battle of offense! Edwards also hit a three-point shot! Durant singled Reed and carried Reed to a layup to score! Downs missed a three-point shot, and finally lost the power! Unfortunately, Gordon didn't have a three-point shot and failed to help the Suns overtake.
Then the Suns Durant and Booker took turns firing, once helping the team overtake the score, Edwards pulled out three points and shot, fortunately Nurkic dug up and made a layup, the Suns lost rebounds in a row, Lee Kyle missed the layup, Miaoke Daniels completed the rebound, fortunately Edwards missed three points, otherwise the Suns had to pause! At the end of the third quarter, the Suns led the Timberwolves 92-90, Booker scored 18 points, Durant scored 11 points, Timberwolves' Towns scored 11 points, and Edwards scored 15 points!
Bill turned against him and turned into a poisoned arrow, killing the sun
In the final quarter of the game, Beal returned to the court and scored first, and Beal finally regained his touch. Reed broke through to score a layup, Durant was still on the court, couldn't praise Beal, the pass was wrong, Conley converted a three-point shot, and directly overtook the score! Vogel saw that the situation was not right, and replaced Booker in just 1 minute and 30 seconds, and Nurkic also returned. O'Neal missed a three-point shot, Nurkic blocked Gobert, Booker converted to a layup, and the Suns overtook by one point, and Booker has scored 39 points! Conley missed, the Suns converted to attack Booker and scored three points, the Suns led by 4 points, and Booker scored 42 points! Stopped the Timberwolves.
After the timeout, Conley made a three-point shot, Booker's shot was blocked, Edwards hit a mid-range shot, and the Timberwolves overtook the score again! Durant pressed the whistle and shot three non-sticky, the Suns violated the rules in 24 seconds, Edwards missed the shot, Booker grabbed the rebound and fouled, Walker missed the three-point shot, the Suns lost the rebound again, Towns broke through and scored, the Timberwolves led by 3 points, and the last 7 minutes!
Beal made another low-level turnover, fouled Gobert without the ball, his fifth personal foul, shot 3-of-11, 1-of-4 three-pointers, and only 1 assist, the worst game of the series, where did the Suns trade Beal get in return! Gobert missed the basket, Durant scored a layup, Walker missed the layup, and Gordon also hit a three-point shot! Edwards made a three-point shot from beyond length! Booker broke through and was blocked, Nurkic gave the rebound to Okogie for an inside dunk! The Timberwolves asked for a timeout.
After the timeout, Beal returned to the court to become the background board, Edwards scored on a single shot, Booker broke through to dunk, and was blocked by Edwards! Downs fouled Booker without the ball and sent Booker a free throw to score, O'Neal was released and finally scored three points, and the Suns equalized the score! Edwards responded with three points, Beal continued to hit the iron with three points, but fortunately grabbed the rebound and singled Gobert scored a backhand layup. The Suns offered Edwards and McDaniels hit a three-pointer to bring the margin back to four points. Booker caused a foul and scored a free throw, Conley missed a three-point shot, Beal made a pass error (no offense, no defense, I don't know what Vogel was doing when he replaced him, it is better to change a player who can defend to limit Edwards)! Edwards blocked Durant! After the Suns took a timeout, Beal made another mistake! Edwards held the ball in the midcourt, Beal fouled him, Edwards stepped on Beal's foot, and it looked very painful! Beal left the court with six fouls! Directly sent Edwards free throws to score 2 points.
Booker scored a layup, Booker hit a bull across the hill, hit Conley, and Conley hit head coach Finch, causing Finch to fall to the ground in pain, and was helped back to the locker room, with his feet difficult to exert force! This foul also sent Conley to a free throw to score two points. 1 minute and 40 seconds, the Suns trailed by 6 points, Durant made a dribble error, Conley fouled Okogie, sent Okogie free throws, missed two free throws! McDaniels missed three points, the Suns lost rebounds, and still trailed by 6 points in the last 30 seconds! The Timberwolves began foul tactics and sent Booker to score two free throws, Edwards completed the dunk directly without defense, Nurkic scored 1 point on free throws, deliberately missed the free throw, O'Neal missed three points, and the game was out of suspense! In the end, the Timberwolves beat the Suns 122-116, and the Suns were eliminated 0-4! The Timberwolves advanced to the second round.
Full-time player stats
Suns: Booker shot 13-of-21 from the field and 3-of-5 from three-point range to finish with 49 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, Durant shot 12-of-17 from the field and 2-of-3 from three-point range to finish with 33 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks, Beal shot 4-of-13 from the field and 1-of-5 from three-point range with 9 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 6 turnovers and 6 fouls, Nurkic had 9 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, O'Neal had 6 points and 6 rebounds, and Gordon had 6 points.
Timberwolves: Edwards 40 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks, Towns 28 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, McDaniels 18 points and 3 rebounds, Conley 10 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, Gobert 9 points and 5 rebounds, Reed 8 points and 3 rebounds, Walker 5 points.
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