On April 29, Beijing time, the first round of the playoffs G4 Suns will continue to face the Timberwolves at home, this game is the last chance for the Suns, the Suns will either win or be eliminated, in the face of the battle of life and death, the Timberwolves' impact on the Sun's interior line is too fierce, the Suns side Bill missed consecutive shots, Durant and Booker are okay, the opponent's McDaniels played a climax, the Suns themselves have no defense, and it will be difficult to attack if it is slow to heat up.
Nurkic scored continuously in the opening game, and the defensive end was also very active, but he soon encountered foul trouble, Nurkic was hard enough in this series, in the face of Gobert and Towns, he could only say that he tried his best! After playing for a while, he was forced to rest, and the Timberwolves knew the importance of beating Nurkic in this game, and the Suns were left with the Big Three!
The Suns still didn't play a flowing offense at the beginning, Beal missed consecutive shots as soon as he came up, Durant began to score after hitting the iron twice, this game is the last chance for the Suns, Durant must do his best, this ball is good that the Suns did not fall behind at the beginning, Durant needs to attack and attack! Durant has no way, he doesn't have the energy to think about physical fitness, this game is a fight!!
Booker played very aggressively on offense today, Durant also played his ability, the Suns seem to have returned to the era of Booker + Durant singles last season, Beal played badly in the first half, Durant played quite tired, Booker also fought hard, teammates did not play, Durant and Booker had no choice but to play like this!
Beal played a mess at the beginning, he kept shooting iron, and the defensive end was also all kinds of explosions, and he quickly received three fouls, in the first half, Beal played 12 minutes, 0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, and the statistics except for 3 fouls are 3 in 0 shooting percentage, and the negative effect was brought into full play, Durant could only fight desperately to help the team bite the score, Grayson Allen was injured, Beal was sluggish again, Durant was too difficult!!This game Bill has been pitted to the extreme, Durant consumes too much.
Edwards suddenly found his hand in the second half and hit two three-pointers to lead the team to 8-0 and achieve a reversal, but the Suns twin stars Durant and Booker continued to fire unreasonably, 29 of the 31 points in the third quarter of the Suns came from them and stalemate with the Timberwolves, and the entire second half also became a duel between Edwards and Booker and Durant, and the Timberwolves coach Finch was knocked down by Conley and left the game injured at the decisive moment; In the end, the Timberwolves defeated the Suns away and swept the overall score of 4-0 to advance to the second round.
Technical statistics
Wonderful tidbits
(1) Miserable! Gobert hatted Booker and then fought back with Towns to "bully" Durant and score 2+1
(2) Raging under the basket!Madan / Towns / Gobert three consecutive grab the front court board in the end, Madan scored 2 + 1
(3) Durant, pegboard, big hat, Conley, round-faced den, counterattacked, and hit a three-point shot
(4) Come on your own! Durant single-handedly broke through Reed and drove straight into both hands to dunk
(5) Talent: McDaniels holds the ball at the baseline and hits the board in the face of the interception rider
Booker broke through for a layup and was capped by Reed
(7) Force!Durant singled Reed in a row and successfully scored 5 points with free throws
(8) Copy and paste! Durant cut the baseline for two consecutive rounds and received Nurkic's assist and dunk
(9) Ah, Beal angrily stomped on the basket and pulled the net, and then the empty basket dunked + flew up to save the basket and scored
Starting line-ups for both sides
Timberwolves starters: McDaniels, Towns, Gobert, Edwards, Conley
Suns starters: O'Neal, Durant, Nurkic, Beal, Booker