In the NBA playoffs on April 27, the Suns sat at home to meet the challenge of the Timberwolves, and Suns guard Allen was absent due to an ankle injury.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Downs received a pass from Conley and scored the first goal of the game after receiving a pass from Conley, and scored the first goal of the game, Beal was not to be outdone, and shot back after receiving the ball at three points, and then Gobert showed his defensive ability, launched a fast break after a steal, but obviously walked in the layup process, but the referee did not blow the whistle, causing dissatisfaction among the fans in the court, Booker then responded, first the arc top pass Gordon three-point accurate hit, and then the ball inside the unguarded Durant easily dunked, Edwards played his unsolvable sense, facing Beal's defensive confidence to hit, and Durant showed his ability to combine offense and pass, breakthrough point Eubanks layup scored 2+1, Gordon successfully blocked Walker's three-point shot at the end of the quarter, and the Suns trailed the Timberwolves by 2 points at 32-34 to end the first quarter.
Back in the second quarter, Gobert used his height to grab an offensive rebound under the basket and scored easily with both hands, Booker continued to play the middle distance without a solution, broke through the inside line and made a stop-and-go jump shot to score two points steadily, Bol Bol, who came off the bench, seized the opportunity to make the debut, and scored a dunk under the basket, Durant began to show absolute personal ability, facing Conley's strong defense and rebounding basket, ignoring the bag and dry jump shot to score two points, Edwards also seized the opportunity to convert the fast break, holding the ball straight into the basket and making an easy layup, Conley played the value of a veteran, first received Edwards' wonderful pass from the baseline and threw into the open three-pointer, and then broke through Gordon, ignoring Nurkic's supplementary defensive throwWith Beal's passing error at the end of the quarter, the Timberwolves led the Suns by six points at 59:53.
At the beginning of the second half, Downs ignored Nurkic's defense, hit a layup with beautiful steps, Conley also continued the hot feeling of the first half, receiving Gobert's hand to pass the flank three-point accurate shot, seeing that the team fell behind, the Big Three began to exert force, Beal counterattacked the wonderful pass Booker was not afraid of the tough layup against the confrontation, Durant also received Booker's wonderful pass in the counterattack and dunked with both hands, but the Timberwolves' offense was still unstoppable, Li Kaier passed to the bottom corner of the Walker three-point catch and hit the shot to successfully stop the Suns, and returned from the pause, Durant played a passing role, broke through the ball and passed the basket under Euban's easy dunkHowever, the Suns' defense has always been a big problem, McDaniels made a wonderful pass to Reed, who was unguarded inside, and easily dunked, stopping the Suns while also stretching the lead to 22 points in one fell swoop, and with Morris hitting a buzzer-beating shot, the Timberwolves ended the third quarter with a 95-73 lead over the Suns by 22 points.
In the fourth quarter of the decisive battle, Edwards's offense did not stop, first he threw two points under the basket, and then broke through and ignored Durant's defense to soar into the sky and dunked, the Suns will never give up the game, first Durant ignored Conley's defense and shot the ball steadily, Beal also held the ball and singled, facing Gobert three-point confidence to score to narrow the gap to 12 points, but unfortunately the Suns' interior shortcomings were too weak, and they lost rebounds one after another, McDaniels dunked with no one to defend the basket, and Edwards also received the rebound and passed Gobert to score 2 layups+1, at the same time, the referee upgraded to a second-degree malicious foul after review, and Otegie was directly ejected, but Edwards still played his personal ability and singled out Beal's difficult jumper to score, and the lead was reopened to 17 points, which also announced the end of the game. In the end, the Timberwolves defeated the Suns 126-109.
With the Timberwolves getting the match point 3-0, the Suns are already on the edge of the cliff, and the Suns' Big Three played very well in this game and scored 76 points, but they met an even better Edwards, who scored 36 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.
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