On May 5, Beijing time, in the face of the NBA's most difficult Devil's home court, Edwards scored 43 points to lead the team to win, and the super god battle was too much like Jordan.
And after this game, it can finally be seen why the Lakers were swept by the Nuggets 4:1 gentleman, and why the Timberwolves were able to win, because at critical moments, looking at the superstar's hard solution ability, Edwards is indeed much better than James.
How did the Timberwolves win this game? Especially when it comes to critical moments, see how they won it, the score gap between the two sides in the final quarter has never been widened, Reed's outburst is definitely useful for the Nuggets, but it is Edwards who has to make the final decision at the critical moment.
He first singled out Gordon and suddenly pulled back and threw a mid-range shot, expanding the difference to 3 points, and then broke through in 2 minutes and 54 seconds to force a kill and hit both free throws, and then Edwards sent the most exciting moment, with his back to Pope, this is a simple Jordan action, before playing Pope, Edwards made a gesture to signal his teammates not to come up to help, waved his hand, and let his teammates all pull away, don't block my space here!
The follow-up is immediately a very terrifying and difficult backward shot, directly pulled in, this is the most classic scoring guard action, just carry you Pope to play like this, the other party has no way. This is Edwards' ability to solve at critical moments, and the Nuggets are also chasing points and have not given up, but this ball directly beat the Nuggets a little bit out of confidence.
Not only that, but in the end, it was Edwards who made consecutive layups and foul free throws, and one person scored points, and the entire Timberwolves were the last. He also scored 6 points alone, which is the ability of the superstar to solve at critical moments, because the Nuggets just like the front. Everyone watched the fight first, and at the last moment the juice was boiled
The advantage of this style of play is that you don't have to give the opponent strength in the whole game, but the disadvantage is that you hit the key ball, you have to ensure your offensive success rate, you have to be able to score, and then you can prevent the opposite side from not responding to the ball, then you have no problem playing like this. If the other side can respond, and you can't collect the juice and can't prevent it, then you're finished.
This game is like this, the difference between the two sides is actually three or four points, but at the critical moment, someone from the Timberwolves team can score, and no one from the Lakers can score, so they can't respond, and they are directly won by a wave, isn't this the gap?
If James could play Edwards' 43-point performance in a single game in any game, the Lakers would have won, but unfortunately James did not score 40+ points in one game, so the Lakers lost to the Nuggets many times, all in single digits. Edwards' 3 domineering singles 1v1 goals are the biggest gap between him and James, and why the Timberwolves can win, but the Lakers lose.