On May 8, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs semifinals continued, and the series between the Western Thunder and the Mavericks officially began, but in the first game, the Thunder continued their strong performance in the first round, defeating the Mavericks 117-95 at home and making a good start. As the Thunder continue to win, they and the Timberwolves are still undefeated in the playoffs, which no one expected.
This season, the Thunder and the Timberwolves have performed very well, and have always occupied the top position in the West, and in the end, the Thunder won the first place in the West, and the Timberwolves were third. Although they have a high ranking, the outside world thinks that they will not go far and are likely to be out in the first round, after all, they lack experience. It's just surprising that they were not as unbearable as predicted, and directly completed the super counterattack, and all of them completed the sweep with a score of 4-0 in the first round, directly slapping many so-called experts in the face.
After entering the semifinals, the Thunder and Timberwolves, as dark horses, are still not favored, but they don't care. This time, the Thunder made the best response, winning a 22-point victory in the first game, getting off to a good start, and also winning five consecutive wins in the playoffs, still undefeated. Alexander's performance was also excellent, with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists in the first game, completely suppressing Doncic on the opposite side, and also helping the team to take the initiative, I believe that no one dares to take them lightly this time.
The Timberwolves were even more popular, sweeping the Big Three Suns 4-0 in the first round, facing the defending champion Nuggets in the semifinals, and taking a 2-0 lead in the first two away games, which was also quite surprising. I thought that the Timberwolves would not be able to cause trouble for the Nuggets, but I didn't expect the Timberwolves to directly blow up the Nuggets at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and won the first two games, and established a lead of up to 32 points in the last game. Now the outside world is more optimistic about the Timberwolves' side, and even thinks that they have a chance to directly sweep the defending champions 4-0, and the wind has changed dramatically.
In this way, the Thunder has won 5 consecutive games in the playoffs, and the Timberwolves have won 6 in a row, and they are still undefeated. The Thunder's Alexander playoffs have been on a hot streak, and the Timberwolves' Edwards is also strong, and the two are likely to meet in the Western Conference Finals, which will also declare a new era in the league, no longer the era of James, Durant and Curry.