Win by 26 points! Win by 25 points! Stirring up the west on your own, you have quietly revealed your champions

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2024-05-11 19:28Posted in Hebei

Which team surprised you the most in this season's playoffs? Maybe you would say the Knicks in the East, because the Knicks' tenacity is unmatched, and players such as Brunson, Hart, and Anunoby are all stars who can play more than 40 minutes at any time, and they have overcome obstacles along the way to convince the entire NBA league. However, in my opinion, the Timberwolves in the West are a "dark horse", they swept the Suns led by Durant and Booker in the first round, and they have played 2-1 in the series with the Nuggets in the second round, and there is a high probability of advancing to the Western Conference Finals. Let's talk about how tough the Timberwolves are this season.

First up is Edwards. I think Edwards is a bit like Wade in '06, who didn't play long in the NBA but fought all the way in the playoffs and probably made it to the end. Edwards averaged 30.4 points + 5.7 assists + 6.7 rebounds + 1.6 steals + 1 block per game in the playoffs, shooting 54.5% from the field, and averaging 3 three-pointers per game, with a three-point shooting rate of 41.2%. His physical fitness is very explosive, he breaks through well, shoots accurately, and his defense is relatively top, and there are no obvious shortcomings. Now Edwards is a bit like the more accurate shooting, breaking through the weakened 06 Wade, who is at least a top-three presence in the league in the playoffs, and the 22-year-old could change the current NBA league landscape.

And then there's Downs. Downs used to give the impression that he was "soft" and "can't play hard", but this season he is different. As a top pick, he is willing to play for Edwards, as the team's second, coupled with Edwards, McDaniels and others to attract opposing defense, Downs has been very efficient this season, averaging 19.7 points + 8.4 rebounds per game, shooting 57.1% from the field, and averaging 2.6 three-pointers per game, with a three-point shooting rate of 58.1%. Dare to ask, who else dares to say that Downs is a soft egg now? Overall, the Downs who are the second oldest are not a level of efficiency compared to the Downs who are the boss.

There is also the fact that the Timberwolves have too many defensive resources. Gobert is this season's DPOY, his interior basket protection ability is very good, and Jokic is very uncomfortable to restrict, with him on the inside, the Nuggets' Gordon, Porter Jr. and others dare not score under the basket. McDaniels' defense is also really top, he is 2.06 meters tall, can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, moves fast, has strong physical confrontation ability, good defensive awareness, and is also a quasi-DPOY-level forward defender, he is particularly effective in defending Murray and Porter Jr. Walker is also a very active defender, physically strong, fast, and has fitted perfectly into the Timberwolves' defensive system. Not to mention Edwards and Conley, they are both upper-middle level defensive levels, especially Conley, although he has no physical confrontation ability, his co-defense, his sense of defensive judgment is still there.

With such defensive resources, can the Timberwolves' defense be worse? They are the team that has defended the best this season, not one of them.

The Timberwolves won by 26 points in G2 against the Suns and 25 points in G2 against the Nuggets in Gobert's absence, which is enough to prove their quality this season.

Originally, I thought that the Western Conference would show a trend of "a hundred flowers blooming" in the playoffs, but unfortunately now it seems that it is "one super and many strong", the Timberwolves are the strongest, the Thunder and Nuggets are second, and the Mavericks are third. Overall, the Timberwolves are definitely the biggest dark horse this season, disrupting the Western Conference with their own strength, making the NBA's replacement of the old and the new more obvious. As it stands, the Timberwolves are the team with the best championship looks, and Edwards is also very likely to win the FMVP.

Edwards is too strong to lead the Timberwolves to such an impressive performance at the age of 22. You could say that Edwards ate the team's dividends, after all, the team has teammates like Towns, Gobert, McDaniels and Reed, but so what? This is true of every team that is competitive for a championship, and Curry and James must have Klay and Irving next to them to win the championship. In the future, Edwards may become the first man in the league, he is more efficient than Doncic, better than Trae Young's defense, better than Alexander's talent, too powerful!

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