The three main players are injured and can still fight the defending champion! The league's most pit superstar, pit teammates, and make Jokic happy

Achenggao

2024-05-16 08:30Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

After the start of the NBA playoffs, many teams played admirable performances, such as the Knicks in the East, they were able to reach the second round without the rotation of Randle, Anunoby and other four main players, and now they have won Tianwang Mountain, only one step away from advancing to the division finals. They were able to put in such a performance thanks to the dedication of every player.

It is not easy for the Timberwolves in the West, although they look strong, but one of the reasons why they have lost to the Nuggets one after another recently is due to the main injury, the team injured coach Finch in the first round of the game, in this season Finch proved his on-the-spot adaptability, as well as the ability to motivate players, but after the injury, Norrie took his role, he is now more like an assistant coach, can only sit in the assistant coach's seat, watch Norrie command, unable to play his role.

Then there is Conley's injury, Conley suffered an Achilles tendon injury, the 37-year-old veteran begged his teammates to help him win the championship before the playoffs began, because his career time is running out, but this season the Timberwolves may ruin his injury, Conley is like a head coach on the court when he is on the court, can control the court well and can also connect the team well, without him the Timberwolves are obviously struggling on the offensive end.

Then there is Towns, in the king mountain of the Nuggets and Timberwolves, Towns has always played with injuries, he was hit by Pope in front of the game and injured his knee, and limped on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends to insist on the game, although his ball quotient has been criticized by fans, but his efforts are commendable, in the case of the three main forces are injured, the Timberwolves can still fight the defending champion, and their efforts are also commendable.

The reason why the Timberwolves have been beaten by the Nuggets in three games in a row is not just because of injuries, but more because they can't limit Jokic's play, Jokic has played the strength of the first person in the league in the past three games, and the Nuggets have no choice, Jokic can average 33 points, 9.3 rebounds, 10 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.6 blocks per game in the last three games, and he scored 40 points and 13 assists in the battle of Tianwang Mountain.

Maybe some fans here will ask, don't the Timberwolves have Gobert, the best defensive player in the league? He didn't stop Jokic? He really failed to prevent Jokic, and even said that Jokic regarded him as his own toy, and in the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the teacher staged a low-post technical teaching, all kinds of hooks, back hits, turns, and a set of combination skills to beat Gobert so that he couldn't find the north, and Jokic faced Gobert in this game with 8 of 9 shots, and the best defensive player was beaten without a temper at all.

And according to the American media, during the timeout, Gobert asked Lee Kyle to defend Jokic, and it can be seen from here that he was scared by Jokic and his self-confidence was seriously damaged. To be honest, Gobert's defense is not as effective as Reed and Towns, if it weren't for Downs' injury in this game, maybe Gobert would have let Towns defend, in fact, when it wasn't Gobert's defense, Jokic shot a total of 6 of 13 in this game, and the shooting percentage was not outrageous.

The reason why Jokic played so easily in the face of Gobert is because he completely grasped Gobert's defensive strategy, if you dare to follow me on the three-point line, I will break through and kill you, if you don't come out, I will shoot you in three points, even if I don't shoot three points, I can also rely on back play and low-post skills to eat you, because the confrontation suffers, Gobert is unilaterally ravaged in the face of Jokic.

He was not only bullied by Jokic on the defensive end, but also taught by the opponent to be a man on the offensive end, in a round of G4, because Jokic continued to eat Gobert caused him to lose his mental balance, so Gobert asked for the ball in the offensive round and wanted to single Jokic to find the court, but as soon as he hit the back as soon as he made a force, Jokic saw through it, Jokic withdrew the stool, Gobert staggered and came directly to a walk, and the ball quotient was completely exploded.

It can be said that Jokic is the most willing to play Gobert, compared to Towns and Reed, Jokic's favorite single food is Gobert, because although the other two are also difficult to defend, they are active enough and athletic, and they are more difficult to play than Gobert. Before Gobert's comeback, the Timberwolves won one game without him, but after his return, the team lost three in a row, and if he didn't get a good end, he would be eliminated.

Gobert has made the Timberwolves miserable, it stands to reason that the existence of the best defensive players who can win 3 or even the above are all superstar-level players in the league, like Howard, Uncle Mu and Big Ben, but Gobert, who won the 4-time best defensive player, didn't expect it to be so bad, his DPOY is watery, he is not a level player at all in the regular season and playoffs, and he is too easy to be targeted in the playoffs.

If the Timberwolves can't get past the Nuggets this season, they may want to consider sending away Gobert in the offseason.

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