Doncic, Irving, combined for 63 points to win G1! The Timberwolves were hit with 4 major shortcomings, and Towns became the key to breaking the game

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2024-05-23 11:52Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

On May 23, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and today the Timberwolves and the Mavericks ushered in the first game of the series, and the final result is estimated to be known to everyone, the Mavericks defeated the Timberwolves 108-105 and won G1, the reason why the Mavericks were able to win was mainly because their dual-core played better, Doncic scored 33 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in this game, and Irving scored 30 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Doncic, Irving, combined for 63 points to win G1! The Timberwolves were hit with 4 major shortcomings, and Towns became the key to breaking the game

We won't go into detail about the specific process of this game, let's talk about the fourth quarter, because the difference between the two sides in the first three quarters was only 1 point, Reed and Jaden hit three points in the fourth quarter to help the Timberwolves establish the lead, but then Doncic scored 7 points in a row to help the Mavericks overtake, Edwards and Towns hit three points one after another, Doncic and Washington hit three points in response, and finally Irving hit two free throws to help the team kill the game.

Although the sample size of a game is small, but through this game we can see the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides, the Timberwolves were played by the Mavericks to play a short board, the most critical problem exposed by the Timberwolves in this game is their lack of players who score at critical moments, although Edwards is good, but he is only 22 years old, there is still a gap between Doncic and Irving's scorers at this level, Edwards scored 19 points on 6-of-16 shooting, and scored 6 points in 2-of-4 in the final quarter.

The team's second leader, Towns, scored 16 points on 6-of-20 shooting, and scored 5 points on 2-of-7 in the final quarter, and they scored a total of 11 points in the fourth quarter, while the opponent Doncic scored 15 points alone, and although Irving only scored 4 points in the final quarter, he hit a key free throw, and assisted Washington to hit a key three-pointer, and his presence is also full, in terms of star quality, especially the scoring ability at critical moments, the Timberwolves are too poor.

Then there is the problem of Edwards' slow ball, Edwards played very well in the first quarter of this game, he scored 8 points in a single quarter, 4 shots and 3 hits, the reason why he played so efficiently is because the opponent has been defending him alone, but since the second quarter, the opponent has begun to pinch him, which also makes Edwards's shortcomings begin to appear, his passing ability is limited, and he can't do it like Doncic's offense and passing, and when he shoots the ball, the opponent can also do a good job of making up defense, and his large-angle passing is also prone to mistakes, Although he had 8 assists in this game, he also had 3 turnovers.

It is still difficult for the team's first core to win the championship if it can't do the integration of offense and passing, we can learn from the teams that won the championship in the past few years: Jokic in 23, Curry in 22, Brother Alphabet in 21, James in 20, and now in the final four of the East and West, it seems that only the Mavericks have such a player. Huazi is very good, but he also needs to continue to practice, after all, he is still too young, only 22 years old.

In fact, Huazi also has a stable way of scoring, that is, his breakthrough kill, but everyone also knows that the problem with the Timberwolves now is that they have Gobert squatting on the inside, and teammates can't impact the inside, even if he goes down, the Mavericks' inside line is also a squatting pit, which also affects the Timberwolves' breakthrough killing, the Timberwolves scored only 38 points on the inside in this game, on the other hand, the Mavericks scored 62 points, and the Timberwolves scored 46.2 points so far this season, fifth in the league.

If you look at the season average points alone, their interior scoring is really good, but their interior shooting percentage is only 43.4%, which is very poor. Because they can't play inside, they can only play more three-point and mid-range shooting, which also makes it easier for opponents to defend their offense, and their single offensive means is also a problem. There may be fans and friends here who say, why can the Mavericks score so many points on the inside? Doesn't the Timberwolves have Gobert on the inside?

The reason is because of Gobert, the Mavericks duo used the block to name Gobert, and then used the speed to get past Gobert, and then went to the inside to kill, Owen didn't score a single three-point in this game, and almost all the points were won by breaking through the kill, and Gobert was down, and he could also single Reed and Downs. And this is also the fourth problem of the Timberwolves, which is the problem of their slow movement on the inside, against the Nuggets, their three towers are dominant, but against the small lineup of the Mavericks, they can only suffer.

Although the Timberwolves have so many shortcomings, they can still play back and forth with the Mavericks also shows that they also have advantages, their advantage is the depth of the lineup, even if the double champion does not play well, there are others on the team who stand up, McDaniels 24 points, Gobert 12 points and 7 boards, Reed 15 points, Lee Kyle 11 points. And this is also the key to the Timberwolves being able to counterattack their opponents next.

At the same time, Downs is facing Washington's defense on the court, if he can grasp this misalignment and play a stable output, the team can still beat the Mavericks, I hope Downs will adjust as soon as possible, don't be so soft. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the current Timberwolves and Mavericks? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.

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