Doncic 32+ triple-double! Irving ruled the final quarter, scoring 36 points on 33 shooting, Huazi tried his best, and Towns was waived

Achenggao

2024-05-25 11:05Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

On May 25th, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and today the second game of the division finals between the Timberwolves and the Mavericks officially started, and the first game between the two sides ended in a narrow victory for the Mavericks.

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At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Gafford scored 4 points for the Mavericks, Edwards and Conley combined for 4 points, Gafford and Doncic combined for 5 points in response, Edwards and Doncic sent free throws to each other, Conley and Edwards combined for 4 points, Irving and Lively combined for 4 points in response, the two sides played very close in the first half of this quarter, but after coming off the bench, relying on the play of Nazreid and Lee Kaier, the Timberwolves led by 6 points to end the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Nazreid and Towns combined for 5 points to help the team extend the lead to double digits, Lively made free throws to stop the bleeding, Conley responded with three points, Doncic scored 5 points in a row, and then the game entered the time of the Mavericks, Conley and Lee Kyle combined for 5 points, Edwards hit another three points, the Timberwolves once extended the lead to 18 points, and seeing that the game was about to lose suspense, Lively continued to eat cakes inside to help the team chase down to 12 points to end the first half.

Yibian replayed Towns hit a three-pointer to help the Timberwolves extend the lead, Doncic and Washington combined to cut 4 points in response, Towns hit two free throws, Doncic scored 7 points in a row and assisted Lively to eat cake to help the Mavericks narrow the gap to single digits, and then Gafford and Irving scored successively to help the Mavericks chase down to only 2 points, and at the end of the quarter, Lee Kyle helped the team lead by 7 points in the first half to end the third quarter.

In the final quarter, Irving hit two three-pointers in a row to lead the team to play a wave of 8-0 directly overtook the opponent, Reed scored 8 points in a row to respond, Doncic and Gafford scored successively to help the team tie the score, Edwards and Conley combined for 4 points to establish the lead, Doncic and Levery combined for 4 points, Conley and Huazi combined for 6 points, Irving scored three points to stop the bleeding, and then Doncic scored three points, and finally the Mavericks defeated the Timberwolves 109-108.

Li Kaier is excellent, and the double champion is still sluggish

After chatting about the game process, let's talk about the players' play, this game Timberwolves showed their biggest advantage against the Mavericks, that is, the thickness of their lineup, the last team played so badly, but the Timberwolves still reached the last moment with the opponent, and this time they continued their lineup advantage. In this game, all five players on the team scored double-doubles, among the starters, Conley scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and Gobert scored 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Edwards shot 5-of-17 from the field, 2-of-7 from three-point range to get 19 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, although the offensive efficiency still doesn't look good, but this game Edwards is no longer obsessed with defending Irving, he is more aggressive on the offensive end. Downs had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists on 4-of-16 shooting from the field and 1-of-4 from three-point range.

On the bench, Reed scored 23 points and 2 rebounds very well, Lee Kyle got 7 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the whole game, this game Lee Kyle showed his value, at the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter, the reason why the Timberwolves were able to establish the lead was because of the existence of Lee Kyle, the team used three highs, so that Gobert, Towns and Reed two of the three plus Lee Kyle set off together, Lee Kyle's ball handling ability and defensive ability helped the team very well, and he replaced Downs in the fourth quarter, so that Towns was abandoned.

Doncic shows superpower

In this game, Doncic shot 10 of 23 from the field, 5 of 11 from three-point range, and got 32 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists. We all know that the playoffs are the stage for stars, and for now, there is still a big gap between the Timberwolves' double champion and Doncic's influence on the offensive end.

Irving, who played well in the last game, shot 7 of 16 in this game, and got 20 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in 6 three-point shots, although Irving did not play well in the first three quarters, but his cornerstone adjustment in the fourth quarter also helped the team, and Irving only scored 7 points in the first three quarters, and he dominated the final quarter. Although the Mavericks' blue-collar players didn't help their stars much on the offensive end, they did their best on the defensive end and deserved praise.

After returning to the Mavericks' home court in the next game, maybe Kidd needs to adjust the rotation, Exum is not very helpful to the team, Hardaway is also disappointing in playing tough games, in this case, it is better to give Hardy more time, although he is not stable on the offensive end, but at least he defends hard enough, and is positive. This series is destined to be very close, and you can't expect Irving to be as inefficient every day as this first three quarters, with the top duo versus the top lineup depth, and the strength of the two sides is still very close.

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