2 to 0! Doncic kills the Timberwolves! Edwards fatal mistake

Basketball Teaching Forum

2024-05-25 11:45Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

On May 25, Beijing time, NBA Western Conference Finals G2, let's talk about the results of the game: the Mavericks defeated the Timberwolves 109-108 away, with a total score of 2-0. Doncic (sprained right knee and left ankle soreness) is still playing today. Mavericks starters: Doncic, Irving, Derrick Jones Jr., PJ Washington, Gafford

Timberwolves starters: Conley, Edwards, McDaniels, Towns, Gobert. In the Western Conference semifinals, the Timberwolves and Nuggets fought seven games. In G1, Edwards made 16 shots from the field, 12 of which were three-pointers. After the game, both Huazi and Downs admitted that the team was too tired and G2 needed to go to the basket!

Speaking of today's game, in the first 30 seconds, the Timberwolves had an embarrassing scene: Conley served from the bottom line, all 4 teammates ran to the front court, no one received the ball, and the Timberwolves were forced to shout the first timeout. Huazi did what he said, constantly breaking through to the basket to create damage. With 7:18 left in the first quarter, Towns made 2 fouls, and Reed scored a three-pointer as soon as he came on.

The Mavericks came off the bench for Hardy, playing 5 minutes in the first quarter, scoring only 3 points on 1-of-5 shooting, and the number of shots was the same as that of Doncic and Irving. Washington missed 0-of-2 from the field in the first quarter and had two fouls on his back. Edwards played the full first quarter, shooting 2-of-7 from the field, 1-of-4 from three-point range, and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line to score 10+3+2! At the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves led by six points at 32-26.

At the start of the second quarter, Towns and Conley went on a 16-7 run, and the Timberwolves took a 15-point lead. Today the referees encouraged confrontation and were more suitable for the Timberwolves. Reed and Lee Kyle both exploded, Reed scored 12 points on 4-of-4 three-pointers in the first half, and Lee Kyle scored 5 points on 2-of-4 shooting, but he also had 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The Mavericks trailed by as many as 18 points, and in the last 2 minutes of the second quarter, the Timberwolves fell into a scoring drought, and Lively dunked continuously, and the Mavericks used offensive and defensive transitions to close the point difference. At the end of the first half, the Timberwolves led by 12 points at 60-48. The Mavericks made 4-of-14 three-pointers and shot just 28.6 percent; The Timberwolves shot 8-of-17 from three-point range and shot 47.1 percent.

Irving had 5 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 2-of-8 shooting, and Doncic had 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on 5-of-14 shooting; Edwards finished with 13 points, four rebounds and two assists on 3-of-11 shooting, while Towns also finished with nine points and five rebounds on 3-of-11 shooting. Yibian fought again, and Downs scored 7 points in a row. Irving still couldn't find his touch, and Doncic led the team to chase the score, and the last three and a half minutes of the third quarter were only five points left.

Doncic and Irving were caught in the middle, and Hardy dared to shoot despite his ball quotient, scoring five points in the third quarter. Reed missed a shot from the outside and scored another three-pointer. At the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves led by seven points at 86-79. Irving scored seven points on 3-of-11 shooting and had to step up in the fourth quarter. Irving led the team 8-0 in the final quarter, and the Mavericks overtook it!

Reed stepped up to fight Irving and hit two three-pointers! In the last 6 minutes and 36 seconds of the final quarter, the Timberwolves led again 94-92, and Reed made 7 of 8 three-pointers! The game went into a heated game, and in the final three and a half minutes, the Mavericks trailed by one point. Downs was dropped in the final quarter and sat off the court for 10 minutes. No way, Reed's this one is too fierce!

Edwards made a breakaway and made 4 of 4 free throws. In the final one-and-a-half-minute period, the Timberwolves led by five points. At the critical moment, Irving missed 2 free throws. After making up for it, Irving hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner and trailed by two points in the final 1 minute. At 12.8 seconds, Edwards made a bad pass. Doncic named Gobert and played DPOY, and Dongzi hit a desperate three-point shot.

With just three seconds left, Reid couldn't make the final shot. Congratulations to the Mavericks for narrowly defeating the Timberwolves 109-108, bringing the total score to 2-0, and the Mavericks entered the Finals with one foot. Doncic had 32 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists, Irving had 20 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists (13 points in the final quarter), and Gafford had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 hats! Edwards was 5-of-17 for 21 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists!

Reed did his best with 23 points! In the history of the NBA, only 5 teams have been able to complete the comeback when they lost two home games in a row and fell behind 0-2! Do you think the Timberwolves can do it?

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