Doncic scored 32 points! Downs scored 15 points on 16-shot shooting, and the Wolves should reuse Lee Kyle and abandon Gobert if they want to win

Achenggao

2024-05-25 11:20Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

On May 25th, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, today the Timberwolves and the Mavericks G2 officially started, the Mavericks won G1 before this game, the Timberwolves who sat at home also wanted to get back a city, otherwise they would have lost two consecutive defeats to the opponent's home court, if they lost again, it would be difficult to advance, and both sides of the campaign also played their respective advantages, so let's talk about the game process first, and then talk about the players' play.

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At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Gafford scored the Mavericks with an inside kill, Conley and Edwards combined to score 4 points in response, Gafford and Doncic combined to score 5 points, the two sides played very close in the first half of the first quarter, and at the end of the quarter, relying on the play of substitutes such as Lee Kyle and Reed, the Timberwolves led by 6 points to end the first quarter. Conley and Lee Kyle scored five points in a row in the second quarter, and Edwards and Towns also scored one after another, and the Timberwolves once established an 18-point lead, but at the end of the quarter, Lively continued to eat inside cakes to help the team chase down by 12 points to end the first half.

Yibian hit a three-pointer to help the Timberwolves extend their lead, and then the game entered Doncic's rhythm, he broke through and killed teammates in a row, 11 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, and the Mavericks also caught up with the point difference under his leadership, and the Mavericks chased down by 7 points after the third quarter. In the final quarter, Irving led a wave of 8-0 directly overtook the opponent, Conley and Edwards scored one after another, and the Timberwolves led by 5 points in the last minute, Irving responded with three points, Edwards made a mistake, Doncic scored three points, and finally the Mavericks defeated the opponent 109-108.

The Eastern European combination is on full fire

Everyone knows that the biggest disadvantage of the Mavericks in the face of the Timberwolves is the lack of thickness of the lineup, the opponent has the strength of the starting 8 people in rotation, but it is good to have a top ball-holding core, under Doncic's tandem, the Mavericks also achieved 5 points on the double, if it were not for Doncic in the third quarter, it is estimated that the Mavericks would have surrendered the gun in the game, Doncic shot 10 of 23 in the game, and 5 of 11 three-pointers got 32 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists.

Although Irving played very inefficiently in the first three quarters, he stood up very well in the fourth quarter, shooting 7 of 16 from the field, 4 of 7 from three-point range, with 20 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal, and he scored a total of 7 points in the first three quarters.

Washington scored 10 points and 4 rebounds, Gafford had 16 points and 5 rebounds, and Lively scored 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. Next, it's time for Kidd to try to adjust the rotation lineup, and Exum and Hardaway should not use it as much as possible, they are not effective on both offensive and defensive ends, and it is better to add Josh Green and Hardy.

The Timberwolves should drop Gobert

Judging from this game, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the Timberwolves to eliminate the Mavericks in this round of the series, and the opponent's Irving played so inefficiently in the first three quarters, and as a result, the Timberwolves still played very close with the opponent, in terms of star quality, the Mavericks are obviously better than the Timberwolves, Edwards is too young, and Towns' ability is still a big gap compared to Doncic. The performance of the two-champion team in this game was still very inefficient, Edwards shot 5-of-17 from the field, and 2-of-7 from three-point range to finish with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Downs also played poorly, shooting 4-of-16 from the field, 1-of-5 from three-point range to get 15 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, and was abandoned in the fourth quarter. The duo have been terrible in their last two games, and if it weren't for the team's squad depth enough, they would have collapsed long ago. In this game, all 5 players scored double-doubles, and the role players stood up to withstand the offensive of the opponent's double core, Conley scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Reed got 23 points and 1 rebound.

Li Kaier scored 7 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the whole game, Li Kaier's play in this game is crucial, if it were not for his team in the first half could not establish an 18-point lead, in the third quarter the Mavericks once chased to only 2 points, if it wasn't for him to lead the team to catch up with the point difference, the Timberwolves would have been overtaken, and Li Kaier also limited Doncic and Irving very well in this game, Irving played badly in the first three quarters because he was limited by Li Kaier's long arm.

In this game, the Timberwolves used a set of three highs to work very well, that is, to let Lee Kyle + two of the three towers, to be honest, if you give Lee Kyle more playing time, maybe the Timberwolves will not be caught up with a big lead, Gobert's role is too poor, he wasted too many opportunities on the offensive end, and let the opponent's interior line eat cakes frequently on his head, Doncic even trained him to complete the kill, and did not play the level of DPOY at all, this round of the series, the Timberwolves should reduce the use of Gobert and let Lee Kyle play more time.

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