The Western Conference Finals averaged 15 points per game! The main culprit behind the Mavericks is that the Timberwolves' annual salary of 36 million stars is too soft

Achenggao

2024-05-26 07:53Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

On May 26, Beijing time, the American media reported that Haliburton will not play in the G3 of the Green Army and the Pacers East Final, that is to say, as long as there are no accidents, the Green Army is likely to be able to win the match point today, I have to say that the Celtics' road to promotion is too easy, they not only have strength, but also good luck, Butler of the first round of the Heat was injured, Mitchell and Allen were injured in the second round, and now the Pacers boss is also injured, and it does take courage to compete for the championship.

The Timberwolves, the previous favorites in the West, are now more and more uncrowned, and they defeated the Suns, who were considered the favorites to win the championship before the start of the regular season, in the first round, and also swept Durant and Booker, which is too surprising. In the second round, facing the Nuggets, the biggest favorites to win the championship before the start of the playoffs, the Timberwolves finally defeated the opponent through a tiebreaker, and the tiebreaker was still a 20-point reversal is also very inspiring.

After the Timberwolves won the tiebreaker, there were too many celebrities who said that the Timberwolves would be the biggest favorites to win the championship, because they saw the toughness and terrifying lineup thickness in the Timberwolves, but the Timberwolves are now 0-2 behind the Mavericks in the Western Finals, which means that the Mavericks who will return to their home court in the future have a good chance to easily win the match point, of course, it is too early to give the Timberwolves a loss, they only lost by 4 points in two games, which has shown that they are very close to the Mavericks' strength.

The biggest advantage of the Timberwolves against the Mavericks is the depth of their roster, the Timberwolves have three All-Stars in their playing years, Edwards, Towns and Gobert, as well as the surviving former All-Star Conley, as well as top 3D McDaniels, Super Sixth Man Reed, plus Lee Kyle and Walker both have the strength to play starters on other teams, the Timberwolves' roster depth looks at the entire East and West Final Four, they may be the strongest.

It is precisely because they can play enough players that the team can wrestle with the Mavericks, and the biggest advantage of the Mavericks in the face of the Timberwolves is the star, the Mavericks have been behind for a long time in the past two games, but they relied on their two stars, and finally achieved a desperate comeback, Doncic scored 15 points in the last quarter of the first game of the series, and Irving scored 13 points and 3 assists in the second game of the series.

There may be fans here who say, don't the Timberwolves have three All-Stars? They do have three All-Stars, but the quality of the stars is different, and it is a contest between stars in the playoffs, and as a result, the Timberwolves' triple core was completely blown up by the Mavericks' double core, although Gobert is an All-Star, but everyone also knows that his ability is mainly on the defensive end, he supports the Timberwolves' defense, which has little effect on the offensive end, and is even more targeted in the playoffs.

Edwards has played very well in the past two rounds, but the attitude of the Mavericks in this round is also very resolute, that is, to pinch Edwards and let Huazi play the ball, although Huazi has excellent personal offensive ability, but his ability to handle the ball is not so good, so he was also targeted, in the second round of the playoffs, he only averaged 20 points, 8 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 1 steal per game, with a shooting rate of 33% and a three-point shooting rate of 36%, and the performance is really difficult to call a giant.

Towns can be said to be very crucial in the last two games against the Nuggets, without his consistent play on the offensive end and Jokic on the defensive end, the Timberwolves may not be able to cross the Nuggets. Besides, Downs is more mature, he entered the league many years earlier than Edwards, and Downs is not troubled by the pinch shot, it stands to reason that he should step up to help the team, but the reality is that Downs played very badly, and he was also very soft.

He played against Washington in the game, it stands to reason that a center player, he is obviously stronger than the opponent in size and weight, Downs can easily crush the opponent by relying on his body to hit the opponent with his back, but Downs can't beat Washington, he is too soft, and sometimes he can't shoot when he has an open opportunity, because of his poor performance, in the second game of the series, Coach Finch even said that he abandoned Downs, and he can be said to be very disappointed with his performance.

In the past two Western Conference matchups, Downs averaged only 15.5 points, 7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, shooting only 27%, three-point shooting rate of only 21%, as a center player, such an overall shooting rate is too eye-catching, it can be said that the main culprit of the Timberwolves' past two losses is Towns, Edwards can at least pass a penalty, Downs is nothing, he is a waste of the ball when he plays, so coach Finch abandoned him.

Although Downs has played very well in the past two rounds of the series, but so far in this round of the series, Downs's performance has not been satisfactory, his performance in this round is completely unworthy of his annual salary of 36.01 million, Downs should play tougher, I hope he can adjust it as soon as possible, otherwise the Timberwolves can't cross the Mavericks.

The Western Conference Finals averaged 15 points per game! The main culprit behind the Mavericks is that the Timberwolves' annual salary of 36 million stars is too soft

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