The West Decisive Life and Death Battle, Li Kaier has made great contributions! God operates on a par with Rondo's clever solution to the sideline ball puzzle

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2024-05-29 13:29Posted in Fujian Sports Creators

On May 29, Beijing time, the NBA West Finals continued, the Mavericks with a 3-0 lead and a match point continued to face the Timberwolves at home, in the face of this life-and-death battle, the away Timberwolves in a desperate situation burst out with huge energy, and established a double-digit lead early, facing the Mavericks in the final quarter to chase the difference to a round again, the Timberwolves did not collapse this time, the dual-core Edwards and Towns successively delivered proud performances, and continued to hit key balls to lead the Timberwolves to win from the road, and the big score was 1-3 and refused to be swept out.

Edwards and Towns are undoubtedly the key to the Timberwolves' ability to survive the life-and-death battle, with the former handing over a quasi-triple-double of 29 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, and hitting key shots in a row in the decisive moments.

Downs also ushered in an explosive performance after three slumps, scoring 20 points in the second half to lead the team to victory, and scoring 25 points and 5 rebounds in the whole game, with a true shooting rate of 87.3%, creating the best performance of 20+ career points in the playoffs.

Towns' performance was also praised by opponents Doncic and Irving.

Doncic bluntly said that when the Mavericks led by one point in the final quarter, Towns' two three-pointers were too crucial, and the team needed to put in a better performance when defending him.

Owen said that Downs suffered a lot of unfair evaluation, but he responded with action, he is a very good player, he respects him, and he knows that his teammates respect him too.

In addition to the duo, the Timberwolves' role players also performed extremely well, among which veteran Conley finally broke the Western Conference winless record.

Conley scored 14 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals on 5-of-9 shooting in the life-and-death battle, and finally won the first Western Conference final of his career, after a 0-7 record in the Western Conference finals, Conley led the Grizzlies to the Western Conference finals in the 12-13 season, but was swept out by the Spurs.

Compared with the veteran Conley, Li Kaier has become the biggest wonder soldier, handing over the contribution of data at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the magic operation is comparable to Rondo, and the problem of sideline ball is cleverly solved.

After falling behind 0-3, Timberwolves coach Finch finally figured it out and fulfilled his promise after G3 to increase Kyle Lee's playing time in the G4 life-and-death battle.

Li Kaier played 24 minutes and 58 seconds in the whole game, scoring 2 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 0 turnovers on 1-of-3 shooting, and playing more time than the 17 minutes, 20 minutes and 17 minutes in the first three games.

Don't look at the data is not eye-catching, in fact, Li Kaier has delivered brilliant performances on both offensive and defensive ends, and the defensive end has limited the Mavericks' offensive arrow Doncic, and the offensive end has sent a magical performance, comparable to the god operation of Rondo commanding Cousins to defend the air in the past.

The first critical pick-and-roll

At 5 minutes and 43 seconds in the final quarter, the Mavericks relied on Irving's mid-range to lead by 1 point, Li Kaier sent a high-quality block at the top of the arc, and Towns understood that he would go around to the top of the arc and hit a key three-pointer.

The second key block + magical command

With 5 minutes and 14 seconds left in the final quarter, the Timberwolves attacked the round, and Li Kaier first excitedly commanded Towns to squat in the bottom corner.

Then, after Edwards broke through, he commanded Huazi to pass the ball to Downs, and Li Kaier immediately sent another high-quality block, and Downs hit another three-point shot, and the difference was stretched to 5 points.

Solve the puzzle of the sideline ball and kill the game directly

In the last 12.8 seconds, with Doncic's magic three-pointer, the difference was chased to 3 points, the Timberwolves called a timeout, and Li Kaier served on the sideline.

Then Lee Kaier sent a wonderful pass, and Reed could easily attack the basket directly after receiving the ball, scoring 2 points to kill the game.

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