Mavericks 4-1 Timberwolves! It's not the win that doesn't work, it's Irving's words, is Tatum afraid?

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2024-05-31 13:01Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

In an NBA playoff game that ended today, the Mavericks defeated the Timberwolves 124-103, there was no suspense at all, Doncic broke out in the first quarter and scored 20 points in a single quarter, leading the Mavericks to open the point difference early, and Irving took over the game in the second quarter, and the point difference came to 20+, the Mavericks led by up to 36 points in the third quarter, and the Timberwolves recovered a lot of points in the second half, but the front hole was too big, and the Mavericks did not give another chance in the final quarter. In terms of statistics, Irving scored 36 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists with no turnovers, Doncic also scored 36 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 4 turnovers, Washington had 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers, and Gafford had 11 points and 9 rebounds.

Frankly speaking, the process of this battle was beyond our expectations, because the first four games were very intense on both sides, and it was basically the decisive moment before the winner was decided, and there may be a gap of 1-2 goals, but today the Timberwolves were beaten by the Mavericks, giving us the feeling that the gap between the desire to win between the two sides is obvious, and the Mavericks are obviously coming towards the goal of ending the series, but the Timberwolves are a little lacking in fighting spirit. After this battle, the Mavericks eliminated the Timberwolves with a score of 4-1 and successfully advanced to the Finals, the opponent is the Celtics, and both sides have a lot of grievances, such as Irving and the Green Army, Porzingis and the Mavericks, in addition, Doncic and Tatum who will become the new king of the league this year is also worth looking forward to, it is difficult to judge which of the two teams is stronger or weaker.

You have to find the reason for losing, looking at the whole game, the Timberwolves mainly have two points that are not doing well, the first is that they can't limit Eastern Europe, the Timberwolves follow the G4 defensive strategy, McDaniels defends Irving, Edwards plays against Doncic, but I didn't expect the Timberwolves' defensive strategy to suddenly fail, Doncic scored 20 points in the first quarter, more than the entire Timberwolves team (19 points), almost how to shoot, the Timberwolves have defended to the extreme, and as a result, Doncic can score three consecutive logos, and the Timberwolves have no problem defending, but people just can enter the fairy ball, there is really no way. From the beginning of the second quarter, the Timberwolves obviously began to target Doncic, all kinds of confrontations, but Irving's time came again, 15 points in a single quarter, and Irving went down to earth.

Since the third quarter, the Timberwolves have been messed up on the defensive end, Doncic and Irving have broken out in turn, and the Timberwolves can't hold any of them, such as Gobert, who has been trained by Doncic for several rounds, and Lee Kyle, who has also been blown up many times, and it must be admitted that Eastern Europe is indeed the strongest combination of offensive firepower in the league today, and now the pressure is all left to the Celtics, Holiday and White are defensive guards, the former has even been selected for the best defensive team 6 times, I don't know if the Green Army will be able to lock up one of the Eastern European players at that time. The second reason for the Timberwolves' loss is that there is a gap in the star level, in fact, in the entire series, except for G4, the other four games are Eastern European end games, Edwards and Towns are too far apart, although the two champions of G5 played well, but Eastern Europe is stronger.

The playoffs are ultimately a test of superstar ability, and Edwards has so much to learn, how to crack the bag, how to share the ball, how to help the team in a bad situation, these are all areas that he needs to focus on. On the Mavericks' side, the biggest contributor to the win must be Doncic, who helped the Mavericks get off to a good start in the first quarter, that is, after Curry in 22 and Jokic in 23, Doncic won the 3rd Western Conference MVP, Curry and Jokic won the championship in those two seasons, and in the end they were both FMVP, this law seems to imply that this season's championship will be the Mavericks, Doncic won the FMVP. And then Irving also contributed a lot, in the second quarter, when the Timberwolves were close to the point difference in the second half, Irving also stood up many times to score in response.

Irving was interviewed after the game, talking about the 4-1 elimination of the Timberwolves in the series, Irving said: "I told my teammates after the game to enjoy this moment, it's really not easy to get to this point, in this league, nothing is guaranteed, my teammates are very collective, we are training hard every day, we are doing small things, we have to reward ourselves by playing hard," these words are easy to understand, Irving believes that the Mavericks can get to the Finals by the efforts of the whole team, After all, all the way to the playoffs, the Mavericks are not favored.

Then came the point, when it came to the Celtics, who were against them in the Finals, Irving said: "Boston is a stumbling block on our way [to win the title] and of course we're looking forward to beating them and getting to this point, we all have one goal on the team, to win the championship, and I told my teammates after the game that we were slacking off in the second half today, we have to keep the sense of urgency, we are not over and we have four more games to win." ”

It can be seen that Irving is very confident, he has a showdown, he must win the championship, I don't know if Tatum is afraid? In addition, Irving was a little dissatisfied with the Mavericks' performance in the second half today. There are statistics, the Green Army has swept the Mavericks in the regular season for 2 consecutive seasons, and Irving has personally lost 10 consecutive defeats against the Green Army, but we all know that there is not much reference significance in the regular season, the Suns swept the Timberwolves in the regular season, and the playoffs were swept is the best proof, the strength of the Mavericks lies in Eastern Europe, and the Green Army lineup looks like there is no shortcoming, but Eastern Europe is too strong, and it is unknown whether the double tanhua can match, such as playing at a critical moment, can the double tanhua stand up? Finally, Irving also talked about Tatum, saying that Tatum has always been excellent, and he is looking forward to this Finals matchup.

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