Promoted 4-1 in surprise, and made a comeback easily 4-1! The strongest king of the playoffs was born, and the league pattern changed

Entering the end of the semi-finals of the playoffs, we have said goodbye to many stars one after another. The Suns' three giants Durant + Booker + Bill lead the team to miss the playoffs. This summer, Durant is likely to change teams, and the Suns can only have room to continue to strengthen around Booker if they trade. The Lakers led by James and Doncic were stopped in the first round. The third place in the Western Conference in the regular season once gave people hope to compete for the championship, but without the huge shortcomings of the center, coupled with the defensive disadvantages of the Big Three, the team's lower limit became very low. Including the Clippers, the playoffs, G5 and G7, Harden performed seriously in a bad way, but throughout the series, Ka's dominance was also declining. These two people lacked helpers, and only Zubac was considered stable. In addition to these traffic teams, the Warriors were also eliminated. In the semi-finals of the western part, the Warriors were finally eliminated by the Timberwolves 1-4. In the words of Slater, the Warriors had no intention of breaking up the team and reorganizing. The plan for next season will still be around Curry + Dream Chasing + Butler to build a rotation lineup. I believe the ability of the three veterans to lead the team. The Timberwolves entered the Western Conference Final for two consecutive years, which is surprising, but what is even more terrifying is that last year, the Timberwolves eliminated the Nuggets led by the Big Three of the Suns + Jokic in the playoffs; this season, the Timberwolves defeated the Lakers 4-1 in the first round this season, and completed a counterattack against the Warriors who lacked Curry 4-1 in the second round. The Lakers' lineup is short and the Warriors' lineup is not in order. The Timberwolves seem to have luck, but behind the luck, there must be relatively equal efforts. And Edwards, the boss of the team, became the strongest king in the playoffs!

When the Timberwolves broke into the Western Conference Finals, Minnesota media posted a picture: In the first round of the playoffs, the Lakers and Timberwolves series, the ESPN 10-man expert team is optimistic about the Lakers' promotion. In the eyes of the media and even some famous people, Gobert is the target of Doncic's military training. Randle is unable to fight against James, and even Edwards can't stand Doncic. In the series against the Warriors, the Timberwolves lost. Curry played 13 minutes and with a hamstring injury with a withdrawal from the game, but another thing was ignored: In that game, Edwards was stepped on his ankle by Davis. According to sports medicine experts, players usually need to rest for such injuries, but Edwards did not rest in a game. From G2 to G5, he averaged 38 minutes per game, scored 27 points per game, and led the team to counterattack, which was indeed hard!

U.S. media selected the toughest star in the playoffs, and Edwards accounted for nearly half of the votes. Judging from the data, how strong Edwards is. The playoffs averaged 26.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 6 assists and 1.5 steals, and the score was not high, but when Edwards was on the court, the Timberwolves beat their opponent 10.2 points in 100 rounds; when he was not on the court, the Timberwolves lost 5.5 points in 100 rounds, and the On-Off value was +15.7! In addition, as long as Edwards is present, the Timberwolves will win at least 8.6 points in the opponent's 100 rounds, especially the Edwards + McDaniels + Gobert's 18 points in the opponent's 100 rounds, and the strongest trio in the playoffs, no one.

In the words of Bay Area media, the most essential gap between the Warrior Timberwolves is that the Timberwolves have Edwards. Let me give you two simple examples. In the G3 game, the Warriors had a chance to win (in the end they lost only 5 points). In that game, Edwards played for 44 minutes under the influence of ankle injury and scored 28 points in the entire second half! When the Warriors caught up with only 4 points in the last 2 minutes, Edwards ruthlessly scored three-pointers to destroy the Warriors' counterattack, and then made two free throws to secure the victory! In the G4 game, the Warriors were smooth sailing in the first half. Edwards again in the third quarter. He made three-pointers and led the team to a 17-0 wave. After widening the 22-point difference in a single quarter, he directly beat Kerr to surrender in the fourth quarter and replaced it with the third lineup. No one in the Warriors could stop Edwards!

In the words of teammate Randall, Edwards is like a Wolverine. You can't imagine that after stomping your feet and playing miraculous performances, he is the focus everywhere he goes! Edwards scored 1,000 points in just 37 playoff games, comparable to James and Durant! Edwards' playoff RAT value (real plus-negative value, an indicator of evaluating the overall efficiency of players when they are on the court) has always been the first in the league, and behind him are Brunson, Jokic, and Alexander. Of course, Randall averaged 25.2 points, 6.6 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game, but Randall himself said that Edwards and I complement each other, I know what he needs me to do, and how should I cooperate with him to win the game. The alliance pattern has indeed changed! The older generation of legendary superstars James, Durant, Curry and even Harden are gradually losing their dominance in the playoffs. The newly promoted young star, Edwards, the core of the Timberwolves in the West Finals, Halliburton, the core of the Pacers in the East Finals, was the 12th pick in the first round of 20 years, and Alexander and Brunson were once abandoned sons of the Clippers and Mavericks respectively. The new generation of stars took over, Edwards is the best among them, and he is also the strongest king of the playoffs this year! They are likely to encounter Thunder in the Western Conference Finals. To be honest, this Timberwolves is not afraid of Thunder. Thunder is strong on the outside and is easy to fall when encountering setbacks. Let's talk about it separately.