The big dark horse fell down with a bang, and the three giants pulled two, but it was a gentleman who swept across the board, and the big picture was decided

We also saw the second game between the Thunder and the Timberwolves in the West Finals and thought the Timberwolves would respond, but the Timberwolves lost again. Although there are 0-2 in NBA history to turn the entire series, there are not many such examples. The Timberwolves are quite passive now, which is a situation that has not been encountered in the first two rounds. The big dark horse fell down with a bang, and the three giants pulled two, but the gentleman swept across the board, and the overall situation was decided. As a big dark horse team, the Timberwolves had a smooth first two rounds. It was precisely because the previous game was too smooth that when they encountered difficulties in this round, they could only fall down. The first game was like this, and the second game was the same. The Thunder are neither the Warriors nor the Lakers, they are higher-level opponents. The Timberwolves did not have enough expectations for the intensity of the game, which is another reason why they are passive, and there is no doubt about this.

So how did the Timberwolves lose in this game? First, the Big Three pulled two. After all, the Timberwolves are still the Big Three teams, but only Edwards performed normally in this game, scoring 32 points, 6 assists and 9 rebounds. As for Randall, his previous magical performance did not appear in this game, with only 6 points in 2 of 11 shots, and Gobert only had 5 points. At the last moment of the game, Finch simply reduced their playing time directly.

Second, unable to prevent Alexander. For the Timberwolves, although there are quite a lot of defensive resources, they have no way to deal with Alexander's defense. The reason why he couldn't defend against Alexander was that on the one hand, Alexander was strong, and on the other hand, he was a mid-pointer and was very cautious in making three-pointers, which made the Timberwolves' defensive formation very uncomfortable. More importantly, it’s fine if you can’t prevent Alexander from scoring, but Alexander also led his teammates to score.

Third, it fell into a vicious circle. Looking at the round of the game, the Timberwolves were actually going back and forth in a vicious circle of China. After the game started, I didn’t have my own rhythm and kept running with my opponent. I clearly have an inside advantage, but I just don’t make good use of it. After falling behind, the Timberwolves began to worry and the more they played the game, the more they felt uncomfortable. In this round of competition, the Timberwolves really encountered difficulties, and they really had no solution.

Fourth, there are too many mistakes in the on-site adjustment. The Timberwolves have a complete lineup, but on-the-spot adjustments are really hard to describe. They are always half a beat slow in the game, and after the adjustment comes, the Thunder changed another way. In general, after the Timberwolves lost in this game, the overall situation was basically decided. Even the next two home courts are on the Timberwolves. The suspense of the series now is whether it is a sweep or a gentleman sweep.