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Thunder VS Timberwolves Western Finals: The ultimate game between the regular season king and the playoff dark horse

The recent NBA division finals are getting stronger and stronger. The Eastern Knicks are chewing the next away victory in the desperate situation of 0-2, and the Western Timberwolves even gave the Thunder a heavy punch in G3 - winning a total of 42 points! As soon as the score came out, many fans in their circle of friends were in a panic. I remembered that I was talking to my friends at the barbecue stall last week, and everyone was still saying that the Thunder, as the first in the regular season, was very stable. As a result, the situation is now, hey, it really corresponds to the saying "The playoffs is another stadium."

To be honest, the Thunder looked quite glorious this season, but when I thought about it carefully, I always felt that it was almost interesting. In the first round of the Grizzlies, G4 could actually be stalemate until the last second; in the second round, with the Nuggets, if Jokic had not been overdrawn in the final physical strength, who might have won. Yesterday I watched the G3 of the Western Conference Finals, and I was shocked when I was guarding the live broadcast - the whole Thunder team was like a power outage, with constipation in offense and leaking air, and was pressed from beginning to end by the Timberwolves. Suddenly I remembered that the NBA official website has counted that no team has been able to win the championship after losing 40+ in a single game in the past 20 years. This data is put here, and I am somewhat puzzled.

On the contrary, the Timberwolves are getting more and more smelly when they fight. I remember that in the middle of the regular season, I was still complaining to my colleagues: "After Towns left, this inside line was as soft as marshmallow, and Gobert's data dropped faster than my stock." Who would have thought that these guys in the playoffs were like changing people. In the first round of the Lakers, 90% of the entire network predicted that the Lakers would advance before the game, but the Timberwolves took them away 4-1 directly. Edwards's eyes when he dunked was like a wolf who had been hungry for three days. The second round of the Warriors was even more amazing. Curry tried to wrap his fingers with bandages, but he couldn't touch the edge of victory. Some people say they have drawn a good draw, but do you want to say that the Lakers Warriors have no strength? Last year, they were all teams at the division final level. If they were able to be swept, they can only say that the Timberwolves really tried their best.

What surprised me the most was Randle, who used to be synonymous with "playoff softies". In the 21st year of the Bucks, I still remember that he shot a 29% shooting percentage, which made me so angry that I almost dropped the remote control. But what about this year? The first three games of the Western Conference Finals averaged 22+5+5, with a shooting percentage of over 50%. The key balls in the fourth quarter were scored one after another, which made me slapped my thighs straight - this is not a soft ball, it is clearly an iron-blooded forward! I heard that the coaching staff specially designed a low-level singles tactic for him, and with Edwards' breakthrough, it became a nightmare for the Thunder's defense line.

Looking at the first three games of the Western Conference Finals, the Thunder took the lead 2-1 on the surface, but in fact it was undercurrents. Alexander's data looks gorgeous, but the free throws are 14 more than Edwards, which is somewhat controversial in the scale of the call. In the last quarter of last game, Hua Zi was obviously pulled in the jersey when he broke through, and the referee didn't whistle, which made the commentator stunned. If the referee can relax the standards next, the Timberwolves' impact might be completely released. After all, in terms of physical confrontation, Edwards's way of flying and hiding the earth is more at ease than an SGA who relies on a whistle to make people feel at ease.

When the Timberwolves traded Towns in the offseason, many experts scolded the management for making trouble. Now let’s look at it, sending away the double towers to replace Randall not only liberated Edwards’ ball rights, but also improved the team’s sense of space by more than one level. Although Gobert's data has declined, the defensive coverage area is still there, and several blocks at critical moments in the playoffs are worth a thousand gold. Sometimes I have to accept that the NBA business world is more important than hard work.

The debate about champions in the circle of friends is getting more and more lively. Spinach Company has also adjusted the Thunder odds to 1.85, but several senior fans I know have quietly bought the Timberwolves. For nothing else, it depends on their three rounds, from falling behind to reversal, from being questioned to sweeping, his ruthlessness is very similar to the Raptors back then. Besides, which championship in history is not a bit legendary? Perhaps this year, it’s really the turn of this "grassroots team" to create miracles.