From 4-1 to close to elimination! The favorite to win the championship fell down, and the boss of the team was also overrated.

This year's NBA playoffs are indeed exciting, with heroes competing for dominance, reversals and final kills emerging one after another, but there are inevitably regrets, that is, several traffic teams were eliminated, the Western Conference giants such as the Clippers, Lakers, Warriors, and the era of the third emperor of the Jenkudu is about to end, and old-school superstars such as Harden and Westbrook are nowhere to go to their first championship in their career. Westbrook is the traditional super giant that has gone the farthest this season. He and the Nuggets persisted until the second round of tiebreak, and finally lost to the league's No. 1 Thunder. This year's semi-finals of the playoffs, the Thunder, Timberwolves, Pacers and Knicks, are indeed not very popular. There is no such top-notch traffic star. I have to say one. The Timberwolves' popularity may be slightly higher, and their star Edwards is still quite attractive.

is different from other new generation stars. Edwards is a little arrogant and has a very sensible attitude. He will not cause trouble everywhere like Morant. He dares to swear trash in the game and challenge the league's improper punishment. From the perspective of game style, Edwards also plays in the flying and earth. Because of his outstanding physical fitness and explosive power, he often plays the best five ball moments in the game. During the regular season this season, Edwards continued to evolve, averaging 27.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game. The biggest improvement is reflected in his outside shooting. He averaged 4.1 three-pointers per game, and made a total of 320 three-pointers in the season, ranking first in the league. His three-point output is more than Curry, becoming the top three-pointer in the season. At the same time, he can maintain good efficiency and hit a 39.5% shooting percentage.

The key is that Edwards is only 23 years old and is already like an all-round warrior. More importantly, in the past two years, he has repeatedly eliminated super stars in the playoffs. Last year's playoffs, Huazi was eye-opening. He scored 40+ points in a single game and played very toughly. He led the team to sweep Durant in the first round, and eliminated the devil Jokic in the second round. In this year's playoffs, the Timberwolves swept the Lakers 4-1, and sent the Warriors home to fish 4-1, and Edwards led the team to eliminate James and Curry. In just two years, James, Durant and Curry have become his defeated players. This is why Edwards has more and more fans. Many people think he has a good chance to become the future face of the NBA league, the future top superstar, and the leader temperament is full.

However, nowadays, the praise of Edwards' ability is still a bit too high. When they meet a truly powerful opponent in the Western Conference Finals, Huazi and the Timberwolves were exposed. They were already 0-2 behind the Thunder on the verge of elimination, and they lost particularly fiercely in two games, losing 41 points in net loss to their opponents, and Edwards was no longer magical. He only made 13 shots in G1, scoring 18 points and 9 rebounds. Although he scored 32 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in G2, his efficiency was not high, especially his three-pointers, which completely failed to continue his high efficiency level during the regular season. He only made 1 of 9 three-pointers in the game. The Thunder's defense is indeed too tough, and Edwards can't break the deadline. It can only be said that their schedule in the first two rounds was too sweet. They squeezed a soft persimmon Lakers in the first round, and faced Curry without Warriors in the second round. When they met the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals, they were really exposed.

Promoted from 4-1 to approaching elimination! The favorite to win the championship fell down and the team's boss was overrated. If the Timberwolves can win the championship this year, then their path to the gods can be recorded in history. Unfortunately, their strength has not yet reached that point, and the team's boss Edwards is also overrated. Judging from the previous two games, in addition to the significant decline in data and being crushed by the opponent's MVP Alexander, Huazi's actual performance on the field was not satisfactory, and the main problem was that he held the ball. As a star-level guard, Edwards basically scored strongly on defense and made violent layups, but his offensive skills were not delicate enough. First, he did not have any organizational skills and could not lead his teammates to score. Second, his control ability was not up to standard among top stars, and he was too hesitant to play. Many of his moves were out of touch and his dribbling was also staggering.

And the Timberwolves also exposed many shortcomings. To put it bluntly, they can't fight with the Thunder. Because there is no stable organization point in the team, the Timberwolves made too many mistakes in the offensive process. Their mistakes in the two games were 13 more than the Thunder, and their fast break counterattack was much weaker than the Thunder, and a lot of points were lost just by mistakes. Secondly, it is also because Edwards' offense is not delicate enough to play the pick-and-roll, which has also caused Gobert to have a serious weakening of his presence on the court. Originally, Gobert had a certain ability to finish the basket, and the Timberwolves could make good use of this advantage, but under the Thunder's super oppressive defense, it is difficult for Gobert to perform tactics in the game to complete the ball. In the first two games, Gobert scored 2 points in one game and 5 points in one game, which indirectly led to the Timberwolves having almost no ability to score in the penalty area. In the next two games, the only thing worthy of gratitude for the Timberwolves is that they will return to the home court. I don’t know if the home court can give them some motivation.