Eat the Lakers Warriors bonus? The Wolves ultimate five-for-nothing beaten two games, but the Thunder is more than one SGA

G2 in the Western Conference Finals repeats the plot of G1. The Timberwolves collapsed in the third quarter in two consecutive games. They dug a big hole and buried themselves in advance. The Thunder, who is the first and 68-win in the league, will not give you a chance to climb up again.

G1 in the third quarter, the Timberwolves made 3 of 13 three-pointers, and the Thunder scored 32-18 in a single quarter, leading at most 26 points;

G2 in the third quarter, the Timberwolves made 0 of 6 three-pointers, and the Thunder scored 35-21 in a single quarter, and established a 24-point lead in the third quarter.

I believe everyone has discovered that the Timberwolves' three-pointer performance in the third quarter directly affected the game trend. The two games had a total of 3 of 19 shots in the third quarter, and the two third quarters had a net loss of up to 28 points!

G1, the Timberwolves made 15 of 51 three-pointers, and the three-point shooting percentage was only 29.4%;

G2, the Timberwolves made 11 of 39 three-pointers, and the three-point shooting percentage was as low as 28.2%.

The Timberwolves' three-point shooting percentage is less than 30% in two consecutive games, and they are behind 0-2 with a big score. There is really no good idea.

Timberwolves are a team that relies very much on fixed-point three-pointers, and the Thunder's defensive strategy also forces the Timberwolves to make a large number of three-pointers.

One of the most reflects the Thunder's defensive strategy in this game: Gobert caught the misplaced under the basket and successfully received the ball, which immediately attracted the Thunder's double attack. Dortmund first let Huazi ambush outside the three-point line on the strong side and bottom corner to help force Gobert to get the ball. Dortmund then rotated to fill the ball to defend Huazi who was deliberately let go.

The Thunder's defensive strategy is clear at a glance. He will give priority to ensuring the penalty area at all costs, testing the Timberwolves' hasty, panic and three-pointers at high speed when facing rotation and repairing defense on the outside. In short, if you save three points at the basket, the Thunder League's first defense can achieve the ultimate rotation and freely switch. This is also the fundamental confidence that coach Dagenot chose to defend like this.

Randall is actually the most affected by the Thunder's defensive strategy. After all, Gobert is a cake-type basket with limited ability to hold the ball at low posts, and Randall is the Timberwolves' true low-post singles axle. I believe everyone remembers Randle dominated the three-second zone one-on-one against the Lakers and Warriors, chasing LeBron to pursue his dreams, and the free throw line was impressive.

He averaged 22.6 points in the first round and 25.2 points in the second round. He scored only 6 points and 4 mistakes in this game. He was interrupted by the Thunder from the weak side of the blind spot. The Thunder's defensive strategy of locking the penalty area did not allow Randle to easily play one by one. In this game, he even missed three strong starts at the basket. There were crowds of people and his operating space was extremely limited.

Huazi made 1 of 9 three-pointers, Randle made 0 of 3 three-pointers, Conley made 1 of 4 three-pointers, Reed made 0 of 5 three-pointers, and the Timberwolves made 8-player 4 main players missed the correct three-pointers, so it was naturally difficult to conquer the Thunder's Iron Barrel formation.

Timberwolves lost both the lineups, inside, four and five outside, and five outside, and the intensity could not match the Thunder.

In this game, the Timberwolves lost 9 points when Gobert was on the court, which represents the Timberwolves' lineup; Divincenzo lost 27 points when he was on the court, which represents the Timberwolves' small lineup with five outsiders.

Degnot tried to make Harten and Gobert the same as above and below. Harten's free throw line signboard attack radius > Gobert. G1, Gobert had 2 points and 3 rebounds; G2, Gobert had 5 points and 9 rebounds. Gobert's presence on the offensive end is not as good as Harten. Caruso and Dortmund can both switch to Gobert. Due to the Thunder's strict rebounding positioning discipline, Gobert's rebounding advantage is powerful. He was really embarrassed on the court in the first two games.

The Timberwolves' ultimate form, the five-outside space lineup is still very uncomfortable. The Thunder also plays the five-outside lineup against each other. The Timberwolves' misplaced advantage at Homgren and Divincenzo's defense were named by Alexander Unlimited.

Alexander picked and roll and named Divincenzo Divincenzo continuously showing off her low-post back-playing skills, Divincenzo was beaten to the point of doubting her life. It is difficult for the Timberwolves to limit Alexander's singles in the lineup. Once he uses pinch strikes or joint defense to deal with Alexander, the Thunder will open a three-pointer and the score difference will be directly widened.

Timberwolves lost both lineups, which is the root cause of their 0-2 lag.

Timberwolves have little room to adjust, and Alexander's performance in this game proves that he deserves his MVP.

The Timberwolves were crushed by the Thunder for two consecutive games, and the gap in strength was obvious. In the first round, the Lakers did not have an inside line, and the Warriors did not have Curry in the second round, and the Timberwolves were able to enter the Western Conference Finals. In fact, they did not experience much tests in two rounds 4-1.

68 wins in the Thunder Division Finals, still has an absolute lineup depth, with the third place offensive efficiency and the first place in the regular season. The tree is big and the roots are deep, and its strength is far above the Timberwolves.

Gobert has no sense of existence, which means that the Timberwolves' lineup is not easy to use in this round of the series. Coach Finch's adjustment direction is undoubtedly to use more five-for-one lineups to fight for life and even Reed starts, which is also a way to seek change.

But the key to the problem is that the Thunder are not afraid of the Timberwolves' strongest form, five-for-nothing lineup. Homegren, Caruso, Jerin Williams, and Kenridge Williams can all stand in the center position and have range in the five-forthing lineup. How to limit Alexander is still the ultimate issue for the Timberwolves in the series.

G1, Alexander scored 31 points and 9 assists; G2, Alexander scored 38 points and 8 assists. In this game, Alexander showed more weapons than fouls as MVP. He played singles and mid-range shots in the low post, and made 9 mid-range shots in the game, one-on-one, and he picked up the weapon of God and destroyed the Timberwolves one by one.

From the strategic perspective of the series, the Timberwolves must win the G3. But from the perspective of the content of the game, the Timberwolves are still quite difficult. Thunder locks the penalty area and saves three-pointers in the series, and the adjustable space for the 8-man rotation of Timberwolves is really limited.