The Timberwolves scored only 9 points in the first quarter of the 5th Game of the Western Conference Finals, proving that one thing is that the real superstar has this trait

The Western Conference Championship is released. The Thunder defeated the Timberwolves 124-94 at home, and defeated their opponent 4-1 without any blood. After 13 years, they won the Western Conference Championship again and are about to embark on the finals.

The Thunder ended the battle in the first quarter. The 26-9 score was not decisive, but their momentum completely shocked the opponent, especially Anthony Edwards.

In the first quarter, the Timberwolves only scored 9 points, and there was a huge problem on the offensive end. This has a huge relationship with their outside offensive core Huazi being cut out of the offensive system, and it also shows that the Thunder's defensive strategy at the beginning played a key role.

The Timberwolves and Huazi are completely unable to crack the defensive strategy against the Thunder. As shown in the picture above, this season, the first defense player Dort is guarding Huazi, and the other four Thunder players are responsible for making up for defense and assisting defense to block Huazi's breakthrough line at any time. The Thunder's defensive strategy completely captures Huazi's life goal - Edwards, who is not tall, has fatal flaws in breaking double-teams, which is also the essential difference between him and Jordan and Kobe, Durant, Curry and LeBron.

Even Luca Doncic is stronger than Huazi in this regard.

As shown in the picture above, when neither side scored yet, the Thunder was so defensive.

Faced with such a defense, Huazi was a little at a loss. He could not crack it and could only pass it to his teammates, and then stood and watched that his teammates could not end the attack.

Thunder is very happy to see this kind of scene. As long as Huazi can't rush up and there is no chance of 3 points on the outside, he doesn't even have a mobile phone. This means that the Timberwolves' sharpest knife is already ruined. Dort, who uses one defense, or even Jaylenway, who defends the second defense, will win and not lose.

There was a ball where Gobert covered Huazi near the center circle and allowed him to pass the half. As a result, Dort and Jay Levitra doubled, resulting in Huazi having to give the ball to his teammates. In the whole first quarter, Huazi was lost in the opponent's aggressive defense. He was completely shocked by the opponent's momentum, which also made the team's offense disconnected and lost his soul.

The Thunder dares to do this because the whole team is mobility good. Dort and Jaylenway are both members of the best defensive lineup. Alexander is also a combination of offense and defense. He is tall and long arms. Chet's mobility and wingspan are not a problem. Whoever dares to rush into the inside line needs to consider whether he can cross his long arms.

And the Thunder's substitute also has champion guard Caruso, and his defense may be stronger than Dolter and Jaylenway. Huazi faced a group of players with height and wingspans above him, but did not show his domineering aura, and his momentum was completely suppressed.

For this situation, although it is not just Hua Zi's responsibility, the teammates are not strong enough to stand up and solve problems. The most important thing is that Hua Zi himself is not comprehensive enough in offensive skills. If he had a stable mid-range jump shot like Jordan or Alexander who had a quick breakout stop, it would be even more difficult for his opponent to block him.

Huazi has been double-teamed. He had asked Jordan before how to deal with this situation. In fact, if you observe the videos of Jordan and others more, you will ask for help from two opponents and even multiple players, and you will also pass the ball, but after passing the ball, he will not stand still.

The opponent likes you to stand still, and they are most likely to defend without any changes. After Jordan passes the ball, he continues to run and cut in and continues to seek opportunities. No matter how difficult it is, he must find an opportunity to attack his opponent.

This is the difference between a real superstar and an ordinary star player. No matter what kind of dilemma they face, they will not be restricted. Whether they have or have no balls, they can easily control it. Even when they are out of the ball, they are even more terrible, and it is even harder for you to prevent them from running non-stop.

Isaiah Thomas, who has repeatedly stopped Jordan from moving forward, said in a show that the Thunder looked familiar with Huazi's defensive strategy, just like they defended Michael Jordan back then.

Jordan used jump shots and constant running to crack this strategy. Later, Curry also suffered from excessive double-teams, but his unball run and passes were also top in history. Players who have defended Curry know how tired they are.

Huazi cannot compare with Jordan in terms of height. It is correct to learn Curry to train with them, but you can't just learn three points.