Thunder advances to the finals, Wolves may disintegrate, and the two veterans leave the team first

On May 29, the fifth game of the NBA Western Conference Finals returned to Oklahoma. Before the game, the Thunder held a 3-1 lead. This time, they will definitely hope to end the series at home and return to the finals again after many years. There was a certain gap in the strength of both sides. At the beginning, the Thunder's determination to win on both offense and defense was also intuitively reflected in the score. It scored 26:9 in the first quarter, limiting the Timberwolves' score to single digits, which was so terrifying.

Edwards and Randall gradually recovered on the offensive end, but Alexander and Homgren blossomed inside and outside on the Thunder, and were still crushing on the offensive end. At the end of the half, the team had already led by as much as 31 points, and the game almost lost suspense. In the end, the Thunder defeated their opponent 124:94 at home and advanced to the finals 4-1 with a big score. Alexander scored a quasi-triple double-digit score of 34 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, not only helped the team win the Western Conference Championship, but also won the MVP of the Western Conference Finals.

Timberwolves advanced to the Western Conference Final for two consecutive years and were easily eliminated. This summer, I am afraid that they will have to face the situation of lineup adjustment. Starting point guard Kang Li has become a burden, and he has been targeted on the defensive end. He has more 0 points on the offensive end and no scores in the outside projection. There is no restraint force and offensive organization at all. Conley, who is over 37, will definitely become the first person to leave the team.

Starting center Gobert has also become a useless presence in this round of the series. This former best defensive player not only cannot limit Homegren, but even the blue-collar Harten is helpless. He only scored double-digit points in only 1 of his five games, and no game can win double-digit rebounds. In contrast, although the substitute player Reed may be poor in defense, he was able to score 5 of 6 shots in this game, with 11 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks on the offensive end based on the team's direct help. As the core of the team, Edwards also performed poorly in the Western Conference Finals. Facing Jewe's defense, his outside shooting rate dropped sharply, and the weakness of the offensive end was also a key factor in the team being eliminated. Only new player Randall has a good performance, but his condition is not stable. Five games are always good and one bad game, three games are scored 20+ points, two games are scored only single digits, and four of them have made more than 4 mistakes. The future West is very likely to be the Thunder and Rockets dominate the West for a long time. The Nuggets and Mavericks are still popular for the championship in the short term. At the same time, the Lakers, Warriors and Clippers are still not old. If the Timberwolves do not change or even rebuild in the lineup, they may gradually decline.