The older superstars of the NBA

After the second game of the Western Conference finals, the Minnesota Timberwolves spent a day looking back at the video footage of the first two games. The players gathered together to analyze the problems that had arisen before, trying to prepare for the third game.

At the same time, the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals also ended quickly.

Not much different from the previous game, the Miami Heat were simply vulnerable to the Cleveland Cavaliers. They could barely maintain their scoring in the first half, but they were directly crushed in the second half.

Dwyane Wade is no longer in the state of his peak, and it is not easy to rely on him to support the Heat's backcourt.

Chris Bosh is also desperately fighting for rebounds inside, but Kevin Love is younger than him and has more advantages in physical fitness. Coupled with the pressure brought by LeBron James on the wing position, Bosh's performance is not good. It is ideal.

119:109.

10 points is the final point difference between the two sides.

For the Heat, it seems to be an improvement, but in fact there is no difference. They have no resistance at all in front of the Cavaliers with the top three giants.

After the Eastern Conference finals were scored 2-0, the outside world's views on the four teams have also undergone new changes.

Many professionals believe that the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers are the final winners. The strength of the two teams exceeds their opponents. Therefore, the outside world has also begun to speculate how many games these two teams can eliminate. their opponents.

While the outside world was speculating, the Minnesota Timberwolves also ushered in their third game in the series.

However, before the official start of the third game, the Timberwolves got a good news.

That is the core of the team, Stephen Curry, chose to rest in this game because of an ankle injury.His ankle injury has always been there before, and the intermittent did not seriously affect his performance in the playoffs. He did not expect to go to the Western Conference Finals, but he relapsed because of the previous game.

Considering Curry's injury, the Warriors chose to let him truce in this game.

As the super core and engine of the Warriors, Curry's absence is undoubtedly very good news for the Timberwolves.

Therefore, after learning that Curry was unable to play, the morale of the Timberwolves suddenly rose, and even the fans in Minneapolis were looking forward to the team's recovery from the defeat.

The fact is indeed as they expected, the Timberwolves played very smoothly from the beginning of the game.

There may be the blessing of the home court advantage. The Timberwolves played well in the first quarter. Not only did Zhao Feiyang score frequently, but Kevin Martin also changed his poor rhythm in the previous game and hit two three-pointers in the first few minutes. .

On the inside, Dwight Howard played at his best this time. He beat Green several times in the penalty area and successfully vented all the anger suppressed by Green before.

For the Warriors, without the engine of Curry, they pinned their hopes on Klay Thompson in the first quarter.

But this time Thompson was firmly restrained by Martin. In order to avenge the opponent's 30+ cuts in the previous game, Martin stuck to Thompson like brown sugar from the beginning.

This kind of defense really worked. Thompson was in a sluggish state in the first quarter, scoring only four of 13 shots.

In the second quarter, the Warriors tried to adjust other lineups to counterattack, but what they didn't expect was that Zhao Feiyang played a explosive performance in this quarter.

He kept attacking the Warriors' basket with singles alone, and he also used three-pointers to output crazily, so that by the end of the first half, the Warriors were rarely opened by 14 points.

Since the beginning of the series, the Warriors have led most of the games between the two teams. This is the first time that the Warriors were overtaken by the Timberwolves at halftime.

After the point difference widened, the Timberwolves played more and more confidently, and the state of the team was getting better and better.

In the second half, the Warriors continued to double-team and took action specifically against Zhao Feiyang.

After experiencing double-teaming in the previous two games, Zhao Feiyang had already figured out a way to deal with it.In addition, Martin has a good touch and can completely help Zhao Feiyang attract the defense. Therefore, such defensive measures have no effect at all.

As the game continued, the Warriors fell further and further behind. In the last quarter, Zhao Feiyang continued to score and overwhelmed them.

After losing two games in a row, Zhao Feiyang played the strongest performance since the series.

With less than 3 minutes left in the game, he was replaced on the bench to rest.He played more than 36 minutes in the whole game and scored an astonishing 44 points, and the Timberwolves led by him also scored 19 points.

beep.

When the sound of the end of the timer sounded, the game between the Timberwolves and the Warriors was officially over, and the two sides scored 120 to 100.

The Timberwolves beat their opponents by 20 points and finally regained their own victory.

After this game, the Timberwolves undoubtedly avenged their previous revenge, and also tilted the balance of the game slightly, so that the Warriors won't win the match point and they no longer have any hope of turning defeat into victory .

For Minneapolis fans, of course they are very happy to see this kind of winning scene, whether it is because Curry did not show up to win, in short, the fans are very happy.

Their reactions to the team are also quite consistent, and they all hope that the team can continue to win.

But the reaction from the outside world is completely different.

The fans in Oakland are undoubtedly angry, and they are dismissive of the performance of the Timberwolves' win.

"What's the big deal? These guys just won because Steph wasn't there! What else are they going to do once Steph comes back?"

"That's right, Zhao's 44 points are nothing special! He can only get such data when Stephen doesn't show up! Just wait! The next game will come soon, and by that time, Stephen will lead the Warriors The team will blow you up..."

"They didn't win this game, but we gave it to them. It's okay. I don't even bother to taunt them... Wait and see! We can get the match point in the next game , if we play the fifth game, we will be able to eliminate them directly..."

"I don't think there is any doubt in this round of the series. The Warriors will definitely beat their opponents with a big score of 4 to 1..."

"The Warriors are really overly dependent on Stephen. If you don't believe that Stephen will come back soon, the Timberwolves will never laugh again..."