99-88! Curry left the game in the quarter, why did the Timberwolves not beat the Warriors and lost their home court?

Young teams with low experience will always pay tuition for the champion "old cannon". Even though he has three years of playoff experience, the Timberwolves are still a playoff younger brother in front of the experienced Warriors. At the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves fell behind "Wukuyong" by as much as 20 points at home, and 19 three-point shots from the outside were not defeated. The victory or defeat was lost at this moment. What is the essence of the playoffs? This is a battle between men, a competition of the strength of muscles, a competition of the hardness of fists, and a competition of the ruthlessness of elbows. Although the Timberwolves had three years of playoff experience and even entered the Western Conference Finals, they were so panicked under the Warriors' huge confrontation intensity. Edwards, the star of the world, did nothing under high pressure defense and would only spread his hands to the referee to complain.

Please! NBA referees have always regarded the playoffs as a boxing ring and encouraged players to settle privately on their own. They are not extremely exaggerated invasion and generally do not whistle. Why doesn’t Edwards understand this principle? Can we not blame the referee and face our own technical problems? If this cannot be done, the Timberwolves will be very difficult to pass this round of the series.

In fact, it is no longer a coincidence that Edwards was lost under the Warriors' defense. The two teams faced each other four times this season, and Edwards performed at a very low level. On the one hand, the Warriors' defense is very cunning. The Warriors' leading defender will block Edwards' right hand and lure Edwards into breaking through with his left hand. And when Edwards started to speed, he was on the second line and surrounded the free throw circle into a pocket to lure Edwards into it. When Edwards fell into the trap, the Warriors took their pockets and Edwards fell into the warriors' three-man encirclement and could hardly move.

, on the other hand, Edwards is not a star who is good at handling the ball. He lacks an offensive vision, does not know how to read defense, does not see the Warriors' defensive traps, and does not detour. Most of the time, Edwards relied on his passion and made no brains to the inside. When he realized the crisis of the trap, he lacked enough resilience.

The Warriors lured Edwards to go to the left side. Edwards had the right to change lanes, but he did not have the skill to change lanes. Edwards' left-hand ball control level is not worthy of the nickname of "Son of America". His left hand can only sprint in a straight line. Whenever he wants to show an emergency stop, pull the ball back, or temporarily make a decision and want to play a dribble under his crotch, Edwards will throw the ball himself away without defensive pressure. Compared to his left-handed ball control level, his passing skills are even rougher. He often does not control the passing strength well and loses the accuracy of passing the ball. Especially when facing three-man encirclement, he often performs "five embarrassments" and passes the ball to the audience. The experienced Warriors coaching team accurately grasped Edwards' technical flaws and designed a set of ruthless tactical strategies in a targeted manner. In the regular season, Edwards did not find a way to break the game, and in the playoffs with intensity, Edward was helpless. To a certain extent, this star is the most troublesome problem in the Timberwolves' series.

In some aspects, the Timberwolves and the Rockets have many similarities. When the offense is at freezing point, it is necessary for the Timberwolves to learn from how the Rockets fought against the Warriors in the first round. There was nothing else. The Rockets stretched their size and sent the player with the strongest force to fight with the Warriors. And are the Timberwolves ready to make their best in the first game of the series?

No, not prepared at all, the Timberwolves' defense was loose and collapsed. Under the Timberwolves' collapsed defense, the Warriors finally breathed a sigh of relief: the signature pass and cut was made, the one-on-two at the basket could be completed, and there were more three-point opens on the outside. Hilde, who made 9 three-pointers in the G7 in the last round, did not receive attention from the Timberwolves' defense. He fired freely throughout the game and scored another 24 points. That's why, when Curry retired in the first quarter and Butler did not take a stroke the whole game, the Warriors could still win so smoothly. The biggest difference between the Timberwolves and the Rockets is the difference between Dream Chasing Green. The Rockets are investing heavily, using a short and strong defender like Van Vleet to defend Green from his desperate battle in seven games. Every game was given strength to Zhu Meng Green, and he spent 48 minutes fighting with Green. Today's Timberwolves, according to the cliché, use Gobert and Green to match normally. Gober obviously didn't take Green seriously, and directly defined Green as a space black hole, completely emptying her. Therefore, Zhu Meng Green acted recklessly at the top of the arc, causing a huge difference in defense intensity.

to prevent a passing team from being the first to be affected, and to make the dealer uncomfortable. And the Timberwolves don't understand such a simple truth. He was able to use the ball to attack the Timberwolves' defense line by passing the ball. With the ball-holding pick-and-roll initiated by the defender, Dream Green can simply and roughly expose Gobert, who is moving slowly, to the three-point shooting of the Warriors defender. Curry scored 13 points in the first quarter with injuries. After Curry left the game, Hilder used the same tactics to make three-pointers in a row. If Gobert saves the three-point line and attacks Curry and Hilde, and continues to ignore Dream Green, then Dream Green can respond smoothly and leads Butler, Pojemsky and Payton Jr. to cut the empty cuts of the Timberwolves through a coquettish deal, and critically hit the Timberwolves' basket. Even the three-pointer of the Dream Zhuang Green's hand six-mechanical sword is very good from time to time, and he hits 5 of 6 shots, directly leading the team to start. It can be said that the Timberwolves were defeated by Dream Chasing Green today.

Dream Chasing Green is a very special player. He has the tonnage of the center level and the skills of a defender. He serves as the Warriors center, with DPOY-level inside frame protection, and can enjoy the advantage of dislocation when attacking. This misaligned advantage can activate the Warriors' tactics and make an indescribable pass-through and cut off attack. Treating the Warriors' "eye of the formation" is not a careless thing in the playoffs. Obviously, the Timberwolves did not review the series between the Warriors and the Rockets before the game, and were not prepared to pursue Dreams Greenwu. Isn’t it your own fault to lose the home court in G1?

When Curry left the game due to injury and Butler paddled throughout the game, the Timberwolves missed the best opportunity to defeat the Warriors and swallowed a crushing defeat. Next, can the Timberwolves still win against the Warriors who have recovered their strength? I don’t even know whether coaches Edwards and Finch have woken up and prepared to do their best after experiencing a crushing defeat.