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The Warriors play the enhanced version of the Rockets! The four main players of the Timberwolves are over 206cm, with three points accurate!

10:18pm, 12 May 2025【Basketball】

In the Warriors' tiebreak battle between the Rockets, the Warriors finally won and advanced to the next round successfully. This is undoubtedly good news, but the team can be said to be happy and worried. Promoting is of course a happy thing, but the bad news is that they will fight the Timberwolves the next day. Of course, it is not ruled out that the Timberwolves will be resting and have no feel at all, but the possibility is not high, because the Lakers thought so at that time, and they were beaten up! So, the Warriors achieved Black 7 today. This time they encountered the Timberwolves, which can be said to be an enhanced version of the Rockets. Can the Warriors do this this time?

Let's take a look first, why is the Timberwolves an enhanced version of the Rockets?

1. Gobert VS Adams, Gobert is 216cm tall, Adams is 213cm tall, Gobert averages 8.2 points and 9.8 rebounds in the playoffs, of which 3.8 rebounds were included in the frontcourt. Adams averaged 5.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, including 3.3 of the frontcourt rebounds. It can be seen that although Adams is also very good, at present, it is still incomparable to Gobert! In this set of comparisons, Gobert won the victory.

2, Reed VS Jabbarry Smith, Reed is 206cm tall, averaging 11.6 points and 3.8 rebounds, of which the three-point shooting percentage is 50%. Jabarry Smith is 208cm tall, averaging 7.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, and a three-point shooting percentage of 45.5%. It can be seen that Reed has made great progress. Before, the Lakers lost to Reed rather than losing to the Timberwolves, especially in the fourth quarter. He was too fierce. In this group of duels, Reed also has obvious advantages.

3. Randall vs. Shin Kyung, Shin Kyung is 211cm tall, averaging 20.9 points and 11.9 rebounds, basically not shooting 3 points. Randall is 206cm tall, averaging 22.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 4.4 assists. He likes to shoot 3 points, and his shooting percentage is close to 40%. This group of duels can be said to be basically tied. One rebound is better and the other passes are better. The key is that Randall can shoot 3 points.

4. McDaniels VS Amen, Amen is 201cm tall, averaging 15.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. McDaniels is 206cm tall, averaging 17.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. From the data, it can be seen that the two are not much different, and this set of duels can be said to be basically tied.

5. Jaylen Green vs. Kang Li, putting the Rockets Green and the Timberwolves Kang Li together, it feels a bit insulting Green, but let's just say a conscience. Except for the game where Jaylen Green scored 38 points, the two players performed similarly in the other games. This is not considered a humiliation of Green. After all, in 6 of the 7 games, he scored no more than 10 points, and wasted a lot of ball rights.

6. Edwards vs. Van Vreett, Van Jordan averaged 18.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. Edward averaged 26.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game. The difference between the two can be said to be very obvious. Edwards is much better than Van Vreet.

Above this is the comparison between the Rockets and the Timberwolves and several major players. In terms of defense, it feels that the two sides are equally matched, but in terms of height and offense, the Timberwolves have obvious advantages, especially for the Rockets, there is no truly stable scoring point, but the Timberwolves, Randall and Edwards scored very stably, and Edwards has strong key ball ability, so the Timberwolves is the enhanced version of the Rockets!

So, the Timberwolves and the Rockets played 7 games, and both sides can be said to have tried their best, especially the Warriors have made great efforts. So is there any hope for the Warriors to face the Forest?

Of course, there is no reference for this set of duels, so we can only look at the situation of the regular season between the two sides. The Warriors beat the Timberwolves three times in the regular season, while the Timberwolves only won one time, but this is not comparable, because the last match between the two sides was in January this year. At that time, the main players of the Warriors played were Wiggins, Santos, Davis, Schroeder, and Curry. It can be seen that except for Curry, the other four people are basically no longer on the roster of this playoffs!

So, whether it is the Warriors or the Timberwolves, in the upcoming showdown, their imaginary enemies must be the Rockets. The Timberwolves have four main players, with a height of more than 206cm. No one who can really play in the playoffs is more than 206cm. Among them, Davis, who is more than 206cm tall, has stopped playing for a long time, and another player, Rooney, also plays occasionally, so it depends on how the Warriors play. The more difficult problem is that the Timberwolves' players are not only tall, but also in 3 minutes, especially Reed on the bench, hits 50% of the three-point shooting percentage, which is terrible. This may be the ultimate test for the Warriors.

In addition, for the Warriors, the most unfavorable thing is physical fitness. It’s okay to say that Curry, Butler, Green and others are young, but now they are over 35 years old and have played 7 games with the Rockets. If they play 7 games with the Timberwolves in the next game, they will not be able to play in the future. Of course, the Warriors are not without hope. Although the Timberwolves are very strong, their outside defense is definitely not as good as the Rockets. This may be good news for Curry, it depends on whether the facts are like this.