Timberwolves G1 wants to beat the Thunder, 3 points become the key! Alexander needs to do 2 things, Huazi needs to avoid 2 points

Timberwolves defeated the Lakers and Warriors in the first two rounds of playoffs, and the Timberwolves played relatively easily in this round of playoffs. In the end, the Timberwolves defeated their opponents with a record of 4-1. As for the Thunder swept the Grizzlies out in the first round of playoffs, the Thunder successfully defeated the Nuggets through the tiebreak battle in the second round of playoffs. Although the Thunder encountered a lot of trouble in this round of playoffs, the Thunder undoubtedly achieved great growth in this round of playoffs. In addition, the Thunder played an excellent record in the regular season, so the Thunder was more favored in the Western Conference Finals, and although the Timberwolves were underestimated, the Timberwolves did not have a chance to win.

If the Timberwolves want to defeat the Thunder in the G1 game, then 3 points will become the key. The first point is that the Timberwolves must control the mistakes. Whether it is the series against the Lakers or the series against the Warriors, the Timberwolves cannot control their mistakes. Now the Timberwolves average 14.8 mistakes per game are ranked fifth in the league in the playoffs, not to mention that the Thunder is still a team that is good at defensive counterattacks, so in the G1 game against the Thunder, the Timberwolves must control their mistakes. The second point is that the Timberwolves need to hit an open three-pointer. In the series against the Lakers and the Warriors, the Timberwolves' three-pointers on the outside were both problematic, so this led to the Timberwolves losing the game at one point. Now against the stronger Thunder, the Timberwolves also need to seize the opportunity to open three-pointers.

The Timberwolves need to protect their rebounding. The reason why the Timberwolves can win in the series against the Lakers and the Warriors is because the Timberwolves can gain a rebounding advantage in the inside, but there is a huge difference between the Thunder and the Lakers and the Warriors. After all, these two teams have flaws in the inside, but the Thunder can play a double tower lineup of Homegren and Harten. So in the face of such a situation, it will be more difficult for the Timberwolves to gain an advantage in the inside. But if the Timberwolves can still gain an advantage in the inside, then the Timberwolves will undoubtedly have a greater chance of winning. And for the Thunder, if they want to win the game, then their core player Alexander needs to do two things in the game.

The first thing Alexander needs to do is to hit three-pointers. In fact, in the game against the Nuggets, Alexander struggled to hit three-pointers for a while, so in the G1 game against the Timberwolves, Alexander needed to hit three-pointers, so that Alexander could play more freely in the game. The second thing Alexander needs to do is to play more resolutely at critical moments. The reason why Alexander has encountered some doubts so far in the playoffs is that at critical moments Alexander played in a sluggish manner. When the team was in trouble, Alexander should have stood up, but Alexander was obsessed with shooting three-pointers at this time, which eventually led to the Thunder losing some games. Therefore, if the two teams play to the critical moments in the G1 game, Alexander needs to play more resolutely.

For the Timberwolves, Edwards needs to avoid 2 points. First, Edwards must reduce his mistakes. In the game against the Thunder, the Thunder will definitely defend Edwards strictly, so Edwards needs to reduce his mistakes at this time, and Edwards also needs to play more clearly. Second, Edwards cannot play slowly. In fact, Edwards always play slowly in the series against the Lakers and the Warriors, so this also caused the Timberwolves to encounter some difficulties. Compared with the Lakers and the Warriors, the Thunder are obviously stronger, so Edwards cannot let this happen. However, when Edwards performed well, Randle needed to continue his previous excellent performance, McDaniels, Reed and others also needed to play the role of surprises. As for Gobert, he also needed to maintain his advantage in the inside line, and only in this way can the Timberwolves have a greater chance of winning.