20 points in the last quarter helped the Knicks reverse! How did Towns perform with equally obvious advantages and disadvantages?

The Knicks were once behind by as many as 20 points in the third game, but with Towns' big explosion in the final quarter, the Knicks also won a goal, so how should they evaluate Towns in this season's playoffs? This issue of the column will help you understand through in-depth data analysis.

Downs contributed 24 points and 15 rebounds in this game. Although the number of points is not outrageous, he scored 20 points in the last quarter. What is outrageous is that the Pacers only scored 20 points in the last quarter and the same as Towns’ personal score. This can also show that Towns’ explosive scoring power. Judging from the scoring situation of the two teams’ players in the last quarter, Towns has made an undisputed first reversal.

From the perspective of the entire playoffs, Towns can average 21.1 points, shooting percentages in both events are 48.9% and 37.5%, scoring averages are second among the Knicks' seven main players, and shooting percentages in both events are also second, which means Towns is the second offensive core in the Knicks and has high scoring efficiency. Overall, from this game to this season's playoffs, Towns is still relatively excellent.

Of course, although Towns in this game is magical, he has also exposed his flaws from the entire playoffs this season, that is, his offensive state is too unstable. How far has this instability reached?

Downs played in 15 playoffs, three games with scored below 15 points in a single game, and two games with scored above 30 points. His single game scores and hit rate both fluctuated and fluctuated, which means that Towns is in a state of "very godly when he is godly, and very iron when he is iron."

Just like this game, he has a mode of hitting 20 points in 7 minutes in the last quarter and a mode of only 4 points in the first three quarters. Therefore, it is difficult for him to become a stable scoring point and contribute. In other words, he cannot understand what state he is in before the game is over.

Due to the excessive instability of the offensive state, Towns' on-the-scene role fluctuated greatly. He has had extremely high and low net efficiency in the playoffs many times, which means that not only his offensive state is unstable, the team's net winning scores per 100 rounds also have great ups and downs when on the court. Although no one can always be stable, it is still a rare situation to reach the level of Towns. Such instability also makes Towns feel both love and hate.

So why did Towns have such an unstable state? First of all, Towns is a center with more shooting, and the shooting itself is more difficult to maintain stability. Curry, who has also had a single game super ghost situation, and on the other hand, it has a lot to do with Towns' offensive style.

Downs has different offensive methods when facing different defenders. When facing short people, he can score strong shots with his height. When facing tall people, he can use his speed to pass the opponent and end at the basket. Sometimes he can also use his opponent's key defense to do the opposite. For example, when facing defenders, when facing a defender, when facing a center, it is hard to defend. This is also the key that Jokic is always difficult to effectively limit when facing Towns' offense.

But Towns is more afraid of forward players who are not much worse than him and faster than him. When Towns faces defenders this season, his shooting percentage is 52.6%, while when facing center defense, his shooting percentage is 50.5%, but when facing forward players' defense, his shooting percentage drops to 44%. Although forward players do not reach the highest speed, they generally have both speed and height.

This means that when Towns cannot rely on his height to shoot strongly and cannot use his speed to pass his opponent, his offense will be subject to considerable restrictions, and he will not be able to use the scoring method he is best at and can only look forward to his own feel.