Regrettably lost to Kuyong! After the interview, three signals were revealed, Huazi was blamed, and he could turn the tables with 3 points improvement

With the away game defeating the Timberwolves 99-88, the Warriors got a good start in the second round of the playoffs, but it was a tragic victory. Because the Warriors lost Curry, because Curry suffered a hamstring injury, the Warriors would rather lose than win the game and lose the general.

Reviewing this game, the Warriors played hard to solve the Timberwolves as soon as they started. The Warriors made three three-pointers first. The Timberwolves used the inside advantages of Gobert and Randall to chase points continuously. The scores of the two teams rose alternately. In the second quarter, the Timberwolves were silent on the offensive end, and they made a mistake and missed the shooting. They didn't score in 4 minutes. Green scored 3 three-pointers in a row, but after completing the three-pointer and landing, Curry didn't want to see something happening - after the breakthrough, he suspected of pulling his left thigh. Curry gritted his teeth and touched his hind leg and gave Green an assist, which was heartbreaking. Then, during the timeout, Curry returned to the locker room for treatment. But the Warriors official immediately heard bad news - Curry was strained in a hamstring and would not return to this game.

After Curry left the court, both sides were not very efficient in offensively, and they made unnecessary mistakes. Comparison of mistakes in the second quarter: the Timberwolves made 7 mistakes and the Warriors made 8 mistakes. In the second half, Hilder suddenly broke out, butler found 8D in a row, and the latter raised his hand with three-pointers. After 2 three-pointers, the difference instantly reached 20 points. Although Edwards used the breakthrough to regain the game feeling after that, Reidy scored 8 points in a row after a sudden foreign shot, and the Timberwolves once narrowed the score to within 10 points in the last quarter, Payton Jr. and Hilder's three-pointers and Butler's strong play and landings settled the Timberwolves' counterattack momentum. In the end, the Warriors controlled the time steadily in the last 3 minutes and easily won the game.

The Timberwolves, who had been resting for 4 days, only one day off, obviously the Timberwolves had a big rest, making 5 of 29 three-pointers in the game, and the Warriors made 18 of 42, which is really a world of difference. In addition, the Warriors made 12 mistakes, the Timberwolves made 16 mistakes, and the Warriors made 51-41 rebounds and beat the Timberwolves as many as 10... Just looking at these data, you can tell who won this game. After the game, the Timberwolves were obviously not satisfied with their performance and seemed very relaxed in an interview, thinking that they still had a chance after losing the first game. Among them, Edwards said, "The last two three-pointers made 12 of 76 three-pointers. You know, the touch is amazing. This time we shot badly, but it's over, and we'll be better next time." When talking about the reason for losing, "I really don't care. We lost one game now. I think each of us has to play better, including myself."

head coach Finch said, "It all started with Huazi. He was the initiator of offense and defense, but he fell into a downturn at the beginning and was even more out of shape afterwards. We made many mistakes in the game, such as the performance on the defensive end, allowing the Warriors players to play at will, that's not our level." The head coach passed the blame on the star? Such words are not common in interviews. Although Huazi's performance is abnormal, is the head coach not responsible? In the most impressive round, an OTA tactic after the Timberwolves' timeout in the last quarter, Gobert held the ball and hit Green with European steps. This obviously shouldn't have happened.

In addition, Randall emphasized the protection of rebounding, and his three rebounds were far from enough. Reed looked ahead to G2 and said that he should know who he is and find his foothold.

Through the post-match speech, we can find the three signals sent by the Timberwolves players after the game. The first signal is that the Timberwolves are full of confidence after losing. It is just a loss. They still have a lot of room for maneuver. The key is that they have realized their shortcomings. The second signal is that the protection of rebounding will be the key to the second game. With the three highs of Gobert, Randall and Reed, they were actually snatched 51 rebounds by the Warriors' five small players, which indirectly confirms what Green said - we must try our best to grab those 50%-50% balls, so Green and Sister Bo have saved more than once to grab the floorball... The attitude of the game is very different.

The third signal, Huazi only realized that the three-point shooting percentage was caused by the poor feel, but ignored the Warriors' defensive rate. After finishing the tiebreak with the Rockets, the Warriors were in good shape and directly brought their attitude towards defending the Rockets. In the four games that the Warriors won, the Rockets averaged no more than 95 points per game, and the Timberwolves also scored only 88 points. This shows that it is not just a bad touch, but the Warriors' overall defense is really admirable. So it can be expected that if the Timberwolves still shoot like this in the next game, they will lose! To this end, we should give the Timberwolves three suggestions:

First, transfer the ball to reduce mistakes. Under the Warriors' defense, the Timberwolves made many pass mistakes. They also encountered it in the game against the Lakers. The Timberwolves needed to find a solution, especially Huazi's passing ball after being double-teamed.

Second, three-point shooting number and offensive choice. The Timberwolves' advantage lies in the inside. Looking at the second half, Reed and Huazi found a breakthrough in the inside, Huazi even made a breakthrough. Through breakthroughs, compress the Warriors' defense line, and then use the conduction ball to send it to teammates outside the three-point line, this is a better offensive choice.

Third, improvements in defensive strategy. Gobert can't defend Green! Gobert can't defend Green! Gobert can't defend Green! Say important things three times. In G1, Gobert was transferred from the inside by Green more than once, while Butler, Payton Jr. and others used the empty cut to score a lot. This is a problem with the Timberwolves' defensive strategy - they failed to maximize Gobert's inside advantage, but the Timberwolves lost both inside and outside the defense end. So in the next game, Gobert should be a stopgap against players like Butler, Payton Jr., and Cumingga.