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13+18, Timberwolves exposed two shortcomings! Huazi talked about Curry s facts, Gobert has two points to praise

12:43pm, 15 May 2025【Basketball】

The Timberwolves played away against the Warriors on May 11. At the end of the game, the Timberwolves successfully defeated the Warriors 102-97. Although the Timberwolves won the game, the Timberwolves still encountered a lot of trouble in this game, especially when there was a problem with the Timberwolves' offense in the second half of the first quarter, the Warriors directly played a climax to catch up with the score. In the second quarter, the Timberwolves' offense still did not improve, so the Warriors directly overturned, and even in the second half of the game, the Timberwolves' offense was very sluggish. In contrast, the Warriors led by 7 points in the next game. Fortunately, Edwards' offensive state recovered in time in the subsequent game, and with the performance of Randle, Reed and others, the Timberwolves reversed the decline, and the Timberwolves finally won the game. Although the Timberwolves won the game, the Timberwolves also exposed two shortcomings in this game. The first shortcoming is that the Timberwolves' three-pointers on the outside are unstable. The reason why the Timberwolves played in this game was that the Timberwolves could not grasp the three-point opportunity on the outside, especially when Randall and Edwards made the Timberwolves passive. Although Reed's three-pointer in the outside are in a hot state, Reed was once in trouble for fouls, so the Timberwolves had no choice but to replace Reed. In addition, Walker and Divinchenzo's three-pointers were sluggish, the Timberwolves played very hard. It was not until Edwards and others found the outside three-pointer feel in the second half that the situation was stabilized. Therefore, the Timberwolves' three-pointer was very unstable. In this game, the Timberwolves made 13 of 34 three-pointers from the outside. Therefore, in the next game, the Timberwolves wanted to play easier, so they needed to make up for such shortcomings.

The second weakness is that the Timberwolves cannot control the mistakes. In this game, the Timberwolves made many mistakes against the Warriors' defense, so the Warriors were able to quickly open the score after the Timberwolves opened the score. In addition, at a critical moment in the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves also made low-level mistakes, that is, the Timberwolves successfully defended the Warriors' offense, otherwise the Timberwolves would encounter more trouble in the game. In the end, the Timberwolves made 18 mistakes in this game, and the Timberwolves also needed to control their mistakes in the next game. So the Timberwolves won the game in this game, but they still had a lot of problems in the game, so the Timberwolves need to control these details. After the game, Edwards was interviewed by a sideline. When asked how Curry didn't play and how to maintain a mentality of not relaxing, Edwards said: You can never relax. This is a champion team. They have championship DNA. They have (champion) coaching staff and head coaches, so we must be prepared at all times. It can be seen that Edwards also told a fact when talking about Curry. Although the Warriors lack Curry, it is indeed a big loss, the Timberwolves cannot underestimate the Warriors because of this. After all, when the Warriors suffered a lot of changes after the defeat in the G2 game, Butler was aggressive in the game, and Kumingga also played a greater role in the game. Unfortunately, Pojemsky, Hilder and others did not give the team enough help, and the Warriors were helpless to lose, but even this was the case, the Timberwolves should not underestimate the Warriors.

After the Timberwolves won the game, Gobert has two points to praise. The first point is Gobert's rebound. Although Gobert's performance was limited in the first three quarters, and Gobert also encountered foul troubles, but Gobert was able to successfully help the Timberwolves protect the rebound in the second half of the fourth quarter. It was precisely because Gobert's performance that the Timberwolves could get multiple offensive opportunities, especially when Gobert protected the rebound and Edwards hit a three-pointer, which helped the Timberwolves a huge help. The second point is Gobert's free throw. In the fourth quarter, Gobert was still fouled by the Warriors players, but at this time Gobert was able to hit the free throw steadily, and Gobert's performance was also very important, so Gobert's performance in this game is also very important for the Timberwolves.