Frame by frame dismantling: 51 seconds behind and 8 points behind to complete the big comeback, how did the Suns do it?

In the NBA Cup game between the Suns and the Timberwolves, the Suns trailed by 8 points in less than 1 minute in the fourth quarter and completed a major comeback. It was the most exciting moment in the NBA today. So how did they do it? Below is a frame-by-frame dismantling of the shot:

At 53 seconds into the fourth quarter, Dillon missed a three-point shot. Luo Ao rushed to the front board and made up the ball with 49 seconds left. At this time, the Suns trailed the Timberwolves by 6 points, 107-113.

After Royce O'Neal's tip-in kicked off, the Suns immediately started their "performance", bringing the point difference back to 3 points in just 5 seconds:

The Timberwolves sent a baseline kick, and the Suns pressed without the ball. When he realized that Devine was going to be the Timberwolves' number one receiving point to receive the baseline ball, Gillespie quickly got close without the ball and clamped his hands.

Divin stepped forward and raised his left hand to ask for the ball, but a second before Huazi sent the ball, he suddenly stopped and made a counter-running movement to get rid of Gillespie. However, Huazi's baseline ball had already been sent, which also gave Gillespie the opportunity to go forward and steal the ball to destroy it.

After Gillespie destroyed the baseline ball, he quickly stepped forward to save the ball and put the ball in Dillon's hands. After Dillon got the ball, he quickly passed it to the oncoming Goodwin, who followed up with a three-pointer and scored with a raised hand. 110-113, the point difference narrowed to 3 points.

Since Gillespie, who was guarding Jayden's baseline ball, was facing the "first receiving point" Hua Zi and was ready to intercept the baseline ball sent to Hua Zi, in this round, the Timberwolves arranged for the "second receiving point" Randall to receive the ball and hold the ball through half court for the sake of safety.

At this time, Dunn's defensive position was also very particular: he stayed on the left front and left side of Randall throughout the entire process, inducing him to use his non-dominant hand to pass the ball across the half court.

Randall accelerated across half court to confront Dunn, who was leading the entire court. Dillon decisively let go of Hua Zi and quickly stepped forward to help with the defense. He stayed close and raised his hands to prevent Randall from returning the ball to Hua Zi immediately. After Randall returned the ball to Huazi, Dillon quickly returned to his position.

Dillon quickly stepped forward and stayed close to Huazi without giving him any space to drop the ball. Since Dillon did not give him any space to drop the ball, Huazi chose to protect the ball with his back to press for time. With 11 seconds left, Huazi turned around and started a right-side breakthrough to pass Dillon. At this time, Goodwin on the strong side greatly recovered to help block Huazi's breakthrough path. However, Huazi did not pass directly to Divin, who was completely open in the bottom corner. Instead, he chose to go to the middle and find Randall on the weak side.

After receiving the ball, Randall did not catch the time difference between Dunn's assisting defense and returning to position and directly shot a three-pointer (so far this season is one of Randall's best three-point shooting performances). As a result, after receiving the ball and breaking through from the right, he fell directly into the "encirclement" of Dunn, who was assisting in defense, Dillon, who was leading Huazi's defense, and Goodwin, who had just released Devin to help defend in a large area.

Randall has two options at this time, one is to pass the hand back to Huazi from close range and try to set up an off-ball screen for him, and the other is to find Devin who is left open at the far end and has been raising his hands to get the ball. However, Randall chose to "go all the way to the bottom" and the ball was directly taken away by Dillon. Goodwin quickly grabbed the ball on the floor and scored in a fast break, 112-113, only one point behind.

Immediately afterwards, there was another problem with the Timberwolves' baseline ball. Dillon and Gillespie double-teamed Hua Zi without the ball, forcing the Timberwolves to pass the ball to the "second receiving point" Randall. Jayden sent it to Randall and signaled to pass it to Devine. Just when Randall was about to turn back to Devine, Goodwin quickly stepped forward to destroy the pass. But this round was eventually awarded an offensive foul on Dillon, and the Timberwolves escaped.

The Timberwolves have the ball, and both sides of the sideline serve are "smart": the Timberwolves simply took Ingles' serve because of repeated mistakes in the previous serve, and the Suns also replaced the larger Iguodaro to interfere with the serve. At the same time, the other four players guarded unlimited changes to avoid being kicked off the ball and running out of the screen.

Edwards sought stability and ran directly to the frontcourt to catch the ball. Dunn immediately switched defense and ran to the frontcourt to follow closely. After Huazi received the ball, Dunn pressed the ball and was called for a foul. After entering the bonus, Huazi went directly to the free throw line and missed both free throws.

After the Suns protected the backcourt rebound and called the last timeout, the Suns' sideline ball tactic "Twirl Ghost":

Gillespie's "Twirl" started to lift the ball, and then used Roo's "Ghost" "Screen" (ghost screen) had to wait until the smaller Devine switched defenses to initiate a breakthrough. After taking advantage of his position, he made a "big loop" to avoid Hua Zi's card. Then when he saw Gobert guarding the basket, he did not choose to continue to break through. Instead, he made a sudden stop and leaned back to hit the golden rooster independently and hit a very difficult throw, which was a close-win.

After Gillespie's accurate kill, because the Timberwolves themselves had no timeout, they quickly served the baseline ball in an attempt to find opportunities in the chaotic situation and seize the sun, but the Timberwolves were already in disarray. Edwards caught the ball and met Gillespie who came forward to press him and then turned back to Randall. Randall held the ball and pushed it across half court before taking a sideways step and missing a three-pointer, completely losing the game.

Summary

Everyone in the Suns worked hard and competed for the lead: O'Neal's tip-in, Gillespie's steal and Goodwin's big three-pointer, the defense of Goodwin, Dillon and Dunn, and Gillespie's buzzer-beater were all the keys to the Suns' ability to complete the reversal and win the game. What's more important is the Sun's amazing resilience and the spirit of never giving up until the last moment.

The Timberwolves also paid the price for their various mistakes at the last moment: consecutive mistakes in baseline balls, decision-making issues and ball-drop errors by Huazi and Randall, and Huazi's two missed free throws. The loss was not unfair.