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Timberwolves failure to start in color, evaluate the bank magic DOOM

Timberwolves failure to start in color, evaluate the bank magic DOOM

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For the Oklahoma City Thunder, the outbreak came in the second half.

The thunder prevailed the Minnesota Timberwolves after half-time in game 1 of the NBA Western Conference Finals on Tuesday by 30 points to achieve a win of 114-88.

The Thunder Guard and the most valuable team of players Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led all players with 31 points with 10 out of 27 shootings, although he rebuilt 11 out of 14 free throws.

The Timberwolves -Wachmann Anthony Edwards suffered an injury horror at the end of the first quarter when he optimized his ankle, but he returned to the game and ended with 18 points.

Here are the winners and losers from the first game of the Western Conference between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the second half

This was the pattern for Gilgeous-Alexander, one of the more consistent players in the NBA: Even if he has a bad first half, he usually corrects his way to a steady 30-point game. SGA went 8 out of 14 in the second half and scored 20 of his 31 points after the break. He was aggressive and attacked the Timberwolves in the color and came to the elbows in his preferred places to achieve medium -sized shots.

Compare this with its numbers from the first half when Gilgeous-Alexander 2 of 13 shot off the field. While Minnesota had a certain success with Jaden McDaniels and Anthony Edwards, who guarded Gilgeous-Alexander in the first half, both had difficulties. It is crucial to find the rest of the series more effective ways to stop SGA.

Kenrich Williams and Small Ball in the third quarter

Thunder coach Mark Daignault had a masterful adaptation at half: When Minnesota received a massive contribution from Julius Randle, who scored 20 of his 28 points in the first half, Daignult decided on a small line -up and introduced Kenrich Williams on Randle. In the second round, Williams had hardly played against the Denver Nuggets, but he used his size and physicality to correspond to Randle and correspond to it.

Randle did not achieve a single point in the third quarter, the thunder exceeded the Timberwolves by 14 points over the period, and OKC's run began to set the game away.

The thunder rolls through in the second half

Oklahoma City clung to the defense in the second half and began to see how the shots fall. The thunder exceeded the Timberwolves 70-40 in the second half.

Minnesota leaves the color

In the first half, the Timberwolves shot the ball from the area and showed 10 out of 28 (35.7%) from the 3-point area. Minnesota, who had a four-point lead during the break, avoided the ball in the color.

In the second half when the 3s stopped, things fell apart. The thunder went to a longer run in the third quarter and the reaction of the Timberwolves was to continue to follow the edge with 3s. In the second half, Minnesota shot 21.7% compared to 3. overall that the thunder Minnesota 54-20 exceeded in color.

The Timberwolves bank

For the most part, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch plays an eight-member rotation, with Naz Reid, Donte Divincenzo and Nickeil Alexander-Walker who are three outside of the bank. On Tuesday evening, they fought to make sensible and consistent contributions and fought out of the field. The trio was together with 7 out of 36 from the field (19.4%) and a abysmal 5 von-28 (17.9%) of 3.

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