Chapter 488 [The score is 0 to 2, Black Pot Carnival]
The age of the players is indeed the biggest weakness of the Suns. They are outstanding in talent and lack tenacity.
During the regular season, Suns players exposed this weakness. They are good at playing with the wind. If they lead more at the beginning, the role players will play better and better, and they can fight against the stars. Once the score is anxious, young players will be restrained in the final quarter and will only pass the ball to Guo Xu.
Entering the playoffs, Josh Howard and Steve Blake couldn't count on it anymore. They could play smoothly and practice. When the score was in a hurry, they would definitely make mistakes as soon as they got on.
They are afraid that they will drag their teammates back in important games, and after the game, people will blame them for losing. In fact, it doesn't. People will only blame the stars. Young players do not perform well and "pay tuition fees". If they perform well, they will be praised, just like Guo Xu in the Lakers.
Unfortunately, simply telling them this point cannot relieve stress, and fighting pressure depends on the players themselves. Not to mention the highest-level basketball game in the world like NBA, even NCAA, players need strong resistance to stress if they want to play well.
What made Guo Xu depressed was that the real factor in determining the outcome of these two games was luck, and the Timberwolves had particularly good luck. The Suns players had many opportunities to lock in the victory and missed it, while the "madman" Spreville was frustrated for two games.
In Guo Xu's previous life, this season was Spreeville's final peak, with an average of nearly 20+4+4 per game in the playoffs. He was not very accurate in shooting under normal conditions and his efficiency was average, but he was an All-Star when he was blowing.
In the 2002-03 season, Spreville, who played for the Knicks, once magically made 9 three-pointers in a row, scoring 38 points and leading the team to defeat the Clippers 105-92. (Clippers: I am again?)
The Timberwolves are even more lucky that the "Alien" Kassel was not injured and has always been healthy.
Although Kassel suffered a loss when defending Guo Xu alone, he could contribute steadily on the offensive end. Whether Guo Xu defended closely or interfered with shooting for a distance, it was difficult for him to reduce his shooting percentage.
This playoff Kassel is the Timberwolves' most accurate, with a shooting percentage of 47.6%, averaging 19.2 points and 6 assists per game.
Kassel was also at the peak of this year. In his previous life, he averaged 16.6 points in the playoffs in 2004, which seemed to be a lot lower than the regular season. In fact, in the 16 playoff games of Kassel, there were almost no games against the Lakers in two games. In the second game, he was injured in one minute and scored no points. In the fourth game, he played with an injury and scored 3 points in 5 minutes. After these two games, his average data was 18.7 points, basically maintaining the strength of the regular season.
Although Kassel looks like an alien, he is a despicable warrior in his bones. This series in his previous life was impressive. Although he felt uncomfortable when he walked, he still fulfilled his promise, gritted his teeth and made his debut in the third game of the Western Conference Finals, and persisted for 27 minutes to score 18 points.
Then he was injured again! 28.2 seconds before the end of the half, Kassel dribbled into the three-point line. Old Malone stretched out his big hand, intentionally or unintentionally, did not touch the basketball, and slapped Kassel's forehead and knocked him to the ground.
Kassel's back, which was not well-behaved, was hit hard again when he fell to the ground, which resulted in the first half of the two teams' highest score of 15 points. He only played 7 minutes in the second half and served as a spectator for 11 minutes in the crucial fourth quarter, so the Timberwolves also lost the game.
Why is it always Ma Long who accidentally hurts his opponent? This is really a problem.
Guo Xukong scored 27 points and 17 assists to fail to win, and the Suns fell into a difficult situation with a score of 0-2.
After the game, although the Timberwolves performed well, all the credits were counted on Garnett.
There is big news in the media. Many people say that Guo Xu is overrated, that beautiful data is useless, and that it is still a defensive black hole. This season's regular season MVP should belong to Garnett.
The media praised Garnett for his offense and defense balance, and was the core of both offense and defense at the Timberwolves. In the last round, he defeated his long-time inside rival Duncan, and in this game, he severely suppressed several inside stars of the Suns.
This is nonsense. Garnett’s excellent defense is everyone admits that he also won the Best Defensive Player Award this season, but on the offensive end, he is really not "suppressed" against the Suns inside.
Garnett averaged 24 points per game, while Sir Smith had 25 points, and he averaged 8 minutes more per game than Smith.
With the same score data between the two, Sir Jr. has a 55% shooting percentage, while Garnett is only 43%. His data is only 14 rebounds and 5 assists per game, and he beat Sir Jr.
Garnett couldn't even crush Haslem in a single fight. He was defended and basically didn't enter the penalty area. He shot from outside again and again. In the second game, he made 10 of 23 shots, made 5 of 6 free throws, scored 25 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.
Garnett's overall shooting percentage has only 44.6% since the playoffs. It's not that high when playing against Duncan or Haslem. It's better to face the defender's jump shot when it is misplaced. 20.7 shots are exchanged for 24.3 points. How can we say dominance?
The media doesn't care about this, they just pick it up first, and the next game will be even more gimmick.
The NBA has been this way for many years, and fans have also bought it. When fans talk about idols, they try not to mention the poor performance of the game. It seems that they are most satisfied with their career peaks in every game. This will give you an epic showdown, which is a contest between Superman.
The real NBA is always very different from the NBA in the minds of most fans.
Before the 2-0 advancement was completed, Garnett's fans were overjoyed, and finally the "Wolf King" was about to surpass Duncan.
The "hard and special" discussion of the game online, the most talked about was how bad Garnett's former teammates were. He was delayed by the Timberwolves' garbage management and useless teammates for many years. Now he has only traded two second-rate stars. The team has the strength to win the championship under his leadership.
Gugliotta was once the boss of the Timberwolves? Isn’t that a disabled person who can’t even enter the playoff roster in the Suns?
Marbury has been to the All-Star at the Timberwolves? Such a big cancer is also a good teammate?
Billups performed very badly in the Timberwolves, and there was nothing to say at all. He was strong and then went to the Pistons.
As for Szebiak, it would be better if you don’t mention this kind of soft guy, but if you can be selected as an All-Star, the Western Conference coaches are blind.
Today is still the carnival for the "black pot" and is active on major forums.
"Is Jason Guo still going to sing and shoot MV now? Those who support the Suns are stupid, right? Few teams can reverse the situation when they are behind 0-2. Jason has realized his true form. He can't fight hard battles, so he is good at data swiping."
"The truth that wins fans on offense and wins championships on defense is the same. The Suns average so many points per game, it's not possible at first glance."
"It would be interesting if the Timberwolves swept the sun. The most embarrassing MVP in history was born, and they were elected unanimously, a group of ball blinds."
"With the Wolf King here, the Suns can't pass the Timberwolves level, Jason Guo doesn't even dare to shoot the key ball, and he will blame him..."
The Guomi people have all begun to be pessimistic. So far, only 11 teams in NBA history have completed a reversal while falling behind 0-2, and the chances are very low.
Someone mentioned Meghan, saying that this hot-bodied lady is a beauty. When Guo Xu has a girlfriend, it affects his competitive state. Most of his mind is not on basketball, and he must have consumed a lot of energy in bed.
Guo Xu was not pessimistic and was still confident of advancing to the finals. He did not believe that the Suns he led would lose to the Timberwolves, and he did not believe that the Timberwolves would be lucky all the time.
On the morning of the 25th, he went to the stadium to practice three-pointers and felt very hot.
Chapter completed!