After the big score was tied at 1-2, the game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Golden State Warriors became increasingly tense.
After the Warriors felt the threat, they did not dare to let Stephen Curry continue to rest, so Curry returned in the fourth game.
I don’t know if Curry’s injury after his comeback had too much impact. In short, his performance in this game was relatively average. He only scored 16 points in the game and had 13 assists. However, as the leader of the team, he failed to stand up. An offense that comes out and takes control of the ball.
On the other hand, for the Timberwolves, after Zhao Feiyang had a wonderful performance in the last game, he played 40+ this time.
The team put more opportunities on him, and also released Adrian to constantly play pick-and-roll screens with Zhao Feiyang, making Zhao Feiyang's touch always very hot.
It was precisely because of his strength that he led to the outstanding performance of the rest of the Timberwolves. In the end, besides him, five players on the team scored in double figures at the same time, and they successfully won the game in one fell swoop.
After the 2-2 tie, the outside world was really surprised by the performance of the Timberwolves.
Game 5 soon followed, and this time the venue returned to the Oracle Arena, the home of the Warriors.
However, the difference compared to the previous game is that the Timberwolves welcomed the return of Zach LaVine in this game. At the same time, Kevin Martin, whose fingers had not fully recovered before, also stabilized his condition through the previous games. own status.
The Timberwolves' missing roster is finally complete.
The Warriors didn't care about this. They had played against too many opponents, some of which they had been unable to defeat, but they eventually fell at their feet.
Therefore, the Warriors players are psychologically condescending to a team like the Timberwolves, which they eliminated last season.
But no one expected that this game was completely beyond everyone's expectations.
The Timberwolves, with their full lineup, had their strongest performance since the playoffs, especially the comeback of LaVine. His matchup with Klay Thompson was quite exciting. It was just a lot of shooting, and LaVine was still in Thompson's head. He scored two difficult dunks.
On Zhao Feiyang's side, he continued to restrict Curry in the same way as before.
Curry has also changed since the last game, and this time he is not completely restricted again. In the first half, Curry continued to score with his magical three-pointers, once carrying the team on his shoulders.
But in the second half, Zhao Feiyang once again played a dominant performance. He made several key shots difficult for the Warriors to guard. And because of his heroic form, the Timberwolves were already leading the Warriors at the end of the third quarter. Team double digits.
In the last quarter, Dwight Howard attacked his opponent under the basket one after another. He cooperated with Adrian and gave the pair of Draymond Green and Andrew Bogut a hard blow.
Therefore, as the Timberwolves continued to score, with 2 minutes left in the game, the score between the two sides was tied at 117 to 101.
The 16-point gap left the Warriors in despair.
Even many Warriors fans did not expect that they would lose two consecutive games at home this time. Having lost their home court advantage, they would face a return to Minneapolis. , if once unable to come back, the Warriors will completely lose the series.
Beep.
At the end of the game, the final score difference between the two sides was 14 points.
The Warriors lost this game at their home court at Oracle Arena, and were beaten 3-2 by the Timberwolves, whom they looked down upon.
The Timberwolves, which originally seemed to be in a precarious situation, suddenly got the match point and became the Western Conference champions who are likely to compete in the finals. This also made many outside fans feel unbelievable.
The most excited ones are the fans in Minneapolis. Many people secretly thought that the team would lose the series. However, after several fierce battles, the team is now leading the opponent.
"OMG! This really surprises me! I don't know how the team did it, but I think our highlight moment has come. Maybe the Timberwolves can make history and reach the finals... "
"Damn it! If that's the case, I would always regard Zhao as the god in my heart... This guy is so surprising! Without him, I don't know how many more years it will take us to get to this point... ....”
“At first I thought we won because Stephen didn’t play, but looking at it now, we lost the previous games because our lineup wasn’t put together... I’m thinking, if we had There are no injuries in our lineup, so is it possible that we have advanced now..."
Fans have various opinions.
Obviously, they are all looking forward to the fact that the team is leading.
On the other side of the ocean, in China, many fans were quite shocked by the fact that the Timberwolves and the Warriors tied 3-2.
"Holy crap! It's 3 to 2? Zhao Feiyang is awesome! How did this guy do it?"
"I have to say that both Zhao Feiyang and Curry performed very well. However, in terms of physical strength, Curry seemed to be worse than Zhao Feiyang... Zhao Feiyang simply played with his life in the game. To interfere with Curry, this level of consumption is indeed too intense..."
"Zhao Feiyang doesn't look like a 30-year-old player at all. In other words, very few people can still perform in such a state at his age... It's really amazing! I admit that his performance exceeded mine. expected......"
"There is only one last game left. Although I also like Curry and Thompson, I also hope that Zhao Feiyang can lead the team to the finals... This is our Chinese player, if he can do all this , even Chinese basketball will be proud of it..."
"Yao Ming single-handedly raised the China Men's Basketball Team to a height it shouldn't have been, and Zhao Feiyang single-handedly raised the China Basketball Team to a special height... But in fact, apart from players like them, China Basketball also has There’s a long way to go…”
At the same time, compared to the stalemate in the Western Conference finals, the Eastern Conference finals looked completely different.
The game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat came to an end in the fifth game. The two sides tied the score 4 to 1. In the end, the Heat tried their best and only won one game, which was different from the elimination that Miami fans had hoped for. The Cavaliers were in complete contrast.
After the Cavaliers successfully advanced to the finals, all the attention of the outside world was focused on the Western Conference Finals.
Many people in the industry have begun to speculate on the final outcome.
Even though the Timberwolves have achieved a 3-2 lead, more than half of the industry insiders still support the Warriors and believe that the Warriors may be the final winner!
