After winning the third game of the series, the Minnesota Timberwolves finally got back a win at home. Previously, they made the outside world mistakenly believe that they would be swept by the Golden State Warriors. However, after winning this game, the outside world's view of them changed somewhat.
Perhaps it was the good luck brought by this game that in the fourth game of the following series, the Timberwolves continued their stable state.
Zhao Feiyang scored 50 points in this game, his strongest performance since the series.
Especially in the second half, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson double-teamed to interfere with him, but they still couldn't stop him from scoring the ball. Especially at the last moment, Klay, who was defending one-on-one, was beaten by Zhao Feiyang. He scored two plus one, which can be said to be completely suppressed.
In addition to his 50 points, Derrick Rose finally had a good performance.
He played 27 minutes in the game and scored 17 points and 13 assists, most of which were given to Zhao Feiyang.
Adrian Ennis on the inside also performed very well, especially after switching to guard Draymond Green. There was still a lot of tension between him and Green in this game, and there was no shortage of various little moves between the two. But there is one thing Green cannot compare to Adrian.
That is, the two are evenly matched on the defensive end, but Green's technical sophistication on the offensive end is obviously not comparable to Adrian. After all, Adrian was trained by "Big Dream" Olajuwon.
Although Adrian's progress was not that obvious at the beginning, after hundreds of games, he now has his own unique insights in footwork offense.
Therefore, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and Adrian also played his most perfect state against Green.
He played 36 minutes in the entire game and scored 19 points and 10 rebounds against Green. On the other hand, Green, who was constantly competing with him, only scored a measly 9 points and only grabbed 6 rebounds. Although he also played a big role in tactical coordination, his performance was completely backward compared to his previous performance.
For the Warriors, Kevin Durant played 37 minutes in this game, and Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson also played more than 35 minutes.
Durant scored a team-high 29 points, and Curry and Klay Thompson teamed up to score 46 points. Although the performance of the three was not bad, it was still slightly weaker than the Timberwolves, especially in terms of shooting feel. , perhaps due to the discomfort caused by playing away games, the three of them did not feel very good in the first quarter.
In the end, the fourth game of the series between the two sides ended with a score of 120 to 115.
The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Golden State Warriors by 5 points.
When the two teams tied the score at 2-2, the entire league began to be surprised by the Timberwolves' counterattack.
Because in stark contrast to them are the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets.
The two teams tied with a 3-1 score in the fourth game of the series. The Spurs got the match point in this game and defeated the Rockets with an inconspicuous advantage.
The best performer of the Rockets is still the star James Harden. He played 43 minutes in the game and scored a game-high 33 points. He also got 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Such a beautiful triple-double is enough. Proving his quality in the series.
His teammates Patrick Beverley scored 20 points and Ryan Anderson scored 19 points. The three became the Rockets' main scoring sources.
For the Spurs, Kawhi Leonard, the core of the new generation, scored a team-high 22 points, while grabbing 15 rebounds and dishing out 4 assists.
Teammate Patrick Mills scored 20 points, LaMarcus Aldridge scored 18 points and 14 rebounds, Danny Green scored 16 points, and two other players scored in double figures.
Judging from the comparison of the scoring structure of the two sides, the overall performance of the Spurs is obviously better, and it does make up for the shortcomings in some aspects.
The Rockets' offense failed to score at the last moment, and James Harden was originally scheduled to take the key shot. However, the Spurs' defense was too tight at the last moment, causing James Harden to miss the opportunity to finally make the key shot.
The score between the two sides was fixed at 120 to 117.
The 3-point gap brought the Rockets to a low point, and it also made their dream of reaching the Western Conference Finals look like it was about to come to naught.
Although it does not mean that there is no way to comeback at 3-1, for most teams, 3-1 basically means that it is impossible to reverse the situation in the series, and the probability of comeback is extremely small. After all, they have won three consecutive games and turned defeat into victory. It's just too difficult.
After this game, Harden showed his low mood in interviews with the media, and also clearly expressed his hope that the team would recruit him.
"I think our combat effectiveness is not strong enough! We need more outstanding players to join..."
Interestingly, after Harden said these words, the already eliminated Los Angeles Clippers revealed big news, saying that Chris Paul had already thought about leaving the team and was applying for a team trade.
The war situation in the west is like this, but there is a sharp contrast in the east.
The Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards tied 2-2, and the situation between the two teams looked quite anxious.
After the Wizards lost consecutive games before, the Wizards players led by John Wall also started to exert their strength in the third game. Especially in the fourth game, John Wall and Bradley Beal teamed up to score 56 points, helping the team steal a victory from the Celtics.
Completely different from them was the match between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors. The Cavaliers eliminated the Raptors in just four games and directly advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with a sweep.
Such a brutal style of play also made the outside world quite surprised by the strength of the Cavaliers.
The performance of the Big Three in the series was also quite strong. LeBron James averaged 29 points per game in the series, Kyrie Irving averaged 25+ points per game, and Kevin Love averaged 29 points per game. 22+ plus 10.9 rebounds.
There is no doubt that the Big Three are too powerful for the Raptors, so losing the game is not a surprise.
After the Cavaliers advanced first, the Western Conference semifinals ushered in Game 5 of the series.
After the two sides tied at 2-2, the Timberwolves and Warriors were on the same starting line. The Warriors, who had lost two games in a row, were naturally unwilling to accept it, so they thought about trying to win the match point in the fifth game.
The venue of this game is back at Oracle Arena, which is the home court of the Warriors. The Warriors naturally hope to use this opportunity to consolidate their victory.
As a result, a war is about to break out.
