Game 6 of the series between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Golden State Warriors.
The two sides came to the Target Center Arena in Minneapolis.
This game is very important for the Timberwolves. If they fail to win, all their efforts this season will be in vain! In the evening, many fans came to watch, hoping to help boost the team's morale through their encouragement.
As the former leader of the Timberwolves, Zhao Feiyang also sent text messages to Zach LaVine, Adrian Ennis and others before the game.
"Hey guys, you have to play well in this game! I'm waiting for you to enter the finals and play with us! I'm looking forward to this day!"
LaVine's reply was simple.
"Wait for me! Zhao! I won't let you down."
Adrian was a little more worried.
"Zhao, it's a pity that those bastards traded you! If you were still on the team, maybe we would be the ones getting the match point now... Damn! This is really a pity! But don't worry! Zach and I will do our best..."
Live competition will begin soon.
First quarter time.
As soon as the Timberwolves came up, they took the lead in attacking. Rose relied on Adrian's screen on the wing to get to the basket. He changed his mind one after another and shook off the defensive player to take action outside the penalty area. Unfortunately, the ball he threw failed to hit.
Fortunately, the bounced rebound was picked off by Dwight Howard. After getting the ball, he didn't hesitate. He directly raised the basketball and dunked the ball into the basket.
The Warriors look for opportunities to counterattack.
After halftime, they gave the ball to Kevin Durant. Durant continued to play Adrian alone, and the two faced each other. Durant pulled away and took a fadeaway shot.
Uh-huh.
A mid-range shot fell steadily into the basket.
The Timberwolves continue to serve.
Rose continued to dribble the ball and gave it to LaVine before halftime. LaVine was preparing to single out Klay Thompson, but found Dwight Howard under the basket and decisively passed the ball out.
Snapped.
After receiving the basketball, Howard held the ball for a single. He turned around against Green and used his flexible steps to get into the basket.
However, he did not force himself. Facing the arrogant Green, he chose to give the ball to Serge Ibaka, who was rushing up. Ibaka jumped high and dunked the ball with both hands into the basket.
boom.
The ball went in.
For the rest of the first quarter, the Timberwolves cleverly chose to keep the ball inside. Their approach really worked, and they suppressed the Warriors for a time. Especially Green, who was always extremely manic when playing against other teams before, was completely defeated in this series.
In terms of physical fitness, neither Howard, Ibaka, nor the young Adrian is worse than him; in terms of technology, the three of them are certainly much better than Green, especially Adrian's technical skills. It is Green's inimitable ceiling; in terms of offensive ability, the performance of the three has also proved themselves.
More importantly, the cooperation between them is tacit enough.
After falling behind in the first quarter, the Warriors chose to adjust their tactics. Andre Iguodala was replaced, and the Warriors' rhythm began to speed up significantly.
Stephen Curry still leads the team's offense, but under his acceleration, other Warriors players also start running.
This change failed to allow the Warriors to overtake the score, but it narrowed the gap between the two sides and at the same time consumed the physical fitness of the Timberwolves' main lineup.
When the two sides reached the second half, the Timberwolves had to make adjustments.
Adrian took a break, and Howard was forced to sit on the team bench to recover. The same is true for LaVine. As the core, he consumed a lot of physical energy in the matchup with Clay, and he had to enter a state of charging at this time.
The Warriors took this opportunity to concentrate the ball in Curry's hands.
Curry deserves to be the person who set the record for three-pointers. With the Warriors constantly feeding the ball, Curry made three-pointers one after another.
The sudden blow quickly erased the Timberwolves' advantage, and it was not until entering the fourth quarter that they barely managed to catch up to 4 points.
After a while, the two teams finally came to the final moment.
With less than 1 minute left in the game, the score between the two sides was 110 to 111, with the Warriors leading by 1 point. Falling behind, the Timberwolves advance with LaVine holding the ball.
After the loss in the last game, LaVine practiced a lot. This time he successfully achieved self-salvation. After getting the ball, he broke through to the penalty area under Adrian's cover and successfully scored a goal with a 2+1.
When he stood on the free throw line, the entire Target Center Arena fans were cheering for him.
Uh-huh.
When this free throw was thrown in, the score between the two sides became 113 to 111. The Timberwolves overtook the Warriors by 2 points, and there were only 14 seconds left before the end of the game.
Obviously, if the Warriors cannot score the last offense, then the Timberwolves will be able to win this game.
The sudden change of situation makes Timberwolves fans full of hope.
Immediately afterwards, the Warriors sent the ball. At the last moment of the game, Coach Cole asked the team to give the ball to Durant.
After getting the ball, Durant directly chose to single out Andrew Wiggins.
Wiggins did his best to guard, and he even blocked Durant's shooting line of sight. However, the moment Durant threw the ball towards him, everyone still felt a fear of being dominated.
Beep.
The timer sounded at the end of the game, and the basketball thrown by Durant also fell into the basket at the same time.
At the last moment, Durant killed the Timberwolves with a three-pointer and eliminated them by only one point.
When the Warriors players gathered together to cheer and celebrate, the Timberwolves players in the entire arena fell into silence, as did the fans. They did not leave in a hurry, but stood in the audience helplessly watching the buzzer beater. Play it back, trying to find some violation in these pictures, so as to save their last hope.
Unfortunately, nothing happened.
Durant's three-pointer is completely effective!
The big score between the two sides was 4-2, and the Warriors defeated the Timberwolves again at their home court!
At this time last season, the Timberwolves failed to advance due to Zhao Feiyang's injury. This time, without Zhao Feiyang, the Timberwolves were defeated by the opponent in the sixth game again.
Time and time again, they fell at the feet of the Warriors.
This is undoubtedly extremely frustrating.
Zhao Feiyang, who had watched Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals at home, could only sigh helplessly when he saw this result.
"Depend on!"
"Why did the Warriors advance again? I'm afraid the finals will be even more difficult now..."
