Chapter 488 [Score 0-2, Black Cauldron Carnival]
The age of the players is indeed the Suns' biggest weakness, they are talented and lack tenacity.
The Suns exposed this weakness during the regular season, as they were good at playing tailwind, and if they started with a big lead, the role players would play better and better, and they could play against the stars. Once the score is scorched, the young players in the final quarter will be restrained and will only pass the ball to Guo Xu.
Entering the playoffs, Josh Howard and Steve Blake can't be counted on, and they can play practice when they play smoothly, and they are bound to make mistakes when the score is anxious.
They are afraid that they will hold their teammates back in important games, and after the game people will blame them for the loss. In fact, no, people will only blame the stars, young players who don't play well are normal "paying tuition", and they will be praised if they play well, just like Guo Xu in the Lakers.
Unfortunately, simply telling them this will not reduce the pressure, and it is up to the players to fight the pressure. Not to mention the NBA, the world's highest level of basketball, even in the NCAA, players need to have a strong ability to resist pressure if they want to play well.
What makes Guo Xu depressed is that the real factor that determines the outcome of these two games is luck, and the Timberwolves' luck is particularly good. The Suns missed many chances to seal the win, while "Mad Man" Sprewell had two convulsions.
In Guo Xu's previous life, this season was the last peak of Sprewell, with an average of nearly 20+4+4 per game in the playoffs. He doesn't shoot very accurately in normal conditions, and his efficiency is average, but he is an All-Star when he smokes the wind.
In the 2002-03 season, Sprewell, who played for the Knicks, made nine consecutive three-pointers against the Clippers, scoring 38 points to lead the team to a 105-92 victory over the Clippers. (Clippers: Me again?) )
The Timberwolves are more fortunate that "alien" Cassel is not injured and has been healthy.
Although Cassel suffered a loss when defending Guo Xu alone, he can contribute to the scoring steadily on the offensive end, and it is difficult for Guo Xu to reduce his shooting percentage whether he is close to the defense or puts a distance to interfere with the shot.
In this playoffs, Kassel is the most accurate for the Timberwolves, shooting 47.6% from the field and averaging 19.2 points and 6 assists per game.
This year's Kassel is also at its peak, in his previous life he averaged 16.6 points per game in the 04 playoffs, which seems to be a lot lower than the regular season, in fact, Kassel's 16 playoff games, two games against the Lakers almost didn't play, the second game he was injured for 1 minute and did not score, and the fourth game he played with an injury for 5 minutes and scored 3 points. Excluding these two games, he averaged 18.7 points per game, basically maintaining the strength of the regular season.
Although Cassel looks like an alien, he is a Predator at heart, and this series in his previous life was impressive, and although he felt uncomfortable walking, he still fulfilled his promise, gritted his teeth and started Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, and held on for 27 minutes to score 18 points.
And then he was hurt again! 28.2 seconds before the end of the half, Kassel dribbled into the three-point line, and the elder Malone stretched out his big hand to intentionally or unintentionally miss the basketball, slapped it on Kassel's head, and knocked him to the ground.
Cassel's already inthorough back was hit hard when he fell to the ground, which led to a team-high 15 points in the first half, and he played only seven minutes in the second half and played as a spectator for 11 minutes in the crucial fourth quarter, and the Timberwolves lost the game as a result.
Why it's always Malone who accidentally injures the opponent is really a question.
Guo Xukong slashed 27 points and 17 assists in exchange for a victory, and the Suns were in trouble with a score of 0-2.
After the game, although the other "two monsters" of the Timberwolves played well, all the credit went to Garnett.
There is big news in the media, many people say that Guo Xu is overrated, beautiful statistics are useless, or a defensive black hole, and this season's regular season MVP should belong to Garnett.
The media praised Garnett's offensive and defensive balance, being the core of the Timberwolves' offense and defense on both ends of the floor, and he defeated his old rival Duncan in the last round, and this time he severely suppressed several of the Suns' interior stars.
That's. Garnett is excellent defensively, and everyone admits that he also won the Defensive Player of the Year award this season, but on the offensive end, he really can't be called "suppressed" on the Suns' interior line.
Garnett averaged 24 points in both games, while Smalls had 25, and he averaged eight more minutes per game than Smalls.
With the two scoring data about the same, Garnett only shot 43% from the field while Garnett averaged 14 rebounds and 5 assists per game.
Garnett couldn't crush Haslem single-handedly, and he basically didn't enter the restricted area when he was defended, and shot outside again and again. In the second game, he shot 10-of-23 and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line to finish with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.
So far in the playoffs, Garnett's overall shooting rate is only 44.6%, whether it is against Duncan or Haslem, the shooting rate is not high, and it is better when he is misplaced to face the guard's jump shot, 20.7 shots in exchange for 24.3 points, how can he say dominance?
The media doesn't care about this, they just pick it up first, and then talk about it, and the next game will be even more gimmicky.
Success or failure is a hero, the NBA has been this way for many years, and fans have bought it. When fans talk about their idols, they try not to mention the games that they don't play well, and they seem to have the best time at the peak of their careers every game. This will have the feeling of an epic showdown, a contest between supermen.
The real NBA is always very different from the NBA in the minds of most fans.
Before the 2-0 promotion, Garnett's fans were crazy, and finally the "Wolf King" was about to surpass Duncan.
The most talked about topic of discussion of the game on the Internet is how bad Garnett's former teammates were, how many years he was delayed by the Timberwolves' garbage management and scrap teammates, and now he has only traded two second-rate stars, and the team has the strength to win the championship under his leadership.
Gugliotta was the Timberwolves boss? Isn't that a cripple in the Suns who can't even make the playoffs?
Did Marbury make an All-Star at the Timberwolves? Such a big tumor is also called a good teammate?
Billups is terrible at the Timberwolves, there is nothing to say at all, and he is strong after he went to the Pistons.
As for Szzebiak, this kind of soft egg is not mentioned, and to be selected as an All-Star once is blind to the Western coaches.
Today is still the carnival of the "black cauldrons", and the major forums are active.
"Is Jason Guo still going to sing and shoot the MV? Those who support the sun are stupid, right? Few teams can come back from 2-0 down. Jason is now in his original form, he can't fight a tough battle, so he's good at brushing data. ”
"It's an immutable truth that offense wins fans and defense wins championships, and the Suns are conceding so many points per game that it's not good to look at it."
"It would be interesting if the Timberwolves swept the Suns, the most embarrassing MVP in history was born, and they were unanimously elected, a group of ball blind."
"With the wolf king here, the Suns can't pass the Timberwolves, Jason Guo doesn't even dare to shoot key shots, so he will throw the pot ......"
The pots are starting to be pessimistic, so far, only 11 teams in NBA history have completed a comeback from a 2-0 deficit, and the odds are low.
Someone also mentioned Megan, saying that this hot young lady is a red face, Guo Xu has a girlfriend as soon as he affects his competitive state, most of his mind is not on basketball, and he must have consumed a lot of physical strength in bed.
Guo Xu is not pessimistic and is still confident to advance to the finals. He doesn't believe that his Suns will lose to the Timberwolves, and he doesn't believe that the Timberwolves will always be lucky.
On the morning of the 25th, he went to the arena to practice three points, and his hand was hot.
He had a hunch that he was going to have a convulsion...... (https:)
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