Today, the Timberwolves beat Denver and returned to the Western Conference finals after 20 years. In the tiebreak, Denver had a 20 point lead, but was eventually reversed by the Timberwolves, who even led by 10 points after the reversal. Inside and outside, Denver lost 30 points in more than one quarter of the game! Ma Long, the Nuggets' head coach, broke the defense after the game. When the reporter asked him how he thought Nuggets had led by 20 points in the third quarter of the game, Ma Long said directly that the next question was the end of the season. There was no need to discuss it again. Then he whispered, stupid question.
From Malone's point of view, the reporter's question was stupid, but from the outside world, Malone's answer was stupid, and his on-the-spot response today was also stupid. Where Nuggets lost today is not Jokic, nor Murray, but Malone. There are still 20 points ahead in the middle of the third quarter. Can't you keep pace? The Timberwolves had already marked Murray in the second half. Murray scored 29 points in two and a half quarters, which was very efficient. Do you expect him to score every goal according to the high difficulty of the final goal? Murray was taken care of, even sandwiched, but Malone did not arrange a second reception point for him, only let Reggie play for 5 minutes. How to sort out the attack?
In fact, Reggie played well in this round of series, but Malone was conservative in today's game. He was afraid of adjustment, failure, and criticism of role players if they didn't play well. However, this kind of game, the first move moves the whole body. Nuggets have restricted Nuggets, so Jokic is still struggling. In the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves are fighting harder and harder. Why? Because Jokic is restricted. Reed, Goebbels and Downes are surrounded by three big men. Outside Edwards has locked Murray and asked him to shoot high difficulty. The result is self-evident.
In fact, the winner of this series is Murray. In this round of series, except for the last game, Murray averaged 19 points in the first six games in which Nuggets won, and 11 points in the three games Nuggets lost. Although he scored 35 points in the World War VII, he only scored 6 points in the third and fourth quarters. Edwards said after the game that he handcuffed Murray in the second half, which is not nonsense. Murray didn't play well in this round of series, even in the first round of this year, including 5 games and 7 games in the second round, a total of 12 playoffs. According to statistics, only one of his 12 playoffs has a shooting percentage of more than 50%, which is the second round G3. He made 11 of 21 shots and scored 24 points.
In 12 playoffs, only one game has a shooting rate of more than 50%! Five years, 300 million contract renewal ahead of schedule is suspended, and the Lakers are wrong! In addition to this game, Murray's shooting rate did not exceed 50% in the other 11 games, even in the second round of G2 game, 3 of 18 shots, and in the second round of G6 game, 4 of 18 shots. The efficiency is terrible. So many people believe that Murray, who holds the player option worth 36.01 million dollars in the last year next season, may even be traded this summer. Murray's leg has been injured all the time. He had been reimbursed for two consecutive seasons in the playoffs before. Last year, he seemed to have run out of gas to win the championship. Playing the Lakers in the first round this year and beating them twice seemed to run out of luck. Murray was expected to renew his contract with Denver for 5 years with a top salary of 300 million yuan. Now, it's really up in the air.
Looking back, the Denver Nuggets beat the Lakers in the first round, and the Lakers spent most of their time sandwiched Murray, afraid of being killed by him. As a result, Murray and Jokic madly assisted Gordon and Little Potter, and the Lakers were killed by Little Potter and Gordon. Although Murray G2 and G5 contributed to the final kill, his efficiency was also very low before the final kill. The Lakers are really wrong. If the Lakers choose not to double Jokic and Murray, let Murray play one game at a time. First of all, he is not in good condition this year, and can't be too efficient. In addition, his physical strength and Nuggets' system this year are not enough to support him or allow him to attack inefficiently all the time. Considering that the Lakers are leading three quarters of the time, who will be promoted by the Lakers or Nuggets, I'm really not sure.
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