In the TNT studio, Charles Barkley shook his head helplessly: "The Supersonics were not only unable to be used offensively, but were frequently penetrated by the Timberwolves on the defensive end. This really doesn't look like a top four team in the Western Conference."

"I think the trouble caused by the Rockets to the Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs is far higher than that of the Supersonics, which is really bad at playing."

After taking the words of Charles Barkley, his partner Kenny Smith had a smile on his face: "The Timberwolves are likely to complete the sweep 4:0 in this round of series, becoming the first team in the league to advance to the division final this season."

"And another set of matches in the West has been confirmed, and it will be the Suns vs. Ma Zi. This situation is simply great for the Timberwolves."

"No matter who can advance to the finals, the Suns and Spurs, it will definitely take a lot of time. As the opponent, the Timberwolves have been waiting for a long time and have an advantage in preparation!"

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After returning from the second half, McMillan made some adjustments to the starting lineup. The biggest adjustment was to take Daniels from the small forward position and switch to Radmanovic, who was 2.08 meters tall and weighed 103 kilograms.

Radmanovic's performance in the regular season was pretty good, averaging 11.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.

However, after entering the playoffs, Radmanovic's poor offense and defense efficiency was infinitely amplified. Radmanovic's average data per game was only 5.3 points, 3 rebounds and 0.7 assists in the first round series.

Moreover, his shooting percentage fell to 37.1%, and his three-point shooting percentage was only 20.8%.

This hit rate can be described as dismal. Even head coach McMillan has abandoned Radmanovic in the subsequent period, leaving the white forward to sit on the bench and doubting his life.

However, McMillan has no choice at the moment. Szebiak's performance in the first half was too dazzling. Facing Daniels' defense, Szebiak is as simple as playing a warm-up match.

Whether it was a back-to-body jump shot after knocking Daniels with his body, or a brutal collision after directly holding the ball and hitting Daniels with his head, Szebiak took his physical advantage to the extreme.

At present, McMillan can only take Radmanovic, who is of similar shape, to the court, thereby sanctioning Szebiak's offensive efficiency.

Even if Radmanovic's own offensive efficiency is extremely poor, McMillan has no choice but to choose this.

After all, Radmanovich's annual salary is only 2.3 million US dollars, and people cannot ask for him too much.

In the third quarter, Antonio Daniels's fate made the Supersonics even more difficult on the offensive end.

Originally, Daniels was present on the court to a large extent to alleviate the offensive pressure of Ray Allen and Lewis, but the current offensive pressure of the entire supersonics was completely pressing on Ray Allen and Lewis.

The two of them were unable to move forward under the regional joint defense of the Timberwolves. Now they are completely ruling the bullet and forcing their attacks, so their offensive efficiency is naturally a mess.

As for the third scoring point after the team entered the playoffs, Jerome James was defended to become the new generation of "Seattle Iron God".

Faced with the strong "sugar man" Olovo Kandy, James has little physical advantage. In addition, Garnett's frequent assistance in defense comes to harass him, which makes Jerome James, who is already rough, miserable.

Even several times when James turned around, Garnett cut the ball from the side, and made a mistake for no reason, becoming the sixth teammate on the Timberwolves.

Jerome James' performance made it difficult for Supersonic fans to believe. It is hard to imagine that this is a powerful center who averaged nearly 20 plus 10 per game against the Kings in the first round of the playoffs.

If Jerome James in the first round of the playoffs played at the league's first-line center level, then James' performance in this game is more like a water dispenser administrator.

That’s right, it’s still the kind that’s worse than the Timberwolves water dispenser administrator “Sugar Man” Olovo Kandi!

"Dudu~"

With the whistle sounding at the end of the game, the Timberwolves won the Supersonics with a bloody victory in the first game of the Western Conference Semi-Finals by 41 points, and scored the biggest score difference in the playoffs this season!

The biggest score difference before was the Suns' 30 points beat the Mavericks, and these two teams are typical representatives of strong offense and weak defense.

Considering that the two teams often score more than 120 points, 30 points is not very rare.

However, in this game, the Timberwolves beat the Supersonics 41 points in the Western Conference semi-finals, which was a real unilateral massacre. Both offense and defense were suppressed by the Supersonics.

The Timberwolves have been in the lead since the first quarter. Until the garbage time in the last quarter, the Timberwolves still had the upper hand, pressing the supersonics to the ground and stomping on the ground and stomping wildly.

The Timberwolves scored in total eight players in double digits throughout the game. Among the 12 players who appeared, all the players scored more than five points, and the lowest score was the "Sugar Man".

However, while the "Sugar Man" only scored five points on the offensive end, he took 8 rebounds and 4 blocks on the defensive end, slapped Jerome James into a star's eyes, and forced James' maximum salary contract to the base salary!

In addition, "Wolf King" Garnett also taught Rashad Lewis to be a good person in this game. He had 28 points, 21 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 steals and 3 blocks in the game, making him the most dazzling presence in the first game of the semi-finals.

Garnett has average offensive ability. Garnett's insufficient scoring skills in tough battles have always restricted him from becoming an excellent stadium scorer.

But facing Rashad Lewis' defense, Garnett easily scored 28 points while clocking in and getting off work in the third quarter, and he really didn't regard Lewis as a human being.

For others, Szebiak, who also clocked in for three quarters, scored 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals, and his shooting percentage was as high as 73.6%, hitting the face of "Sharp Shooter" Ray Allen.

Even if the defensive intensity of the two encountered was not at the same level, it is indeed a relatively interesting thing to defeat him in front of the sharpshooter Grenade? Allen.

On the bench, "Penny" Hardaway and Salmons both felt very hot. Among them, Hardaway's 14 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists seemed to dream of returning to the peak, and contributed extremely high-level offensive efficiency in a small amount of playing time.

As for Salmons, he made 4 of 6 shots from outside the three-point line, and his data of 12 points, 1 rebound and 2 steals were still stable. He began to gradually realize his talent under head coach Luke and is beginning to develop into an excellent 3D player!

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At the post-match press conference, Supersonics head coach McMillan was in a low mood. Losing was something McMillan had expected, but he lost 41 points to the Timberwolves in the first game of the semi-finals, which made McMillan feel very helpless.

Obviously, the gap between the Supersonics and the Timberwolves is far more exaggerated than fans imagined. Even McMillan even looked up to himself, thinking that the team had a chance to win a few games.

At present, the Supersonics won a few games in this round of series, even not being able to win every game by the Timberwolves has become a problem.

After all, McMillan has made adjustments many times off the court in this game, but he has never been able to break through the Timberwolves' regional joint defense, which makes McMillan feel desperate and questioned his coaching level in his heart for the first time.

On the Timberwolves, head coach Luke was still calm at the post-match press conference and did not start to be complacent because the team won a 40-point victory.

The Timberwolves were completely within Luke's expectations. No one knew how to defend three-pointers better than Luke. Even looking at the entire sports world, no one would do better than Luke.

Luke is very clear about the development trend of three-pointers and also knows the core factors of defensive three-pointers. These are the experience accumulated by many coaches in the league over more than ten years.

However, these things are currently Luke's treasures, and at least Luke can become one of the pioneers leading the small ball era.

"Nate is an excellent basketball coach. The Supersonics have become very strong under him this season, but the Timberwolves' defense is restrained against the Supersonics, which makes it difficult for the Supersonics to fully perform on the offensive end."

"The Timberwolves won't take it lightly in the next few games, and they will still give their all in the rest of the game."

"But I'm more concerned about another set of matchups, and I hope some teams don't let me down, I'll wait for you in the Western Conference Finals."
Chapter completed!