Missing the chance to reverse! The Lakers 1-4 Timberwolves, who will be responsible for the first round? The shortcomings are magnified

The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and the Lakers return to home to face the Timberwolves. This is the fifth matchup in the two teams' series. After the first four games, the Lakers are behind 1:3. There is no way out for them in this game. The team has adjusted the lineup rotation, but the effect is not ideal. He fell behind quickly at the beginning. As the game progressed, Doncic and James jointly led the team to catch up with the points, until the final quarter, and at the end, the Timberwolves seized the opportunity and narrowly defeated the Lakers, accepted the game and sent the Lakers out. The big score in the series was frozen at 4-1. Missing the chance to reverse! The Lakers 1-4 Timberwolves, who will be responsible for the first round? The shortcomings are magnified. After the game started, the Lakers' starting lineup was adjusted and they took a small lineup as the starting lineup, but the effect was not ideal. The Timberwolves beat him 12:7 at the beginning. During the stalemate, the Lakers' offensive end still did not recover well. The Timberwolves made three consecutive points and their lead had reached double digits. Both sides first went to tug at Doncic to make three free throws to help the Lakers catch the gap to 9 points before the end of the first quarter. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers narrowed the gap to one round with a 7:1 wave, and then the two sides fell into a tug-of-war. Edwards had a personal score and a team connected to the team, and there were different players on the Lakers who stood up to respond, and the score was always stalemate. The Timberwolves expanded their advantage to double digits with 8-0. In the tug-of-war between the two sides, Dongcic left the field due to injury, and the Lakers were 10 behind at the end of the first half. After the second half began, the Lakers' offensive state began to recover, playing 14:9 to narrow the gap to 5 points. Then the offensive attack started, and the two teams scored in multiple consecutive rounds; Doncic made a three-pointer on the Lakers, and Smith also made a three-pointer, and finally completed the overturn. The Lakers were 1 point behind in the third quarter. In the final quarter, both teams continued their game state. Reeves made a three-pointer to the Lakers and maintained a 1-point lead. The Timberwolves completed a 6-0 lead in a wave of 6-0. James made a three-pointer. At the critical moment, the Timberwolves seized the opportunity and accepted the victory of the game. The Lakers were eliminated 4-1 in the series.

The Timberwolves' performance was not ideal in this game. With their poor feel from the three-point line, their frequent outside shots made the advantage established by the team continuously narrowed by the Lakers, and the two sides eventually fell into a tug-of-war. Edwards had no touch in this game, with 0 of 10 shots outside the three-point line and only 15 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists in the whole game; Conley scored 2 of 7 shots, 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and Gobert had the highest score, with 27 points and 24 rebounds in 12 of 15 shots. Randall scored 22 points, and they made 7 of 47 from outside the three-point line. This was also the key to their score being caught up by the Lakers. But at the critical moment of the final quarter, the Timberwolves seized the opportunity and won the game.

For the Lakers, they had no way out in the first quarter, and the score difference was quickly expanded by the Timberwolves. As the game progressed, Doncic, Hachimura and James scored consecutively, helping the team to bite the game and complete the score overtake. They dragged until the last quarter, and they lost again at the last moment, and were scored by the Timberwolves in a row to widen the score difference, and finally lost the game and were eliminated 1-4 in the series.

Hachimura made 9 of 16 shots and scored 23 points and 4 rebounds and became the surprise again. Doncic made 7 of 18 shots and scored 28 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. James made 8 of 20 shots and scored 20 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. The outstanding performance of the three players helped the Lakers take the lead from behind and remained stalemate. Reeves had no touch in this game, 2 of 10 shots outside the three-point line, only 12 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and made 6 personal mistakes. At the critical moment, the Lakers were once again suppressed by the Timberwolves and were eliminated. The new and old alternating between the league really came.

This game further exposed the Lakers' shortcomings in the inside and the problems of small lineup rebounding. This is also the key to their loss. You should know that Edwards was in a downturn in the Timberwolves. The whole team is unbelievable with three-pointers, and the Lakers still lose the game, it depends on how the Lakers adjust during the offseason.