The league s first sword aims at the finals! Alexander is in a hot state, Edwards ushers in a life-and-death battle

On May 28, the NBA Western Conference Finals G5 is about to start, and the league's No. 1 Thunder returned to home against the Timberwolves.

In the first four games of the series, the Thunder led 3-1 and had already won the promotion point in advance. In the past two away games, the Thunder lost 42 points in G3, but they immediately made adjustments and successfully rebounded in G4, successfully winning 128-126, and at the same time they were the first to win the match point. They only needed one victory to become the Western Conference champion and reach the finals. In the competition for G4, all the core members of the Thunder broke out. Alexander scored his first 40 points in his playoff career, Jaylen Williams also scored a playoff high of 34 points, and Homegren scored 21 points, and the three of them worked together to score as high as 95 points. After the game, Alexander said: "We still have a lot of room for growth, and this is the most terrifying part." The Thunder's morale is now high, and the goal is to end the series at home. Once they can win, they can reach the finals again after 13 years.

Timberwolves missed a great opportunity in G4. They had the opportunity to equalize the big score at home, but unfortunately the team's core members Edwards and Randle were in a downturn at the same time. Edwards scored 16 points with 5 of 13 shots, Randle scored 1 of 7 shots with only 5 points, and the two major core players only scored 21 points, even worse than Walker on the bench (5 of 8 three-pointers and scored 23 points). The Timberwolves' situation in G4 is that their core performance is abnormal, while the role players are all performing, and they are ultimately defeated.

For the G4 game, Edwards said bluntly after the game: It is not enough to call it a struggle, he just plays based on the defense situation. But for the Timberwolves, if they want to win, they must need Edwards to play more aggressively. Now the Timberwolves have no way out, and Edwards is also facing a life-and-death battle. In the previous two rounds of the series, they were both the leading side early 3-1. This time they will face the result of being eliminated, which depends on whether they can withstand it.

Both teams are already very familiar with each other. Only by looking at the players' on-the-spot states, it depends on whether Edwards and Randle regain their form, or whether Alexander and Jewe lead the team at home to directly end the series.