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The team has the highest score! The Timberwolves substitute played the strongest game in the playoffs in the backcourt and couldn t save the team?

5:52am, 28 May 2025【Basketball】

In a previous NBA playoff Western Conference Finals G4, the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves who played at home 128-126. After this game, the Thunder widened the total score of the series to 3-1, and had already won the match point of this round of series; while the Timberwolves would encounter huge trouble, they were already on the edge of the cliff with one foot.

In this game, although the Timberwolves lost the game, the team's substitute backcourt player Nickeil Alexander Walker was impressive. Walker played 29 minutes and 19 seconds in the game, made 9 of 15 shots and 5 of 8 from outside the three-point line, and obtained the highest score of the team of 23 points plus 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. He also had one turnover and 4 fouls, and the plus and negative value also reached the highest number of +6 in the team's highest number of the game. Walker defeated all sides on the offensive end. He showed comprehensive scoring ability. He also had extremely high efficiency on the offensive end. He also won a large number of points through various methods, providing a lot of support to the team. Walker's performance in passing and organizing offense is also quite good, and his performance on the defensive end is also remarkable. At least in this game, Walker played the role of the sixth man well, and he had a very good effect on the court. However, the performance of the team's starters is really not ideal, and his efforts cannot help the team turn the situation around.

In the NBA regular season this season, Walker maintained full attendance in 82 games. During his 25.3 minutes of playing time per game, his average of 9.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.4 blocks. He also had 1.2 turnovers and 1.7 fouls. His shooting percentage was 43.8%, three-point shooting percentage was 38.1%, and free throw shooting percentage was 78%. In the playoffs, Walker averaged 20.7 minutes in his first 14 games, with averaging 8.9 points, 1.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.4 steals and 0.4 blocks, and 1.5 turnovers and 1.6 fouls. He shot 41.9%, three-point shooting percentage 37.3%, and free throw shooting percentage 88.2%. Although Walker's condition in this round of series is not very stable, he actually played his value in many games, and his influence on the game is obvious to all. However, the Timberwolves' overall performance is still a little worse than their opponents, especially the team's core figure, which is really far from their opponents. In this game, several substitutes of the Timberwolves generally showed their level, but this could not help the team turn the situation around. If the core players continue to perform like this badly, the Timberwolves' prospects in this round of the series are really not optimistic.