Timberwolves 88-114 Thunder! The helpless thing is not the loss, but Finch s post-match statement against Alexander

The Timberwolves played away against the Thunder on May 21. At the end of the game, the Timberwolves lost to the Thunder 88-114. Although the Thunder won a big victory in this game, the Thunder once played very hard in this game, especially in the first half of the game, Randle was able to hit a three-pointer, so the Timberwolves could also keep the lead at this time. However, although the Thunder still gave the Timberwolves a large number of open three-point opportunities in the second half, Divinchenzo, Walker and Reed were not able to seize the opportunity, and Randle was no longer aggressive in the first half of the game. On the contrary, Alexander played more and more calmly, and with the performance of Homegren, Jewe and others, the Thunder finally won a big victory at home.

Alexander played very well in this game, but Alexander was questioned a lot. After all, Alexander had many outrageous fouls in this game. In the third quarter, when Alexander faced McDaniels' defensive step-down jump shot and scored 2+1, Russell commented that this was the contact that Alexander took the initiative to look for. McDaniels did not foul, and I cannot understand this call. And this kind of call is not only this time. When Alexander faced Walker and Divinchenzo's defense, the two did not contact Alexander, because Alexander fell to the ground and the referee whistled. In the end, the Timberwolves chose to challenge and asked the referee to change the call. In addition, Alexander repeatedly tried to commit fouls in the game and received calls, so even though Alexander's data was good, Alexander still received a lot of complaints.

You should know that the intensity of the playoffs has improved greatly compared to the regular season, but this matter is not reflected in Alexander. You should know that McDaniels has excellent defensive state against the Warriors and the Lakers series. But even after playing like this, McDaniels only had 6 fouls once after 10 games. However, when McDaniels went to defend Alexander, McDaniels encountered foul trouble in the first half of the game. In the fourth quarter, McDaniels was even called for his sixth foul. In the end, McDaniels only played less than 24 minutes in this game, so when such a thing happened, it was really not unfair that Alexander was questioned.

Of course, for the Timberwolves, the helpless thing is not the loss, but Finch's post-match statement against Alexander. After the game, head coach Finch was interviewed. When asked if the players were very upset about the referee's whistle to Alexander, Finch said: "It's true, there's a lot of frustration, but we discussed this issue before the series started. We must have the mentality of putting this issue aside and focusing on the next game. It can be seen that the Timberwolves are really helpless about Alexander's call. After all, Alexander's offensive condition was very bad in the first half of the game. However, when McDaniels and others were in trouble for fouls, Alexander gradually began to find his offensive condition. At the end of the game, Alexander made 10 of 27 shots and scored 31 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists. In the first quarter, Alexander scored 9 points in 16 shots, including 5 free throws, and Alexander scored 2 points in 0 of 5 free throws, including 2 free throws.

So for the Timberwolves, this is what makes them really helpless. After all, this is just the first game of the teams of both sides, and this game is played at the Thunder home, so the Timberwolves can completely accept the result of the loss. It’s just that the referee’s dictation standard in the game makes the Timberwolves play passively, especially in Alexander’s dictation standard, which makes the Timberwolves very uncomfortable, so the Timberwolves play very passively in the game, but the Timberwolves may find it difficult to change this situation. Therefore, in the next game, the Timberwolves can only choose to accept the dictation standard, and they need to do better in other aspects.