Timberwolves performed sluggishly in the Western Conference Finals, and their shortcomings show that they are difficult to win the championship

This year's NBA playoffs are really a year of alternating new and old, and it is also the most surprising year. The Suns, which own the Big Three, pay the most expensive luxury tax, but are next to the most poisonous fight. Although Durant burned out himself on both offense and defense, he failed to enter the playoffs because of the team's poor defense. It is rare to see the Clippers who remain healthy. Harden dreamed of returning to his peak and leading the team to climb. Xiaoka also had both offense and defense. Zubac even played the strongest season of his career, but failed in the first round and lost to the Nuggets led by Jokic in the tiebreak battle. The Lakers who came to Doncic for trade gave everyone unlimited fantasies, and were able to work with James to create miracles, but were eliminated early in the first round. After the Warriors were injured by Curry, Butler no longer had his previous tough guy performance and failed to lead the team to break through the second round.

Timberwolves swept the Lakers led by James and Doncic 4-1 with a gentleman in the first round. Facing the Lakers without a center, the Timberwolves' double towers were in the inside, and Gobert even scored 27 points and 24 rebounds in G5, completely destroying the opponent's basket. In the second round, he continued to easily defeat the Warriors 4-1 and successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive years. Due to Curry's sudden injury, the Timberwolves' promotion path was smooth and smooth. However, facing the Thunder with the record of 68 wins in the league, the Timberwolves' performance on both offense and defense was shocking. Randall and Gobert were revealed and could not play high-end games. The performance of Edwards, the team's core leader, was even more criticized and failed to show his due level.

Last season's Western Conference Finals, facing the Locomotives led by Doncic and Irving, the Timberwolves were eliminated in shame by being eliminated 1-4. In the 5 games at that time, Edwards performed very poorly, scoring 24.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, 7.8 assists, and 3.4 turnovers. His shooting percentage was 43% and his three-point shooting percentage was 40.6%, and his performance was relatively sluggish. In addition, facing the Mavericks' crazy double-team, they performed more flusteredly in handling the ball and could not use the ball effectively in time. This season, facing the historically strong defensive team Thunder, Edwards' performance was even more terrible. He only scored 23 points, 7.4 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 3.2 turnovers. His shooting percentage was 47.2% and his three-point shooting percentage was 28.2%, and his efficiency was very poor. Facing the Thunder's outside pressure from Dorte, Caruso and Wallace, and the tight lineup of Chet and Harten on the inside, Edwards was unable to form an effective breakthrough and could only shoot a large number of three-pointers. The gap with Alexander is already visible to the naked eye. In order to avoid taxes in the offseason, the Timberwolves management traded Towns to the Knicks for Randle, which was a win-win situation. In the first two rounds, facing the Lakers and Warriors, Randall was able to score 24.1 points, 6 rebounds, 5.7 assists, and a 53% shooting percentage. He took advantage of misalignment and became a big trouble for the Lakers and Warriors, and showed his sufficient strength on both offense and defense, becoming the biggest contributor to the team's final promotion. However, facing the Thunder, Randall averaged only 17.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3.6 turnovers per game, with a shooting percentage of 48.3% and a three-point shooting percentage of 47.2%. Although his offensive efficiency is good, he has more mistakes than assists. He also has a very embarrassing performance.

Judging from the performance of the Western Conference Finals, the Timberwolves are completely unworthy of coming to the stage of the Western Conference Finals. The team has huge shortcomings: the team lacks a real organizational core, and makes frequent mistakes on the court. The elderly Conley is no longer competent. Although Edwards is only 24 years old enough, with excellent athletic talent and great viewing playing, he lacks real skills and organizational connection skills, and also lacks a view of the overall situation. Due to his shooting ability defects on the offensive end, Gobert is easily targeted by his opponents, and his time to play in the playoffs will be very limited. Although Randall performed well overall, he was easily invisible and unstable when facing high-end games. It has fallen at the gate of the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive years. If the Timberwolves want to continue chasing the championship, the team must make drastic trades and reinforcements, so that they may have a chance!