Las statistics They have been traditionally The NBA Bibleand they remain. Everything, even the most insignificant data, is quantified, and A player and a team are worth what their numbers represent in the game. However, the team that presents best statistics does not always win. This is what happened in the fourth game of the West final Between Wolves and Thunder, who ended up winning those of Oklahoma (126-128)pese a be better of Minnesota up to 11 sections of the gamewhich makes its defeat inexplicable.
Not surprisingly, they surpassed the Thunder in rebounds (41-36), Assistance (30-22), points after loss, points to the counterattack, points in painting, second opportunities converted, Free throws tried (28-21), Free throws (22-16), field shots with 52.2% (43/84) for 50.5% of the Thunder (48/95), Three shotswith 43.9% (18/41) for a 43.2 of Oklahoma (16/37) and free throws with 78.6% (22/28) for 76.2% (16/21). But they lost.
We have to try more to contain your first feints, as we did in the third game
When Chris Finch, Wolves coachanalyze in depth the video of the party and the statistics of the same You will have to carefully scrutinize why your team lost despite dominating all those facets of the game. Because after the meeting his explanation was rather simplistic: “They reached their positions, they raised and surpassed us in shots.”He said about Gilgeous-Alexander and Williams. “We have to try more to contain your first feints much better, as we did in the third game”. Yes, but no.
They took more divided balls, they wanted a little more
The star of his team, Anthony Edwardshe should not see the statistical form before speaking with the media after the meeting: “They surpassed us at play and rebounds”he said without realizing that his team had won the battle under boards. They would be the sensations. More interesting was his second reflection: “They took more divided balls, they wanted a little more”. That ambition deficit, especially in the first part, was able to condemn his team.
The 'bikini' theory of Boza Maljkovic
Bozidar Maljkovicmythical Serbian coach and one of the best technicians in the history of European basketball used to recurrently repeat a phrase when referring to numbers: “Statistics is like a bikini, it shows much of those there, but not the most important thing”. That saying could be applied to this defeat of the Wolves, who stayed in leather at the end despite dominating 11 statistical sections.
How to silence the public away from home? My job is to go to play basketball and shut them up
In the case of its two 'top models', Anthony Edwards (5/13 tc) y Julius Randle (1/7 tc), There Statistics uncovered all the shame of boththat they struggled to their team. Following that maljkovic simile, who 'looked the best bikini' of the game was the MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexanderwith 40 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists silenced the Mineapolis target center. “It's fun. It's as good as playing at home”Said the MVP of the season when asked about how to silence the public away from home. “My job is to go to play basketball and shut them up.” And that did.
