Los Thunder They were able to leave the final of the West Conference almost sentenced having won your two home games (2-0)but maybe that's why, thinking it would be easier than expected, They let themselves be shown and were torn apart by the hungry Wolves (143-101).
Anthony Edwards Machaca The Thunder ring.
Those of Chris Finch They knew that they were only worth the victory and they threw a fang for Zamp the leader of the regular season and his MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexanderat the beginning of the devastating party in which Anthony Edwards He led his pack to pass over a faint -hearted rival who did not appear in the Target Center and He lost for 45 points (129-84), the biggest difference against in the history of the playoffs of a team that would have finished leading in the regular season.
A low minimum MVP
A compulsive scorer like Shaithat like the rest of his team he had a disastrous start, he added Only 2 points in the first 18 minutes of the game (53-25) And the clash ended with minimums of the season in annotation (14 points), field shots (4/13) y +/- (-32 in the 28 minutes he played). He was the only head of his team with double scoring digits next to Jalen Williams (13+4) y Holmgren (10+5).
Holmgren, Joe and Gilgeous-Alexander look incredulous from the bench.
All The energy, the desire, the aggressiveness, the concentration and the attitude that the Thunder lacked in Liza the Wolveswith a great Anthony Edwards In front, author of 30 points (7/9 T2, 5/8 T3 and 1/2 TL), 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 robberies in 28 minutes. Thus became the Third Base-Scolta that signs 15 or more playoff matches with at least 30 points before turning 24 years old. Only the evil Kobe Bryant y Luka Doncic They had done it before.
Together with Edwards they also highlighted Julius Randle (24+4+3), and the substitute Terrence Shannon Jr. (15+2) That he had barely counted for his coach, Chris Finchand surprised his own and strangers with a magnificent staging in the minutes in which he gave rest to Edwards. All that in the good general tone of some Wolves who ended up with 20/40 triples.
Wolves thrombus output
The wolves, hyperactive, came out in tromba and They tried the victory in a first quarter-stratospheric (34-14) With a Edwards unleashed: 16 points (3/3 T2, 3/5 T3 and 1/2 TL), 5 rebounds and 2 assists. The Minnesota star carried More points than all Thundernefarious from the triple (2/11 by 6/13) with some strangers Shai (2 points) and Jalen Williams (0).
At the beginning of the second quarter, with Edwards and Shai on the benchthe panorama for the Thunder did not improve. It really got worse. The stranger Terrence Shannon Jr.unexpected relay of her team's crack, he scored nine almost consecutive points to command another team of his team (48-20).
He returned Shai to the court somewhat more active, but the exchange of baskets with his cousin, Alexander-Walker, He was sterile for Oklahoma, who saw how Edwards y Randle The difference stretched more (68-33), To leave the meeting sentenced at rest (72-41)the greatest annotation of its history at a break in playoffs and The greatest advantage in a first part in the playoffs since 1971.
A 23-4 to abort the reaction conato
In the resumption there was a Reaction conato of the Thunder led by Shai and Holmgren (74-52)but he stayed in that. Chris Finchwho had warned on the eve of the danger of his rival in the third quarter, asked for a dead time and His team understood the message with a partial demolition of 23-4 To finish massacrer to Oklahoma (97-56)that came to lose by 45 points (at 4:09 in the end)the biggest difference against in some playoffs of a team that would have been leader of the regular season. The worst of defeat was the lousy image they gave. We will have to see if you take an invoice in the fourth encounter.
