Oklahoma City – Even though his team scored 30 points in the unbalanced 114-88 second half, while the Oklahoma City Thunder lost in the Western Conference Finals Tuesday, Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards then flashed his signature confidence.
"I feel great." Edwards scored only five points after halftime and scored 18 points in 5 of 13 shots.
Edwards supports his Bravado by planning to regain the Game 2 series on Thursday (8:30 PM EST, ESPN): Reduce the organization's Wolf's offense and generate more.
"I'm definitely going to shoot more," Edwards said. "I only shot 13 F --- Shooting. ... Probably just dropping a little more, a game without a ball. I think that's the answer. Because of playing, they just double and sit in the gap all day.
"So, you have to go see some movies and pick them out. We'll figure it out."
Edwards not only tried his least attempts in 11 games in this playoff 11 games, but only one of them was hit with paint.
Edwards said the Thunder's plan decided his approach in Game 1. When asked whether his right ankle (who had both the first half) had him retreated to the locker room for evaluation, he replied: “No,”.
"I mean, they clogged the paint," Edwards said. "That's what they did. They weren't too big in size there, so I guess they didn't shoot it.
Indeed, the Wolves scored 20 points from Oklahoma City in the fifth place on Tuesday, a 72-pointer in Oklahoma City, the fewest paint spots in playoff games since the final against the Los Angeles Lakers in 2004.
Even though Edwards is a willing passer, his teammates are out of the list all night. The Wolves shot 29.4% from the field on three-pointers (51-15), the most attempted in the playoffs in franchise history.
"We looked good, we just had to shoot," Wolves guard Donte Divincenzo said. "I myself, I had to do a few shots, which relaxed the Ants' defense. This is the effect of dominoes. ”
Divincenzo isn't the only player in Minnesota to go beyond the arc. Nickeil Alexander-Walker is 9-2, Mike Conley is 5-1, and Naz Reid is 7-7.
"Sometimes, the pass is late," Wolves coach Chris Finch said. "Sometimes we're not ready to shoot. Sometimes we need to turn them into other dramas. But I do think we look really good and can't connect when playing against us."
Edwards said he thinks the Thunder would shoot shots on the rim and he would rather be the receiver of the catch than keep surpassing the doubles.
"I should be fine: play again without the ball, and add cardio," Edwards said. "I should be fine."
When Edwards made his post-match speech, his veteran teammate Julius Randle sat next to him at a press conference.
Randle led Minnesota with 28 points on 9 of 13 shots, but only eight of them came after halftime - he didn't have three shots after three shots in the first half.
"That's mine, I have to get the ball," Finch said of Randall. "I have to get him in the second half more."
However, it will not speak until the plan is executed. Minnesota talked about Nauseum, who needed to protect the basketball in Game 1 and continued to make 19 turnovers, thus 31 points for the Thunder.
The Wolves also lost their first game against the Warriors and achieved four straight wins. Randall said that based on this, they can’t simply plan to win the second game.
“We proved that we can do it, but we have to do it too,” Randall said. “We can’t just think, ‘Okay, we did the last series… we’re going to do it again.’ It’s a great team and they’ve been playing great all year.