Oklahoma after a knockout rose and returned the blow
Oklahoma City Thunder basketball players won the fourth game of the NBA Western Conference Finals in Minneapolis and led with 3: 1 in victories in the fight for four victories. Minnesoto Timberwolves were chased by 128: 126. On Thursday night, the fifth game for the second grand finale in the history of the club may be decisive in Oklahoma City.
He was again the most useful player of the NBA season in the NBA Shai Gilgeous-Alexander season. The Canadian shone with a record 40 points in the playoffs, adding ten assists to it, and for a triple twin he ran out of one jump.
He had a lot of support in Jalen Williams, who scored as many as 34 points, throwing three points 6: 9. Chet Holmgren scored 21 baskets, seven rebounds and three blocks.
Oklahoma was incredibly quickly picked up after a high defeat of the weekend. Namely, Minnesota won the third game with 42 baskets of difference (143: 101), but this time the Oklahome defense completely stopped both the biggest stars of Minnesota.
Anthony Edwards scored 16 points, only threw the first half on the basket, and Julius Randle collected just five points and scored only one of the seven throws out of the game.
The locals remained in the game to win until the end. The effect has been transferred to other basketball players. Nickeil bench player Alexander-Walker, a Gilgeous-Alexandra cousin, scored 23 points, Jaden McDaniels 22 and Donte Divincenzo 21.
Minnesota has all the time hunting guests in Target’s home hall, with the exception of introductory minutes. At the introduction to the second part, the guests after the triple of Alex Carus led with 68:57, but failed to break their home resistance. The hosts were slowly approaching and just four and a half minutes before the end of the third part, the Divincenzo with a triple equalized at 79:79
The turnaround prevented Minnesota from being a remarkable defense of Oklahoma, which forced the domestic to 21 lost balls.
However, to win the guests, however, it was probably the key troika of Williams for the lead with 123: 116 minutes and 21 seconds before the end. McDaniels approached 121: 123 21 seconds before the end of the home, but since the guests had a ball, the tactical game with offenses moved to the free mint line.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored five of the six throws for the guests, and Naz Reid both seven seconds before the end of his throws for SS 128: 125. Following a new misdemeanor, Edwards, on the other hand, missed the second free throw three seconds before the end to allow his team to try to equalize.
However, Gilgeous-Alexander was the first to get to the ball, throwing it across the field to the remote part to gain a few tenths of a second. And the hosts really ran out of time.
« We have to play well on both sides of the playground. This has adorned us today. If we do not do it, it can be very dangerous for us, » Gilgeous-Alexander explained the recipe for success in the fifth game in front of the home fans.
Oklahoma is played in the history of the club only in the 2011/12 season with Kevin Durant, James Hardno and Russll Westbrook. At that time, Miami Heat stopped her 4: 1 on the way to the championship rings.
