Losing at home! The Warriors 97-102 Timberwolves, who is the culprit in this game, the data will not lie

In a focus game in the second round of the Western Conference of the just-concluded NBA playoffs, the Golden State Warriors played against the Minnesota Timberwolves at home, and the Golden State Warriors lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves 97-102 at home, and both sides fell behind 1-2 in the series. Although the Golden State Warriors defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves away in the first game of the two-way series, the Golden State Warriors won two consecutive games by the Minnesota Timberwolves as Stephen Curry retired from injury. If the next home court, Golden State Warriors are unable to win, they will be on the verge of being eliminated in the series. After the start of the game, Stephen Curry's absence made the Golden State Warriors obviously not very adaptable. The team's overall operation was awkward and made continuous mistakes. In contrast, the Timberwolves played well under the leadership of Edwards and quickly took the lead. However, in the second half of the game, Kuming had a good impact after the game, and Jimmy Butler played very resolutely against defensive weaknesses like Conley or Divincenzo. At the end of the first quarter, the Golden State Warriors scored 9-0, rewriting the scores of both sides to 21-21 in the first quarter.

The shooting felt bad in both sides in the second quarter, but Jimmy Butler and Kumingga showed their strength in the second half of the quarter, helping the Golden State Warriors to overtake the Minnesota Timberwolves 42-40 in the first half. Jimmy Butler scored 12 points in the first half, and Kumingga scored 5 of 7 shots in the first half. The two sides were still in a difficult position in the second half, but Butler was still unsolvable on the offensive end, and Edwards finally got his touch back and scored consecutively to respond to Jimmy Butler. However, from the end of the third quarter to the early fourth quarter, the Golden State Warriors gradually gained the upper hand with the performance of Kumingga and Jimmy Butler, once widening the gap to 6 points. But with the Timberwolves' efforts, the Warriors eventually lost at home. So where did the Warriors lose in this game? Perhaps the data can give us some answers.

Butler, Stephen Curry was absent in this game, Jimmy Butler performed very well in a single-core team. Jimmy Butler played very tough and very smart in the whole game. He specially played against the Minnesota Timberwolves' weak defense rings Conley and Divincenzo on the field through pick-and-roll, achieving very good results. He scored 5 of 7 in the first quarter and scored 11 points, scoring 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the first half. He also made 12 of 26 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 7 free throws, and scored 33 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 turnovers and 4 fouls. He tried his best on both offense and defense throughout the game, and even opened fire on the offensive end in the second half, helping the Golden State Warriors gain a lead. However, Curry's absence has caused the team's overall strength to decline significantly, and the team still cannot win at home. Jimmy Butler is undoubtedly one of the biggest contributors to the Golden State Warriors being able to reach the second round of the playoffs. In the next home court, he needs to get more support from his teammates to be able to tie the big score.

Draymond Green, he felt very hot in the first game of the series, but G2 and G3 were beaten back to their original shapes in the series, and the feel was very bad. Only 2 points were scored in the first half of the game, 1 of 4 shots, 0 of 1 of 3-pointers, and 0 of 0 free throws. He only contributed 2 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 4 turnovers, and 4 fouls. Draymond Green couldn't help Butler open up the space on the offensive end, but fortunately he was still tough on the defensive end, which made Edwards break through the inside many times without success. However, Stephen Curry is absent, Draymond Green needs to provide more outside firepower support to the starting lineup to help fill the huge gap left by Curry's absence, thereby giving Jimmy Butler greater help, so he needs to perform better on the offensive end in the next home court.

Podjemsky has often used roller coasters since the playoffs and has performed extremely unstable. In the last game, he made 4 of 9 shots, scored 11 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and felt very cold in this game. He only scored 2 points in the first half, made 10 shots, 1 of 4 of 3 points, 2 of 2 free throws, and only scored 5 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 turnover. He was abandoned by the team at a critical moment in the fourth quarter. However, although it feels cold on the offensive end, it still performs well on the protection of the rebounds and defensive ends. Overall, Podjemsky's playoff performance was disappointing, and he needed to give Jimmy Butler more help on the offensive end in the next home game.

Hilde, Curry retired from injury, Hilde is undoubtedly the most capable player in the team to open up the situation from the outside. Since the first round of G7, Hilder has performed very well in outside shooting, and it can even be said to have exceeded the team's expectations. In this game, Hilder performed poorly in the first half and recovered in the second half. He made 5 of 11 shots, 4 of 8 of 3 points, 0 of 0 free throws, and scored 14 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks. As the Golden State Warriors second only to Stephen Curry, his outside shooting feels good recently, and his defensive end has also made a big improvement. He needs to continue to maintain offensiveness on both ends of the offense and defense to help the team more.

Davis: The starting performance was disappointing. Although he scored 4 points in 2 of 2 shots in the first quarter, he only scored 7 points and 2 rebounds in the whole game. He is still a clear weak ring on the court. Whether it is Edwards or Randall, he will make a firm breakthrough and take action whenever he sees him. In this case, Davis' defensive flaws are undoubtedly exposed.

Substitute: After Stephen Curry was injured and retreated, the outside world regarded Kumingga as a player that Cole had to be reused. In fact, Kumingga performed very well in the last game. In this game, Kumingga performed very well. He scored 8 points in the first quarter in the first quarter, scored 3 of 3 shots in a single quarter, scored 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the first half. He also made 11 shots in 18 shots, 3 of 4 shots, 5 of 6 free throws, and scored 30 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Facts have proved that Kumingga and Butler can play together, one person is responsible for controlling the rhythm and the other person is responsible for hitting the basket and counterattacking. Kumingga also played a very good role in this game, his strong impact and good at disrupting the battle. Moreover, his defense against Edwards in the whole game is remarkable.. In the next game, Kumingga needs to get more playing time and mobile phone opportunities to help the Golden State Warriors defend their home court.

Substitute: Post, played for only 3 minutes in the game and did not score. Originally, as the Golden State Warriors' space shooter, his biggest role was to score 3-pointers and protect rebounds. However, with Curry absent, the Golden State Warriors Cavaliers have changed their style and are not so paranoid about outside shooting, so Post's role on the court is very limited.