The Suns can’t even dribble around the Wolves!
Phoenix has struggled to score and attack the paint in their 2024 playoff series against Minnesota. This detailed film breakdown & scouting report explores the Wolves defensive success behind the incredible ball pressure of Jaden McDaniels, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Anthony Edwards along with Rudy Gobert’s newfound versatility in the playoffs.
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33 Comments
Good to see defense is still somewhat a part of the game 👍
This is the most I’ve ever seen a team need Chris Paul as much as they do
We have a jmac on the team thats why we don't call jaden McDonald's jmac . Wolves fans kno
Looks like another playoff 🧹 series for KD
At the end of the day. The Timberwolves are doing a great job of not allowing Phoenix to get into any rhythm or routine. Even those pull up jumpers off the pick and roll drop coverage all the analysts said would be open are contested. The McDaniels clip at the 7:15 mark is bonkers
McDaniels should have gotten votes for Defensive Player of the Year!!
Yay playoff defense! So good to see.
I've loved watchin the twolves in the playoffs! They've got a chip on their shoulders after bein swept in the reg season n you can tell they play for each other cuz they just care so much on Defense. Great job Ben on showing the nitty gritty of this beautiful basketball!
Nuggets vs T-wolves are gonna be for the title
This defense is so beautiful. So much grit on display
5:13, like wolves swarming a deer to isolate it from the rest… oh dear, will Phoenix ever see the sun in these series?…..
Did you actually mention Gortat?
Wolves ate them up!
Imagine if they kept Vanderbuilt lol
Booker has no excuse for not making that pass to Nurkic he was wide open.
Everyone who said the Suns needed a real point guard in the preseason must be feeling vindicated right now.
this is crazy 😭 they out here bullying
But Rudy is somehow the most “overrated” player 🤦🏽♂️
The Suns may win 1 game at home if not swept by the Wolves.
The difference in scoring in the second half of the season, and then ticking down again in the postseason has been incredible. Would love to see a quantitative analysis on that from Thinking Basketball in the post-season. And I don't think people are complaining. Defense has a chance to play now, and it makes the game more fun,
Defense win you chip, eh?
Wow nuggets will tear up that D! None of the suns can pass to use to iso ball. Can't leave joker alone at the 3 & nuggets have the experience to know where and when to cut.
Everybody is bookers daddy but in a more adult content way, he moans “daddy” while he gets dominated by these bigger faster stronger men
If Phoenix had a tru point guard this series would have a different outcome. They have no one to set up the offense. Just 3 scorers who can't really facilitate
Suns will still win, sticking to my prediction if they don't ill proudly take the L
I'm hoping OKC can get a simmilar defence going. Chet as rim protector, Dort and Cason on perimeter, also SGA and Jdub not bad either.
This is why I’m worried about my Nuggets against the Wolves. Our ball handling is awful outside of Murray and Joker. Murray can be a bit off with pressure too. I think when bringing th ball up the court, you need to have a “baby sitter” against the wolves- someone to kind of half screen/ jog to keep the defender out of the way past half court
Probably missing CP3 right about now.
Got so mad when McDaniels got traded from LA..
At least he's finding a lot more success with the Wolves
Timberwolves putting on a defensive clinic!
This is some of the best on ball defense I’ve ever seen from a team but I am a bit worried that the immense effort required to play this viciously on the defensive end will tire them out over the course of the playoffs. Hopefully they can somehow keep it up
You can’t win with kds play style without winning 73 games the season before he arrives
…and this is why Gobert is going to win defensive player of the year. Wemby's time will come though.