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How to fight garbage time? What are the mentality problems with the Warriors wing star?

10:03am, 18 May 2025Basketball

In a previous NBA Western Conference semi-finals G5, the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Golden State Warriors 121-110. After this game, the Timberwolves locked the total score of this round of series to 4-1, reaching the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive years, while the Warriors were eliminated, ending the playoff journey this season.

In this game, the Warriors' substitute wing star Moses Moody also played the whole quarter in the fourth quarter when the game lost its suspense. Moody played 12 minutes in the game, made 3 of 6 shots, 2 of 3 from outside the three-point line, and 4 of 5 free throws, and scored 12 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 2 steals. There were 1 turnover and 2 fouls, with a plus-negative value of +10. Moody, who had performed poorly in the previous few games, was a big blow to all sides in this game. He showed his super personal ability on both offense and defense. He scored a large number of points in various ways on the offense. Not only did he have good outside shooting ability, but his performance in ball-holding offense exceeded everyone's expectations, and he also had a certain ability to dominate the ball. Moody's performance on the defensive end is also remarkable, and he has also shown quite good personal defensive abilities. Moody's performance in this game can be described as both offense and defense, and he also helped the team recover a lot of points. But his condition is indeed a little too late, and such performance seems meaningless.

In the NBA regular season this season, Moody played a total of 74 games in 82 games, averaging 22.3 minutes per game, averaging 9.8 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.4 blocks, and 0.7 turnovers and 1.6 fouls. He shot 43.3%, three-point shooting percentage 37.4%, and free throw shooting percentage 79.7%. In the playoffs, Moody played 11 games in 12 games, averaging 16.5 minutes per game, averaging 6.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.4 steals, and 0.3 blocks, 0.3 turnovers and 1.2 fouls, shooting percentage of 33.8%, three-point shooting percentage of 31%, and free throw shooting percentage of 83.3%.

Moody's performance in the previous few games of this round of series can be described as terrible. His offensive efficiency is a mess. He has completely lost confidence on the offensive end. It can be said that he is uncompetitive, and his performance on the defensive end is not that outstanding. It is also because the effect on the court is really bad, and he has also fallen out of the team's rotation lineup. In this game, Moody's was able to perform like this when he had lost his suspense. In fact, Moody's personal ability really doesn't have much problem, but he really has a big problem in his mentality. If Moody cannot adjust his mindset and cannot stand up at critical moments, then his career prospects are also very worrying, and the gap between him and an excellent 3D type winger is also quite obvious.

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