Redick can t solve the Lakers curse in the final quarter, G5 s array still has a chance of survival

\"Our fourth quarter problem is not physical fitness!\" Lakers coach Redick slapped the table in the media room of the training hall. This action made the reporters on the scene look at each other - 48 hours have passed since they were eliminated by the Timberwolves 1-4, but the residual sense of depression in the locker room still seems to be shrouding the center of Staples. In the last 12 minutes of the fourth game of the 4th game of the

series, the broadcast camera captured a strange scene when it swept across the Lakers' bench: James was wrapped in an ice bag and closed his eyes to rest, Doncic repeatedly tied his already tight shoelaces, and Reeves gnawed his nails nervously. This collective anxiety turned into deeper confusion after the final whistle - the performance of 13 points in a single quarter was 8.3 points less than their average score in the last quarter of the regular season.

\"We looked back at all the last quarter videos, and the physical fitness curve showed that the players were able to support high-intensity confrontation.\"The monitoring data displayed by Redick did show that James' sprint speed in the fourth quarter was only 0.3 km/h lower than the first quarter. But what is even more dazzling is the technical statistics: the Lakers lost 56.3 points in the penalty area in the series, conceding 15 more offensive rebounds than the Timberwolves. When the reporter asked why he insisted on shrinking his defense, Redick suddenly raised his tone: "We successfully limited the opponent's three-point shooting percentage to 33%. Isn't this a successful strategy? "

The mystery of changing the formation and the undercurrent of the locker room

G5 two hours before the game, the Lakers' locker room was filled with strange silence. Finney Smith lowered his head and brushed his phone, and the sharp comment from "Open-Air Stand" was popping up on the screen: "Redick's rotation is like a rusty gear - always stuck in the rotation of the seven. "This evaluation accurately hits the Lakers' pain point: When the Timberwolves substitute Reed averaged 18 points in the series, Kneckett and Milton on the Lakers' bench were always wearing warm-up clothes.

\"I reached a consensus with all the players.\" Redick repeatedly emphasized this sentence at the pre-G5 press conference. But news leaked from the locker room showed that at least three rotation players privately complained about the disordered playing time. An anonymous player revealed: "When he was leading by 12 points in the third quarter, the coaching staff should have let the veteran take a breath. "This contradiction broke out in the last 3 minutes of G5 - when James broke through twice in a row and was blocked by Gobert, the camera captured the moment Doncic spread his hands against the bench.

Inside collapse and deadly trade

When Timberwolves center Randle grabbed the 7th offensive rebound in G5, Lakers general manager Pelinka, who was watching the game on the sidelines, subconsciously pulled her tie. This action was interpreted by "ESPN" as a "concrete presentation of suffocation" - Before the trading deadline last year, the Lakers had the chance to get the Hornets' rebounding machine Mark Williams, but they missed the opportunity because they were worried about the physical examination report. Now they can only watch Hayes knead his sore knees on the bench, while their opponents ask for it in the inside.

data will not lie: the average penalty area scores per game in the five games in the series are 56-42, and the second offense scores are 19.3-11.8. When Redick made five small lineups in G5, Timberwolves coach Finch sneered on the sidelines: "They were like they opened their own safes on their own. "The last stubbornness on the edge of the cliff

\"Tomorrow's game is our tiebreaker!" When Redick shouted this at the pre-G5 mobilization meeting, the locker room whiteboard still had the G4 fourth quarter tactical diagram - those dense arrows eventually pointed to the same ending: the Lakers player mechanically conducted the ball outside the three-point line, and the timer showed that there were 3 seconds left in the offensive time, the basketball would always return to Doncic's hot hands.

This desperate bet has turned into a disaster in G5: behind Doncic's gorgeous data of 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists is the embarrassment of the Lakers' team's 21 assists but 15 mistakes. When Edwards completed the game-killing counter-dunk, the Staples center wasn't booing, but sporadic sighs - fans who left the game early probably understood that the Lakers had lost something crucial since the start of G3. When the final whistle sounded, Redick abnormally walked to the technical station to check the data statistics. This rookie coach may be repeatedly confirming a cruel reality: the Lakers averaged 18.6 points in the final quarter, a plunge of 26% from the regular season. As he finally walked into the player passage, a clear "split" sound came from the audience, but he just tightened his suit jacket - a move that looked like his stubbornness when he refused to adjust his defensive strategy in the first game of the series. James in the locker room is applying ice packs to his left knee, and the 39-year-old veteran averages 38 minutes in the series. \"We need to go through failure to grow.\" His post-match speech forms a subtle response to Redick's "learning theory". And at the other end of the corridor, cheers from the Timberwolves locker room pierce the walls—and for the Lakers, it might be a more stinging sound than out.