SGA31 points lead the team to win but gets criticized. The Golden Sweat is possessed and transforms into "Punishment Power"

"Alexander proves why he is an MVP." The person who said this at the opening of the Western Conference Finals was former Nuggets coach Michael Malone, who became the special commentator of ESPN in the division finals.

Two months ago, when talking about MVP, Malone said: "If you cover up Jokic's name, choose 10 times, he will be MVP 10 times. If you don't think so, you are just nonsense."

In addition to parting ways with the Nuggets and having a different identity, Malone said this because SGA led the team to win the Western Conference Finals this night. The Thunder defender scored a game-high 31 points and 9 assists, and also completed three steals. His 31 points came from the second half, and the Thunder also made waves of offensives like tides in the last two quarters and finally won the victory.

"He only made 2 of 13 shots in the first half, but he did not become emotional because of this and always played the next round. I think he was in attack mode tonight, constantly hitting the penalty area, especially in the second half, putting pressure on the opponent's basket again and again, and he needed to play such a performance when facing confrontations at this level." Thunder coach Dagenut said of Alexander.

SGA produced impressive data, but the string of numbers and game scenes on the statistics list caused controversy. In this game, Alexander got 14 free throws and scored 11 goals. With only 2 goals in the first half of the sports game, Alexander scored 9 free throws, while the Timberwolves had only 11 free throws in the first half. As one of the NBA's best players at making shooting fouls, Alexander stood on the free throw line in various ways tonight, with some whistles that made it difficult for fans to understand.

The above-mentioned call has caused fans to complain. In the middle of the third quarter, Alexander got a whistle during another breakthrough, and the Timberwolves finally couldn't help but raise a challenge. Slow motion shows that the Thunder star lost his balance and fell down completely, and the Wolves finally succeeded in the challenge.

"Considering the scale of the entire playoffs this year, considering the scale of the Knicks vs Pistons, Rockets vs Warriors, Magic vs Celtics, how could you play such a ball? Please." The Celtics reporter complained on social media. Yahoo's Kevin O'Connor also reposted: "The referee shouldn't play such a foul, I agree."

The famous reporter Bill Simmons, who is famous for his savage, directly sprayed the referee, "I don't care who won this game. Alexander's body whistle is really bad. This is completely different from other games in the playoffs."

In addition to getting free throws, these calls also caused the Wolves to get into foul trouble early. The Timberwolves' top defensive player Jaden McDaniels left the field with 6 fouls in less than 24 minutes. It was when he was replaced early in the third quarter that Alexander completely regained his offensive feeling. Alexander caused 12 fouls from the Timberwolves player throughout the game, disrupting his opponent's rotation. "We took a few fouls at the beginning, which made our defense harder." Timberwolves coach Finch said bluntly after the game.

Since the playoffs, Alexander has averaged 9.2 times per game and ranked third, less than Antetokounmpo and Mitchell, and is on par with Doncic. Given that his number of breakthroughs is second only to Cunningham in the playoffs, it seems reasonable to have many free throws. But the game scene shows too many soft foul calls, which is no wonder that fans complain that Alexander received "body whistle" treatment.

(text/Thai Fu)