I can only play against the Lakers and the Warriors! The Timberwolves forward player is really a little invincible when facing the Thunder?

In a previous NBA Western Conference Finals G5, the Oklahoma City Thunder, who returned to home, defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-94. After this game, the Thunder locked the total score of this series at 4-1 and successfully advanced to the finals. Next, they will compete with the Indiana Pacers and the winner of the New York Knicks Series for the NBA championship this season; while the Timberwolves fell on the stage of the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive seasons.

In this game, the Timberwolves' starting lineman Julius Randle's performance was very disappointing. Randall played 31 minutes and 23 seconds in the game, made 8 of 14 shots, 4 of 6 from outside the three-point line, and 4 of 5 free throws. He scored the highest score of the team with 24 points plus 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. He also had 4 turnovers and 2 fouls, with a plus-negative value of -28. Randall looks good on the offensive end and seems to have some passing ability and support ability, but the problem is that 13 of his 24 points came from the third quarter of the game, and 16 points came from the second half. With the game basically losing suspense, Randall started a big kill and scored a lot of points, but in the first half, when the team needed him to make more contributions, Randall was invisible and he kept making mistakes. As a key figure in the team, he should have performed better in the first half.

In the NBA regular season this season, Randall made a total of 69 appearances in 82 games, averaging 32.3 minutes per game, averaging 18.7 points, 7.1 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.2 blocks, and 2.8 turnovers and 2.5 fouls. He shot 48.5%, three-point shooting percentage 34.4%, and free throw shooting percentage 80.6%. In the playoffs, Randle has averaged 35.5 minutes in these 15 games so far, with averaging 21.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 0.8 steals, and 0.1 blocks. He also had 3.3 turnovers and 3 fouls. His shooting percentage was 50.2%, his three-point shooting percentage was 38.5%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 88%. Randle's overall performance during the playoffs is of course worthy of recognition. He is also an important factor in the team's ability to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors relatively smoothly and advance to the Western Conference Finals. However, when we arrived at the Western Conference Finals, the situation also changed significantly when facing the Thunder, who was taller and had better overall abilities. Randall's effect on the court is not as good as before, and he has no way to show off his offensive talent. Randall is actually the key figure in determining the team's ceiling. He can only perform like this. It is simply unrealistic for the Timberwolves to advance.