James prediction comes true! The Lakers are underestimated? Durant wins the "Keyboard Award" to tie Curry

4-1, in a situation where the Timberwolves eliminated the Warriors in a 0-1 situation. Curry's G2 injury became the turning point in this round's semi-finals. So if Curry is not injured and can play this time, will the situation be rewritten? Maybe? But this can only be a guess. Just as James' previous prediction, it came true in terms of results!

"There are still many outstanding teams, so I will pay attention to the remaining competition. If the Timberwolves cannot advance to the finals of this season, at least it is certain that they can enter the stage of the Western Conference Finals!" said the Lakers star James, who was eliminated 4-1 by the Timberwolves in his personal basketball podcast program "Mind the Game". What about the result of

? The Timberwolves really did it. The competitive state they showed, who had entered the Western Conference Finals, was as James said, that is, "health is wealth"! Yes, compared to the Warriors Curry's absence and Butler insisted on playing with injuries, the Timberwolves' health is a key to winning. In addition, James also mentioned the size, projection and level of confrontation. When playing against the Warriors in the semi-finals, the Timberwolves were taller and even three-pointers were shot, but Edwards and Randle obviously had more advantages in confrontation. But Curry's absence made James' prediction almost 100% true, including analyzing the advantages of the Timberwolves lineup and playing style.

It should be noted that James' prediction was not made when he knew that the Timberwolves' opponent was the Warriors, but mentioned this situation after the Lakers were defeated, which also means that if the winner of the tiebreaker in the first round was the Rockets, then James still believes that the Timberwolves can defeat the opponent and advance to the Western Conference Finals.

For this reason, the Warriors who defeated the Rockets lost to the Timberwolves. Minnesota, who became more and more brave in the game, was regarded as a disgrace before the start of the playoffs. After all, compared to last season, the lineup was less than the All-Star, Towns, and his playing style was forced to change and was in the running-in stage. What's the result? In the first round, G1 used three-pointers to destroy the Lakers, and then the more they played, the more they found that the Lakers were very different.

So, when the Timberwolves eliminated the Lakers, the media and fans did not tend to be the Timberwolves' strength, but felt that the Lakers were too bad! But judging from this round of series with the Warriors, the Timberwolves are an extremely outstanding team in terms of playing style, star performance or psychological resilience, which also means that the Lakers' performance was underestimated at that time.

In addition, there is also an interesting news off the court today, about Durant who missed the opportunity to participate in this year's playoffs. Among them, PBWA (American League Basketball Association) announced that Durant won the Magic Johnson Award. What category of awards is this? The purpose is to perform well in the competition + work enthusiastically with the media + interact with the fans with grace!

At this point, do fans think of "keyboard" in our first impression? Durant has done a lot of things, at least he interacts and chats with netizens online more frequently than other active players, replying in time and answering any topic! This can be understood as Durant does not have the airs of any superstars, and is very down-to-earth from temperament to behavior.

In addition, Curry won this award twice in the 2015-16 season and 2023-24 season, and KD also won it once in the Thunder period, so he became the fourth person to win such an award in addition to Bathir and Lillard! Of course, such gains are a relief for Durant, but the desire for victory like Curry will also make KD feel that he is doing nothing again this year.