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Chapter 320 Another victory

The sound of Timberwolves fans made Popovich feel a little irritated on the sidelines, but his face remained calm.In his long coaching career, I don’t know how many times he has heard such boos, from the initial panic to the current calmness, but the performance of the Timberwolves on the court made his brows twitch into a pimple, which is not unreasonable. Easy to deal with!
Now that half of the first quarter has passed, the Spurs are temporarily trailing 14-18.This point difference is not very big, but the scene is ugly. As long as your eyes are clear, you can see that the Spurs are being beaten by their opponents. They rely on several unreasonable three-pointers by Ginobili to barely maintain the point difference. Within the range of endurance, otherwise the Timberwolves would have destroyed him long ago.

In response to the tidal wave of the Timberwolves' offensive, Popovich replaced Splitter with Bonner 2 minutes ago, and Duncan moved to the fifth position, but the effect of this substitution was not obvious.Although Bonner's playing has enhanced the Spurs' three-point shooting, the overall speed has not been greatly improved, and they still have no way to keep up with their opponents.

In fact, Popovich can also play a major and a junior. The Spurs have enough personnel reserves, but he is very cautious and never puts unpracticed tactics on the court rashly, so he can only hope that the Spurs players can Block the impact.

Xu Hao is also very puzzled by the fact that the Spurs continue to maintain the original rotation. According to his thinking, at this time, they should not be limited to rules and regulations, but should work hard to find a new path.The Spurs' lineup has proven to be too slow, and there is no problem changing to a major and a junior. Unfortunately, Popovich has never made any changes.

However, Xu Hao, as a Timberwolves player, still hopes that his opponents will not change, and it will be over if they are dragged down by them.In case Popovich thinks of other ways to deal with it, they have to change according to the opponent's changes.

At the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves took a 33-25 lead. This was the second consecutive game that they scored at least 30 points in the first quarter. The Spurs' proud defense was shattered by them, and they also received their meticulous attention when shooting. "Take care", only people like Ginobili who don't follow the rules can hit shots in such circumstances, but he has always been the Spurs' best sixth man, not the strongest scorer. It's obvious that he alone can't support the team.

But McHale also found a problem. It seems that everyone wants to be active in front of the fans because they are playing at home, which also makes their physical exertion much faster than the previous game. This is obviously a hidden danger.But when he set his sights on Xu Hao, he felt relieved. As long as he can still run on the court, the team will be fine.

Xu Hao is also keenly aware of the slight changes in his teammates, but he doesn't care. Trying to show himself in front of the home fans is something any team and any player will do, which is why most NBA teams The home record is better than the away game. In fact, the boos and shouts of the away fans are only part of the reason.

In Xu Hao's view, this is not a big problem. In the next game, he can consciously control the rhythm. This is also his responsibility as the commander on the field.Of course, McHale will not tell him deliberately, Xu Hao has conquered the head coach with his performance, and McHale believes that he knows what he should do on the court.

Xu Hao didn't let him down either. After the second quarter, the Timberwolves became less crazy under his restraint, and they were able to play positional battles occasionally.But even in a positional battle, the Timberwolves' players still come and go like the wind. Their running and passing are very fast, which opened up the Spurs' defense well and created more opportunities for teammates to shoot easily.

McHale was very satisfied with this. Seeing Xu Hao's commanding appearance on the field, he even began to consider whether the team really needed Rubio to play the first position. Maybe it would be good to let Xu Hao be the point guard all the time. choose.But it's too early to think about this matter now, Rubio's contract has not yet expired, and Xu Hao may not be able to adapt to the second position.

Xu Hao didn't know that his performance made the head coach want to continue letting him play point guard. Even if he knew, he wouldn't have any objection. Anyway, in college, he and Harden were combo guards. One person controlled the ball, and the other Go score one.

Under his leadership, the Timberwolves firmly grasped the advantage on the court. They ended the first half of the game 64 to 51 amidst the cheers of the home fans. process of the game.

At halftime, Popovich did consider making some changes, but he eventually let Jefferson swing up to power forward, which was basically the same play they had played before.Because Jefferson was at the top four, Popovich still let him go inside to cooperate with Duncan instead of pulling outside to shoot three-pointers.

Such a temporary change could not reverse the situation at all. On the contrary, it was fully utilized by the Timberwolves, allowing Love to play Jefferson several times in the low post. All three shots were scored, and a new scoring method was added to the Timberwolves, which is simply bad news for the Spurs.

The Timberwolves easily opened up the point difference in the third quarter, but this time Popovich did not give up the fourth quarter directly, but simply set up the starting lineup again, allowing Parker and Ginobili to hand all the ball to In Duncan's hands, let him go singles against Love.However, this is just a drop in the bucket. Duncan can score inside, but unfortunately the efficiency is not as good as three-pointers.

The Timberwolves' outside shooters were in good shape throughout the game, and of course this also benefited from the shooting opportunities created by their active running and passing.In the last quarter, they threw another 5 three-pointers, which directly smashed the Spurs into a dizzy state, and increased the team's three-pointers to 21 times. They scored an astonishing 63 points in this item alone.

The Spurs players have never seen a team that likes to shoot three-pointers so much, and this is actually not the Timberwolves' usual style, but they created too many opportunities in this game, and they are embarrassed to take a few more shots.With such a sharp three-pointer, the Timberwolves made another victory 114 to 99, leading the big score to 2 to 1, which shocked many people's jaws.They all thought that the Timberwolves would lose the series before, but now it seems that they are going to win!
(End of this chapter)