The invincible kryptonite of basketball

About 10 minutes into the first quarter, the two sides entered a large-scale rotation one after another.

The Timberwolves Love, Williams and Ridnour were also replaced, Milicic, Webster and Barea.

On the Spurs side, Bonner and Anderson also played to replace Blair and Tang Tian.

This section on both sides is a pure substitute lineup.

In the last 2 minutes, the Timberwolves were basically attacking by Beasley, the efficiency was very low, and the Spurs didn't play much with their cooperation.

After the first quarter, the score between the two sides was 31 to 23, and the Spurs held an 8-point lead.

Entering the second quarter, the Timberwolves replaced Beasley with Williams.

Beasley and Williams are very similar. Beasley doesn't feel good. Adelman wants Williams to lead the team's offense.

As soon as the second quarter came up, the Timberwolves took the lead.

"Come on! Timberwolves!"

Under the situation of falling behind, the home fans also cheered for the home team led by DJ.

The young players of the Timberwolves were a little excited, but the Spurs' defense was impenetrable, and they didn't get a good chance to score more than half of the offensive time.

Barea ended up calling Williams to a pick-and-roll, returning the ball and giving him a miss.

After receiving the ball, Williams leaned back against Mills, then turned and walked to the basket, speeding up for a dunk before Splitter returned to the defense.

From this ball, you can see that his competitive state is very good.

After losing weight, he has become faster, but the confrontation has not dropped too much, and the whole person looks very light.

In the Spurs' offense, Ginobili broke through for a layup and caused Milicic to beat him. After making two free throws, he continued to maintain the point difference.

Looking back, Barea directly signaled his teammates to pull away this time, and then handed the ball to Williams, signaling him to single Anderson.

From the start to now, Williams has scored 5 points on 4 of 8 shots. Except for the one intercepted by Tang Tian, ​​his performance is perfect.

This kind of performance should allow him to play more and take advantage of the heat to narrow the point difference.

After holding the ball, Williams chose to play face-to-face singles. His footwork was excellent in the NCAA period, and he became more comfortable after losing weight.

After a cross step, he directly squeezed Anderson away and went to the blue to kill.

Anderson's judgment is in place, but the confrontation is one level worse, and he can only choose to foul to stop when he reaches the basket.

Williams caused a foul in the confrontation and scored the ball, a 2+1.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene, Williams has already scored 10 points, and there is an additional penalty!

He is going to explode tonight!

Popovich turned around and called Tang Tian up to replace Anderson.

Williams was given an opportunity to add a penalty, and he was very happy after seeing Tang Tian come up.

He was careless about the interception of the ball before, and now the main attacking point of the team is with him, and he is in a hot state, just in time to find the field for himself!

Williams made an extra penalty and scored the 11th point.

The Spurs' offense, Ginobili signaled Tang Tian and Mills to cross, and the ball was given to Tang Tian.

Tang Tian had a good chance of catching the ball, but this time he missed it a bit.

Williams grabbed the defensive rebound and dribbled to the frontcourt to face Tang Tian.

He can't wait now.

In the Spurs locker room, Jefferson was also staring at this time.

Tang Tian was substituted at this time, and Popovich obviously asked him to overwhelm Williams.

Once you can't hold it down, things will become very interesting.

Williams knew that his speed was not dominant, so he turned his back and chose to play with the ball behind him.

He still remembered that in the NCAA, he knocked Tang Tian down one after another.

If the referee hadn't called him an offensive foul, the result of that game might not be the winner.

New and old grievances, he exerted all his strength to dig in.

"Bang! Bang!"

But what he didn't expect was that Tang Tian didn't fall at all now, but directly confronted him head-on.

There was a muffled sound of muscular confrontation on the field.

The blood of the audience watching such a scene is boiling.

Moreover, Williams was heavy, so he still had the upper hand in the confrontation, pushing Tang Tian to the inside line a little bit.

Williams was a little surprised by Tang Tian's choice, but it was better this way. When he got to the basket and dunked the ball through Tang Tian, ​​the excitement would only double!

"boom!"

Another burst of muscular confrontation, Tang Tian stopped this time.

When Williams hit the top again, he obviously exerted strength.

But the moment after he exerted his strength, he suddenly found that he had no focus!

Tang Tian made a movement of "removing the bench", and walked halfway forward to his side.

"Snapped!"

Another steal!

Chapter 195 Mental Collapse Jefferson (1/5)

Williams lost control of his center of gravity and flew out of the field.

Tang Tian gave the ball to Ginobili, and the Spurs advanced to a 4-on-5 frontcourt.

Tang Tian followed up to the frontcourt and didn't have a chance for the first time, so he asked Bonner for a cover and ran out of the chance.

Ginobili's long pass across half court came to him, and he shot after receiving the ball.

"Shh!"

This time he seized the opportunity and hit with a knife in his hand.

This is also the third three-pointer he made in the first half of the game!

Stealing and adding three points, Tang Tian directly gave Williams a one-stop service!

"How did he do it?" Some fans couldn't help complaining that Williams was in a hot state ahead, and was so embarrassed by Tang Tian in a blink of an eye.

"Just a ball and Derek will respond."

Some fans of Williams said that it is unfair to judge a person by one attack and defense, and Williams will definitely counterattack Tang Tian's steal.

There is still a 9-point difference on the field.

Barea's possession, he calls to Williams' pick-and-roll, breaks it apart and returns the ball to Williams.

Facing Mills' accelerated mid-range shot, Williams once again chased the point difference to 7 points.

The whistle of the fans came from the sidelines.

"I said so!"

The fan yelled just now, and as soon as he finished speaking, Williams immediately scored a goal!

The Spurs' offense, Manu Ginobili's step-back missed a three-pointer.

But Split grabbed the offensive rebound and flicked it back to Ginobili.

Ginobili's fake three-point shot swayed Johnson, accelerated the breakthrough to attract double-teams, and then scored outside.

Tang Tian received the ball, waited a while for Williams who was pounced on him, and made a three-point foul on the latter.

Just like the benching before, Tang Tian relied half on his skills and half on his brain. Williams' IQ was suppressed.

Three free throw opportunities.

Tang Tian made all three free throws against the noise of interference, opening the point difference to double digits for the first time, and at the same time, his personal score in the first half also reached 12 points unknowingly.

It didn't work for Jefferson to miss the free throw. At this moment, he suddenly felt that the momentum was a bit wrong.

Because following this trend, it is no longer a question of whether the performance is better than before.

This second quarter has just started with 12 points, this is likely to be another night of Tang Tian's career!

If he played a new career night in the first start, then his starting position...

His mind is a little broken.

The game on the field continued, the Timberwolves' offense, Barea continued to find Williams to pick and roll.

But this time Tang Tian directly squeezed through the destruction, clung to Williams and didn't give him a chance.

Barea didn't start the pick-and-roll, and attacked Mills by himself, and Splitter, who was defended back, took a risk.

The Spurs switched from defense to offense, and Tang Tianxia's fast break was fast.

At this time, Ginobili waved his hand and sent a long pass across the court. Tang Tian caught the ball and made a quick layup with ease.

His three-pointers are very stable, but he is not only good at three-pointers.

The point difference came to 12 points.

"Derek seems to be suppressed." The fans on the sidelines looked a little helpless.

The Williams fan fell silent. Williams scored a goal in response, but Tang Tian scored 5 points in a row...

It really hurts only when there is a contrast...

Adelman saw that the momentum was wrong and called a timeout.

After returning from the timeout, Love, Rubio, and Ridnor were all replaced one after another. Popovich also replaced Duncan and Parker after seeing it.

Both sides changed back to the starting lineup in advance.

After switching back to the main lineup, Duncan still has an advantage in the paint.

However, Love ushered in an explosion. He played Blair inside, Splitter, and even Duncan scored various goals to help the Timberwolves cling to the score.

Before halftime, Love made a three-pointer at the buzzer to set the score at 53-60, and the Timberwolves were only 7 points behind at halftime.

Love scored 20 points in the half, Duncan scored 16 points for the Spurs, and the PK between the two forwards in the first half became the main theme of the game.

"The speed of assisting Love on the inside must be faster. Love's low pass is not good, and Pekovic's speed is very slow. The assisting defense has time to return to the defense."

During the intermission, Popovich seized the time to summarize and analyze.

"They will definitely do the same. Danny and Tang, you two can run more without the ball, so as to ensure that there are opportunities to catch the ball from the outside at any time."

Tang Tian and Green nodded after listening to it. In the first half, Love and Duncan played bravely. In the second half, it depends on how the head coaches of the two sides make targeted adjustments.

The second half of the game is approaching, and players from both sides have left the locker room to return to the schedule.

At this time, Green found that Jefferson hadn't left, and the tablet he was holding had a live broadcast of the game.

"Richard, we will win." Green thought Jefferson was worried about the team, and patted him on the shoulder and said.

Jefferson nodded, and his originally broken mood eased a little.

yes!Although Tang Tian scored 14 points in the first half, he made 7 of 4 shots very efficiently.

But it will definitely not be like this in the second half, the Timberwolves will definitely target the defense!

Chance, yes, there is a chance!

Back in the second half, neither side adjusted their starting lineups.

Timberwolves go first.

Sure enough, as Popovich expected, Love hit Duncan in the low post as soon as he came up.

Duncan's defense is very solid, but after all, he is old, and Love's weight makes it difficult for him to defend.

Blair came over to help defend, and Love chose to pass the ball in the double-team.