Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 116 Against the Sun
With the Magic hitting three consecutive three-pointers, the game ended and the Timberwolves made another victory.

The two away games were won at the last minute, which was a bit thrilling, but the result was good.

The Timberwolves have only nine games left in the regular season, but the situation in the West is more complicated.

Some teams with not so good records before, such as the Spurs and the Suns also caught up, and the Trail Blazers and Thunder did not continue to fall. This made the Western Conference from No. [-] to No. [-] in the Western Conference more crowded. Everyone has a similar record. Every game can change the team ranking.

Therefore, the Timberwolves dare not relax after winning the away game. At least they can't do the rest.

The Lakers are still cool, and the regular season has been very comfortable.

If Zhang Sixin wants to be as calm as a Zen master, he probably has to wait until next season.

Regardless of whether the right players can be signed next season, the growth of young players will make the regular season of the Timberwolves much easier.

Back at home, the Timberwolves have to face the challenge of the Suns.

It's another battle of rankings, and now as long as the second in the west to the ninth in the west meet, it's a battle of rankings.

This season can be said to be a season in which the old and the new in the West alternate. It is a time when everyone is relatively close to each other.

The Suns center Robin Lopez was injured and unable to play, but the impact on them was not particularly large.

The three strong points of the Sun this season are Nash, Stoudemire and Richardson.

Others, including Hill, are all supporters, but the Suns still have a lot of supporters, so they can maintain their position as a strong team in the West without a top scorer.

Of course, as Nash ages, the sun is already setting.

If they can't win the championship this season, the team can't keep Stoudemire and others.

After Nash joined the Suns, the whirlwind shocked the entire league, but if they didn't win the championship, it would be a mirror image. After consecutive failures in the playoffs, the atmosphere in the Suns also had some problems.

Marion in front has left long ago. Competitive sports are like this. If you can't do better, you can only seek changes.

The Suns have regained their fast pace this season and are playing well.

But their weak link is also obvious, the defense is too poor.

So the Timberwolves were not polite when they came up, and started a confrontation with the opponent while doing their best to defend.

At the beginning of the game, Curry and Love played very actively.

The team has a rebounding advantage, and it is difficult for the Suns to limit the two All-Stars.

Of course, Love and Stoudemire should be unable to defend each other.

Curry and Nash have different styles and have little influence on each other.

The key to the game still depends on who can control the rhythm.

What's more, the Timberwolves turned their rebounding advantage into an inside advantage, and then turned it into a victory.

"Stoudemire still needs to help defend, his explosive power is too good." Seeing Stoudemire's activity, Zhang Sixin couldn't help but said.

In fact, the Timberwolves' defense on the outside is not bad, but Stoudemire can't rely on Love alone.

Of course, only Stoudemire can attack the inside for the Suns, and it is easier for the Timberwolves to attack the inside.

They let Jaron Collins start, hoping to act as a barrier.

But in fact, the blue-collar insider was really useless, and he fouled twice soon.

This made the Suns make up their minds, and they didn't worry about gains and losses. They hurried to the rotation and put more energy on the offensive end.

And if you use Amundson to play inside, you will be much more flexible.

Of course, their inside line is still undefended.

After fully entering the rotation, the Suns played better.

Their backup outsider Barbosa performed well, and third-year player Dudley also performed well.

Barbosa actually performed mediocre in many cases this season due to injuries, but this time he feels very good.

For the Timberwolves, Frye performed well.

It may be that there is still a sense in the dark, and Frye broke out in this three-pointer.

In this case, the two sides can be said to be fighting each other, and the score is also rising alternately.

Love was the most eye-catching player on the field, scoring a double-double in halftime.

When the opponent's defense is not so strong, Love still plays more comfortably.

It's just that among the rotation players, only Frye performed well, and he didn't bloom as much as the sun.

Zhang Sixin feels that it is still a bit of a disadvantage to play speed-up with the sun, after all, it is a mode that the sun is more familiar with.

It is because of this that the Suns had a slight score advantage in the first half.

This can be regarded as a test, anyway, it is the regular season, and sometimes it will not target the opponent in all directions.

If it is a playoff, Zhang Sixin will not consider whether the scene is ugly or not, winning is the kingly way.

In the second half, he will definitely not let the team play speed-up with the Suns.

It is a smart choice to finish playing Princeton or combine inside and outside, and you may also see the effect.

The battles between the strong teams in the Western Conference are all ranking battles, but they are also a test between playoff teams.

"Three-pointers, defense still needs to pay attention to three-pointers."

"You must be active in retreating, and you must stay with the person, and you must not allow the opponent to have an easy shot."

"When Nash and Stoudemire pick and roll, there is a delay. Nash's first choice is definitely not offense, so it is very important to block Stoudemire's way and not give him the opportunity to start quickly."

During the intermission, Zhang Sixin made detailed requirements on the defensive end.

On the offensive end, it is still easier to solve. The Suns' single defense may be okay in some positions, but the overall defense can really be solved with a pick-and-roll.

In the third quarter, the Timberwolves' defense was very effective, and the Suns fell into a scoring drought for a while.

The Timberwolves, on the other hand, rely on their inside advantage to score. Jefferson and Love are relatively stable.

I can only blame the Sun's defense, the two abusers are still relatively sharp.

This time the Suns chose to make a substitution earlier, and their starting fifth position is really useless.

The Suns coach Gentry is still too conservative, they should change the starting lineup in the second half.

But there may be no way, Collins is at least a little high, and it is not too much difference to go directly to Amundsen and Fifth Elementary School.

The point is, the current Suns are not like when Marion was here, the fifth junior also has a striker to help defend.

If the Suns are not good this season, they are still relatively stable in abuse, and they even killed the Western Conference Finals all the way in history.

Say they are great, but the weak link is too obvious.

It can only be said that their luck this season is pretty good, which can be regarded as a supplement to their previous bad luck, but unfortunately their hard power is still a little bit worse.

The Suns made various adjustments in the third quarter, but nothing worked, and the three-point shooting rate plummeted.

On the contrary, the Timberwolves play better inside, and outside players such as Curry also have problems.

The points that the Suns led soon disappeared.

The rhythm of the game was gradually controlled by the Timberwolves.

(End of this chapter)