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Chapter 128 Play Confidence
"The Timberwolves' game is really good. It is obviously dominated by young players, but the playoffs are so stable."

"It's much more stable than the Rockets' games in the future. I think Zhang Sixin is the top coach in the NBA, much better than the Rockets' coaches."

"Coach Zhang Sixin is amazing, his tactics are very targeted, and his on-the-spot response is also very fast. Simply take down the Blazers and see how black people are on the Internet."

"Heizi are all black anyway, just scold one when you see one."

"It's just that Sun Yue has no chance, otherwise Huaguo's head coach and players have performed well, and it must be very exciting."

"Coach Zhang can coach the national team. The Basketball Association has selected a foreign coach. Obviously, we also have a world-class coach like Coach Zhang in Huaguo."

"Yeah, I really want to see Dayao, Ah Lian and Coach Zhang cooperate."

In the playoffs, the Timberwolves became more and more popular in China, and many people stayed in front of the live broadcast.

During the regular season, there were not so many live broadcasts of the Timberwolves. In the playoffs, it can be said that more than [-]% of the fans are paying attention to them.

Under such heat, as long as the team can win, everyone will benefit.

Huaguo is a big market, not just talking about it. With the development of Huaguo's economy, their brands also expect to go out.

In this case, the enthusiasm is easy to realize. Even small players in the team may get commercial endorsement opportunities. Dayao's teammates have already had beneficiaries.

In Zhang Sixin's own words, after one season, his net worth will definitely rise sharply.

Not only the head coach, his image is also good, Xia Tian can really ask an assistant to help with chores.

Anyway, he is not a player, and he has a lot of time in the summer, so it is good to earn some extra money.

But now, Zhang Sixin has not put his energy on places other than the game.

Although it was only a short day of rest, he and the coaching staff did a lot of work.

Sleeping directly in the office, he had never worked so hard before.

But at this stage, he needs to go all out with the players.

In the second game, the starting lineups of the two sides did not change in any way, but became more familiar.

The cheers of the fans are still familiar, but it is obvious that the fans at home are more confident.

Victory can bring enough confidence to people, not just players.

This game is somewhat similar to the last routine. First, the Blazers scored, and then the Timberwolves gradually began to take the initiative.

It's normal for the opponent to score first, but the Timberwolves' current lineup is still not very good at jumping the ball.

The Timberwolves still started from Curry and Love's pick-and-roll, firstly because Jefferson was not very stable in the high-intensity confrontation in the interior, but more importantly, starting from the high-position pick-and-roll, the subsequent tactics changed more.

If Jefferson holds the ball, the passing space is not so good.

The Blazers' high-position pick-and-roll defense against the Timberwolves is also more targeted, especially Curry, who will never let him take it easily.

In this case, Curry did not force it, but created opportunities for his teammates.

DeRozan and Matthews got more shots than they played on the court, and they didn't hesitate, they both made bold shots.

Zhang Sixin kept nodding his head. Le Fu took over halfway. Curry entered the league and grew up under him. On the offensive end, he would make decisive shots.

And the Timberwolves start the other three players, which are also of the final type, so teamwork will be more suitable.

On the Blazers side, they also played as a relatively team, but they seemed to have no choice.

Because they went to Aldridge first, but Aldridge was not as efficient as playing.

The inside line of the Timberwolves came up to give Aldridge a high-intensity confrontation, which did have some impact on him.

Aldridge must be strong and relatively stable, but as the core of the team, especially as an insider, his lethality is still insufficient. This is the biggest problem for the Blazers now.

Although the Timberwolves let the insiders take turns fighting this buddy, there will not be too much risk of fouling.

For other All-Star insiders, this may not be a good thing.

"Defend the core players and the three-pointers well, and other things will be much easier." Zhang Sixin laughed.

"Compared to the beginning of the season, we are really much stronger."

Because the Timberwolves played better outside than on the court, the Blazers also entered the rotation earlier.

But in this game, the Blazers' substitute players entered the state earlier, and both Webster and Bayless played well.

Of course, also because of the targeted defense of the Blazers, the pitchers on the Timberwolves bench did not have such a good chance to play, which naturally affected their performance.

On the contrary, Milicic still played well, and the Blazers really have no way to do it with so few insiders.

So the injury is as fierce as a tiger, otherwise the Blazers still have Oden and Pulzbila, then the Timberwolves are a bit out of line inside.

"Good job, keep it up..."

Every Timberwolves player who came down to rest could hear Zhang Sixin's words.

On the other side, the head coach of the Trail Blazers, McMillan, is already a little anxious. They really feel that they are being targeted everywhere, and Miller's performance in the game is only in good condition, which is difficult to replicate.

Now that Aldridge has no obvious inside advantage against the Timberwolves, the Blazers really don't know how to play.

As an experienced head coach, McMillan understands that it is difficult for the Blazers to get out of the pressure of the Timberwolves.

He was also depressed. They had the strength of the top four in the Western Conference at the beginning of the season.

In the second quarter, the main players of the Timberwolves came on the field to make persistent efforts, while the Blazers players were already in a trance, and they were hit by several beautiful counterattacks by the Timberwolves in a row.

The Blazers' defense is good, but it's not really their level.

It's just that when the team had a problem, the head coach didn't solve the problem in time, which led to trouble.

The Timberwolves have already led by double digits. If it weren't for the intermission, the Blazers would definitely collapse directly.

They want to thank that the first half is over at this time. The intermission of a basketball game can be said to be more important than a football game, because basketball is a game of continuous scoring, and there is not enough time to interrupt the momentum of the dominant side. The game may not be settled in four quarters.

After returning to the locker room, McMillan also woke up the players loudly.

"We have to do what we do best, we have to keep putting pressure on them. We beat them every time in the regular season, we can do those things."

I don't know how much morale can be improved, after all, the players know that they are short of people.

I don't mind when I have an advantage, but I will be affected when I am weak.

Especially in the away game, it is difficult for them to become full of momentum again.

The difference is that on the Timberwolves side, all the players smiled with confidence.

(End of this chapter)