Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 133
The Blazers felt very fierce today, and they were still the same in the second half.

On the defensive end, they don't spare their physical strength. Even if they win this fight, there may be physical problems in the end.

So Zhang Sixin was not very nervous. After directing a few playoff games, he also adapted.

The Timberwolves are not afraid of losing, so Zhang Sixin just responded rationally to the performance of the Blazers.

Seeing the tricks, winning is the best, and losing will be valuable experience in the playoffs.

Under the crazy defense of the Blazers, the Timberwolves' offensive end was not so comfortable.

It is difficult for Curry and Love to get good opportunities, and the same is true for Jefferson in the low post, but DeRozan and Matthews' defense cannot achieve this level, and there will be some opportunities to shoot.

In this case, the Timberwolves must have encountered trouble on the offensive end.

But when the Blazers were desperately defending, their offense was not so smooth.

The Blazers' outside touch is still not as good as the Timberwolves, nor is it as good as their first half.

On the contrary, Aldridge is relatively stable, he is really fully activated today.

Although free throws are not so accurate due to the intensity of confrontation, the mid-range is very powerful and can kill.

So Zhang Sixin went straight up and flanked, and he had the ball to flank. Anyway, Aldridge couldn't go outside to hold the ball like Nowitzki.

The Blazers' outside shooting is not good enough, and the Timberwolves will not have a big problem in pinching Aldridge.

And Aldridge, no matter how good he feels, is not the kind of slugger who can face the pincers and open Wushuang. With fewer shooting opportunities, the Blazers' offensive problems will become even greater.

The Blazers can only replace Roy and add a ball-holding point.

It's just that Roy can't show his strength now, and the Blazers haven't gotten better since he played.

They can only hold on to the defense and want to rely on the defense they rely on to determine the outcome.

Although they didn't do it before, they did a good job from the beginning, and there is still hope.

"Should we adjust the lineup to speed up?" Zhang Sixin thought while knocking on the chair next to him.

Now, in fact, the two teams are fighting defensively. The Timberwolves did not gain an advantage, but they also withstood it.

Do they want to take the initiative to change, because now the Blazers are under more pressure, and they can actually go on like this. At the end of the quarter, let the stars decide the outcome.

This is also a relatively stable choice, but if the speed can be increased again to gain an advantage, the game will not be so difficult.

High-intensity confrontation not only consumes opponents, but also Timberwolves players.

But the effect of speeding up in the first half was not so good, and there were still risks.

Up to now, Zhang Sixin actually wants to end the series as soon as possible. He wants to spend more time on the next opponents and make his first playoff journey in his coaching career more brilliant.

In addition, he is also worried about the team's injuries, and there are many dreams in the night.

After much deliberation, in fact, in the end, we still follow the previous plan and speed up to see the situation first.

Maybe the Blazers' players are already tired, relying on willpower and unable to keep up with the fast pace.

There is nothing wrong with actively seeking change, they have more weapons to do this.

Zhang Sixin comforted himself and started the team rotation.

In fact, it is not to speed up directly, but to let Love rest first, and the team gradually improves the rhythm.

When Love plays again to partner with Frye inside, it is the time when the team has the fastest pace.

But in the second half, the Blazers really guarded the accelerated Timberwolves.

After all, the Timberwolves don't have a point guard like Nash, and the pitchers on the bench are not stable enough. When they can't play a good offensive and defensive transition, their offensive end is also difficult to explode.

"Fortunately, when the Blazers are focusing on defense, the offensive end is not very good." Zhang Sixin sighed.

When the rotation lineup was blocked, there was no problem with the score, and Zhang Sixin didn't get entangled.

Go to big center, and then continue to fight defense.

He always believes that Curry will definitely be better than an insider like Aldridge at the last moment.

With both sides defending, the scoring efficiency of the two teams before the final quarter was very low.

In the playoffs, if the referee scale is larger, it will be much more difficult to score.

At this time, it is not the era of more than 100 points casually in the future, so it is not too strange to score only a few points in half a quarter.

But both parties know that the real chapter will be seen in the last few minutes.

The Blazers still left Roy on the field and set up the starting lineup during the regular season.

Although Roy's performance was very mediocre, McMillan still needs him to hold the ball at critical moments and is willing to trust him.

For the Timberwolves, Zhang Sixin still didn't immediately switch back to the starting lineup.

At the last moment, his three insiders have to take turns to use it. It is very important for Milicic to stabilize a wave of defense on the court.

However, what I didn't expect was that Roy's staying on the court really made a difference.

Just after 5 minutes, Roy hit a three-pointer to help the team catch up with the score.

And this ball was like a signal, bringing the offense of the two teams back to normal.

Although the defense of the two teams is very fierce now, it is obviously not normal to only score a few points in half a quarter.

Curry made a hit next, and Love also received a second pass from Curry and hit a goal.

Then Aldridge also hit a half-stop, and the game suddenly became more intense, which shocked the spirits of the fans who were guarding before the live broadcast.

Fierce defense doesn't mean it's not good-looking, but it's more exciting to be able to hit on the offensive end.

Zhang Sixin's eyes are also fixed on the court. At this time, there is no need for too many tactics, just to watch the performance of the players.

At this time, if the two sides want to score a goal, they will score together, and if they do not score, they will not score. It feels like keeping the suspense of the game.

"At this time, the Blazers should be more nervous." Zhang Sixin said with his hand on his chin.

But he immediately muttered again: "Maybe their players are not thinking about anything now, they are just desperately trying, because they have no other choice."

At this time, Zhang Sixin felt the tension that he didn't feel at the beginning of the game. For a few moments, he even felt that he was a fan watching the game.

"Oh, my god……"

When the time was approaching 2 minutes, Curry made a mistake, which also caused the Blazers to counterattack and Roy hit.

"Roy is really good, really worthy of respect."

Afterwards, Curry made up for his mistake, hit the offensive end, and Zhang Sixin laughed again.

"Steph already knows how to regulate, he's still evolving."

Time is passing, and the score is really tangled.

When the game came to the last minute, Curry made another mistake, and Zhang Sixin didn't know if this buddy was nervous.

But he resisted the urge to curse and just gave Curry encouraging looks and gestures.

Sometimes mentality is really important, and it didn't take long for the Blazers to make mistakes.

At this point in the game, the players of both teams were exhausted.

However, the game will eventually have a winner.

(End of this chapter)