Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 182 The Upgraded Thunder

In the third quarter, Griffin was physically confronted by the chubby Love.

Griffin scored more points in the first half, and Love also lost face a bit.

During the intermission, Zhang Sixin gave a lecture, and Love obviously took it to heart.

After increasing the intensity of the confrontation, Griffin felt much more uncomfortable. After finally rushing in, he was capped by Milicic.

Milicic's inner frame protection is indeed good. Originally, when he signed with the Timberwolves when he was relatively stretched in history, he could still give away a lot of caps. The current enhanced version is undoubtedly stronger.

Griffin still has to play inside after all, and the second half will not be so good.

On the contrary, Gordon still performed. Although the three-pointer was interfered by the Timberwolves' defense, the score still belongs to the Clippers' first point.

Gordon, who didn't have a three-pointer, still scored the highest score in the team, not because the Timberwolves didn't defend inside, but because the defense was so good that only Gordon could catch some balls from the outside.

Everyone else, including Griffin, was severely restricted.

"As long as you tell them what to do, young people can still do it... Now they actually have enough strength, but they don't have enough experience, so they can't adjust themselves so quickly." Zhang Sixin laughed.

For the Timberwolves, the offensive situation is much better.

Both Curry and Love can score, and so can the rest of the team.

In this case, the Timberwolves successfully gained the lead.

If the team continues to exert its strength, it will definitely kill the opponent.

However, time still needs to be given to young people to exercise more, and take the lead as a guarantee.

In the second half, the performances of the two teams' substitutes were evenly matched. Because the Clippers are training young players, they don't want to win like other teams. Therefore, the two teams played quite harmoniously during the rotation period.

In this case, the Timberwolves' victory will be more stable.

In the final quarter, the main lineups of both sides played well.

Gordon increased his points and his efficiency improved immediately, but he woke up a little later.

In addition, the Clippers' defense will always have loopholes. Their head coach De Nagro is not good at defensive tactics.

Therefore, when the performances of the two sides were similar in the final quarter, the leading Timberwolves easily won the game.

However, the Timberwolves' winning streak ended here.

The next game they played against the visiting Lakers, Love felt sluggish, and the Lakers' substitute Barnes hit consecutive three-pointers during the rotation, and the Timberwolves lost the game.

The Lakers still have a good record without Bynum, and the outside world also believes that they have the potential to win three consecutive championships.

Kobe also held his breath, hoping that the Lakers would win another championship under his leadership.

In this case, not only the championship can overwhelm O'Neal, but the historical status can also be discussed.

The momentum of the Lakers at the beginning of the season must have a lot to do with the mentality of the team boss Kobe Bryant.

However, the three-peat is really difficult.

Originally in history, the Lakers were swept by the super god Nowitzki.

Now that there are more variables like the Timberwolves in the West, Zhang Sixin doesn't know what will happen in the playoffs.

On November 11, the Timberwolves played away games again.

What they will face this time is the Thunder, a newly promoted team in the West. The Thunder has been in competition last season, but there is still some gap with the traditional teams in the West.

This season, the more powerful Thunder made a comeback, and they finally have the strength to challenge the Western Conference.

The Thunder did not make any moves in the summer, but besides Durant, Westbrook, Harden, Ibaka and other young players have also become stronger.

In fact, it's not that the Thunder don't want to make moves. They are very interested in insiders, but they just haven't reached a deal.

With the blowout of young players in the team, the Thunder also have more ideas of competition.

Soon, they'll be trying to trade insiders.

Originally, in history, they reached consecutive deals in the middle of the season, in exchange for two insiders, and they wanted to do a big job in the West.

The current Thunder may still have flaws inside, but the offensive end is already very strong.

It's not that strong in tactics, it's purely excellent in personal ability.

In this game, the Thunder and Timberwolves also faced each other.

As long as the Timberwolves win the Thunder this time, the Western Conference rankings can rise by one position.

The ranking at the beginning of the season is of course not that important, but young players must compete for momentum.

However, Zhang Sixin will not go all out. The rookie is still training. There is really no need for the regular season. Compared with the Thunder, the Timberwolves, who have achieved certain results in the playoffs, are more confident.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides were full of firepower.

The Timberwolves are Curry and Love, and the Thunder is mainly Durant. In addition, Westbrook is responsible for breaking through and scoring, and Jeff Green is lying in ambush on the weak side to pick up leaks.

This season, Westbrook is indeed a lot stronger, and his shooting has been improved.

It can be seen that Westbrook still has ideas. He practiced hard in the summer. It doesn't seem like some players know their weaknesses and haven't made up their minds yet.

Of course, even if Westbrook's shooting is improved, it is still far behind Durant.

The key to the Thunder is Durant, just to help Durant share the pressure, Westbrook has more possessions this season.

There are pros and cons to the way of Gemini, it depends on whether the two can be well integrated.

The way the Timberwolves defend Durant has not changed. Durant is a relatively pure finisher, unlike Kobe, who is just out of touch when passing the ball, so he will pinch Durant from the beginning.

Flanking and physical confrontation consume, used to be the perfect magic weapon for a scorer.

For Durant, a top scorer in the league, it can't play a big role at first, but it can have a subtle influence. Zhang Sixin has already experimented with this effect.

In the battle of the main lineup, the two sides are not in the same boat for the time being.

Zhang Sixin is a little worried about the rotation period, because the Thunder's current bench players include Harden and Ibaka.

Harden and Ibaka were only played by the rookies for one more season, but the experience of the game is experience.

Although the Thunder's substitute players will not play for the Timberwolves for so long, they still have enough performance time, because the Thunder's fifth position will not start for long.

In fact, Bledsoe and Paul George performed well today, but Harden and Ibaka were slightly better, and when the Timberwolves' main lineup was resting, Jeff Green also made a big killing.

Jeff Green's strength has not improved this season, but his tactical effect is good, as is the case with striker swingers.

It's just that the Thunder have too many outstanding young people, so Green will become a bargaining chip.

After all, the Thunder has no shortage of players who can score outside. They need inside players to help them resist the strong teams in the West, including the Timberwolves.

Relatively speaking, although Howard, the strongest insider, is in the East, the Western teams are stronger inside overall.

(End of this chapter)