Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 185 Research on Three Points
The stage when the Spurs started with Blair may be the weakest time inside the Spurs before Duncan retired.

Duncan is indeed a bit far behind his peak now. He can no longer dominate the inside by himself. He needs help, but Blair is not very good.

No wonder the Spurs were ravaged by black and white bears in the playoffs in history. It is understandable to see Love and Milicic blowing up the Spurs insider Zhang Sixin.

The Spurs may also be in the groping stage of transitioning to offense. If they are paired with an offensive inside partner, Duncan, it's fine if they don't have defense. At least they can pull out and shoot three-pointers. Using Blair is indeed a failure.

Their other insiders, McDyess is too old, and Splitter is still adapting to the NBA, so there is no way.

Therefore, although the Spurs have a good record, their hard power has actually become weaker.

In the second quarter, the Spurs could only use the old method to improve the defensive strength.

Duncan topped the fifth position, a bit desperate.

If Duncan exerts his strength, he will definitely not be weak, and Love and Milicic are not as chic as before.

However, in the end Duncan also received his third foul, and his physical strength dropped even more rapidly.

However, even so, the Spurs did not completely limit the Timberwolves.

After all, the Timberwolves have the strongest offensive power on the outside. This time, they only attacked the weak link of the Spurs before the inside took the lead. No matter how hard Duncan worked on the inside, the Timberwolves should still score.

As for the Spurs' own offense, they tried a lot of three-pointers, which is also a feature of their new season.

However, under the special marking of the Timberwolves, none of their three-pointers were hit.

Other teams may not have the same three-point line as the Timberwolves, so the Spurs played well before.

As a result, they suffered a disadvantage when they encountered opponents who had in-depth research on three-pointers.

With the Spurs' offensive efficiency worrying, their desire to chase points is naturally just a fantasy.

"The Spurs want to transform, but it will not be done so easily." Zhang Sixin said firmly.

The three-point shooters that the Spurs have now are just pitchers, and what is really suitable for the championship team is 3D.

However, as a competitor, the Timberwolves will certainly not allow the Spurs to make the transition as smoothly as in the original history.

Good players will definitely have to intervene. As long as Zhang Sixin is still in the West, he will mess up all the teams in the West that were originally competing for the championship.

If he has the ability, he may also mess with the teams in the East, and it will be much easier for his team to climb to the top.

Zhang Sixin, like the Big Three of the Heat, definitely has no way to do it, but rookies, good role players, what if they don't intervene.

At the end of the first half, Curry and Ginobili scored points for a while, and the performances of both sides were similar.

But the Timberwolves are the leading side, so they smoothly entered the intermission with the lead.

"He played well. No. [-] in the Western Conference, No. [-] in the league record, they are the ones who played."

"Every team will have weak links. We often say that we should use our brains to play football. This is to exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses, and attack the opponent's weak links. Isn't this despicable? Competitive sports are for the pursuit of victory. If you don't do well, why don't you allow your opponent to catch you?"

"Therefore, the coaching staff requires the team to be both offensive and defensive, and both internal and external, in order to reduce the weak links, so that our competitors cannot attack us, and we can always grasp the opponent's weaknesses."

"In the regular season, the record is very important, but it is not the most important for us, a strong western team with pursuit. What we have to do is to improve our strength in the regular season, so that we will not be afraid of any opponent in the playoffs."

"So, I don't look at the team's record now, I just look at whether you have improved."

"In the second half, we will continue to show our advantages and beat the No. [-] player in the Western Conference."

Zhang Sixin's words also made the Timberwolves players excited. What the head coach said was always so reasonable. They felt that they were really lucky to be able to fight with Zhang Sixin.

Even if some players didn't want to come to Minnesota before, after everyone tasted the victory together, they will soon regard this place as their second home.

This is the charm of competitive sports, and Zhang Sixin also showed his charm as a head coach.

If you can't lead the team to win and can't help the players improve, then no matter how much you say, no matter how rich your tactics are, it's useless, and Zhang Sixin is just the best at these two aspects.

The Spurs also know that the Timberwolves are good defensively, and this season may be better than their defense.

So during the intermission, Popovich also emphasized offense. In the second half, the Spurs did not fight defense with the Timberwolves, but offense.

If there is a chance outside the three-point line, he must shoot, and Popovich also specifically named Parker.

No way, the Timberwolves always let Parker three-pointers, not only Parker broke the defense, Popovich was very upset.

However, there are some things that can't be helped.

Maybe the normal defense against Parker can shoot better. The Timberwolves' frontier defense and the Spurs' side require him to be decisive, but Parker will think more.

In the third quarter, Parker hit the iron with a three-pointer, and he hesitated again when there was an open space.

When Parker was playing against the Timberwolves, unless he scored two points, he couldn't play well.

He was looking for a cap when he rushed in, and it was not easy to defend Curry on the defensive end.

Both Parker and Ginobili are weak All-Stars, but they have different characteristics.

Ginobili really doesn't have many shortcomings in the fight, he dares to shoot from any position.

If Ginobili had better physical strength, he would definitely be stronger than Parker, but now it is almost the same.

The Spurs still put Blair on the bench in the second half and didn't let him go.

Really can't fight, Love and Milicic beat Blair like they beat their sons.

It's just that McDyess is not much better, but he won't lose his position, and he can't stop him.

In fact, Splitter is relatively better. Splitter has good confrontation ability, but Popovich will not believe in a rookie from the beginning, so even if the team needs a big man, he is the last choice.

In fact, because of the Timberwolves' inside oppression, Splitter has played a lot more this time.

The Spurs system is relatively complicated. He can only resist people when he comes up, and it is difficult to help on the offensive end, so their head coach Popovich has no choice.

When the Spurs go to Hill and play juniors and juniors, their offensive efficiency is still good.

It's just that the Spurs' GDP can't play for a long time, and Parker, who has the best physical strength, was targeted again.

If you treat this game as a playoff game, it is definitely not the Spurs' style.

They just let the GDP increase for a while, and when the rotation time comes, they still have to rest.

Therefore, the Spurs' most efficient offensive lineup did not fit together for a long time. During the next rotation period, everyone was pecking at each other again. They played lively and lively for almost half a quarter, and the score did not change much. In this way, they have an advantage over the leading Timberwolves.

(End of this chapter)