Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 194 When Curry Is Not Around

When Curry and Love were leading the Timberwolves to kill the Quartet on the offensive end, Curry sprained his ankle.

Curry's habitual sprains are really a hidden danger.

Zhang Sixin must talk to Curry and ask him to pay attention to this aspect of training.

Naturally, Curry can't play this game. Zhang Sixin suspects that there is something wrong with the team's feng shui.

The Timberwolves rushed to second place in the West, but they injured two main players.

After Curry left the field, the team's defense did not have any problems, but the offense was obviously not as good as before.

The Timberwolves were about to lead by double digits just now, but Curry was injured, which gave the Thunder ample opportunity to respond. Durant led the team to start a counterattack, and the score gap gradually narrowed.

Because it was the home game, Zhang Sixin asked the team doctor to take Curry to check the situation.

Although it still needs to be carefully inspected, it is not too bad, and the initial judgment is that the injury is not serious.

That's fine, if you're destined to get hurt, a small injury is fine.

Think of it as an athlete resting for a few days, just in time to adjust his physical condition, and then have a better game.

After Curry left the field, DeRozan took over the banner of outside offense.

It's just that DeRozan needs more impact with the ball, and his partner with Love is not so tacit.

So Zhang Sixin asked Love to increase the number of high-post support and let DeRozan focus on scoring.

The other guards on the team can actually pick and roll with Love, but it will become mainly Love.

After all, they don't have Curry's ability, so it's better to serve as tactical support.

"I hope the team won't have any more injuries..." Zhang Sixin sighed.

He also secretly paid attention to it, and Curry's state must be paid special attention to.

He remembered that Curry had two surgeries during his rookie period in history, which also affected the contract renewal.

"Try to keep him healthy during the regular season, and if necessary, surgery should be performed during the offseason..." Zhang Sixin thought.

Curry's ankle repair didn't stop him from becoming a superstar, and he remained relatively healthy for a long time afterwards.

In fact, there is nothing to worry about. Doing your own thing well is a blessing not a curse, and Zhang Sixin will definitely let him renew his contract with a maximum salary if he chooses Curry.

If the Timberwolves don't give it, other teams will give it, there is no doubt about it.

Curry is much more famous than in the original history, so the Timberwolves should not be stingy.

On the court, the game has reached the rotation period. After Love went down, Zhang Sixin was still a little worried, but the Thunder's substitute lineup did not play well.

Harden didn't feel good today, but Pekovic on the Timberwolves' side made a big kill in the paint.

It's no wonder that the Thunder will trade defensive insiders. Their overall defense is not very good now. If there is no insider to protect the frame, anyone can really ravage it.

European insiders like Pekovic who are still adapting to the NBA can kill the Quartet, let alone those All-Star insiders in the league.

The Thunder's bench isn't too weak, but they really didn't perform very well this time.

Therefore, they did not seize the opportunity, and the Timberwolves still took the lead in the first half.

Curry was not on the court, and several other Timberwolves guards got the chance to play.

How to put it, the performance is neither good nor bad. When Curry rests, it really doesn't matter who plays the starter, but it must be like Whiteside. Starting does not mean playing time.

Zhang Sixin will divide the playing time according to the characteristics of the opponent and the state of the players.

In fact, this is also their opportunity. Although Zhang Sixin's plan has a sequence for their training, whoever can seize the hard-won opportunity will definitely be able to impress Zhang Sixin and give him a better chance.

As long as he plays out, his worth will go up. Even if he can't get more opportunities in the Timberwolves, he can go to other teams to start and get a big contract.

Of course, on the Timberwolves side, as long as Zhang Sixin is there, Curry's status will not change.

During the intermission, Zhang Sixin encouraged the players as usual.

Without the two main players, they are still ahead of the Thunder. This is success.

But it won't be so easy in the second half. After thinking about it, he still didn't change the starting lineup.

But if there is a problem with Whiteside, Zhang Sixin will make a decisive substitution.

For the understanding of the game, Pekovic is obviously more mature.

It's just that his movement doesn't quite meet the requirements, so Zhang Sixin will train Whiteside.

For the first position, Zhang Sixin chose Jeremy Lin.

Now Jeremy Lin plays more cautiously and has less confidence in shooting. He is more suitable for running tactics with the main players, while Bledsoe has more freedom in the rotation period.

Sun Yue's words are more used when playing double guards.

In fact, if you are a tool guard, Sun Yue is fine, but he is more used to shooting with the ball, and he is not as sure as the other two when he catches the ball, so he has fewer opportunities.

In the second half, the Thunder's defense was even stronger, and they were strictly guarding against Love.

Because Love is the only tactical core now, the Thunder knew what to do after the first half of the game.

On the offensive end, Westbrook stepped up the offense.

Without Milicic on the court, Westbrook is really hard to stop.

The key is that the opponent has already discovered that Whiteside is a bit of a good-looking guy. Although he is tall and long, his judgment is not enough.

After Zhang Sixin saw that something was wrong, he simply went to Pekovic to play a combination of inside and outside.

After Love went down to rest, he used Pekovic to partner with a 3D lineup. Green, Matthews, and George were all on the court, just to limit the Thunder's outside line and bully them without strength inside.

In this case, the Thunder's role players can't play at all, and the substitute player, Ibaka, is useful and can help defend.

Therefore, the Thunder also took out their housekeeping skills and let Durant and Westbrook throw it directly.

Last season they could only let Durant throw, but this season Westbrook has also grown to the point where he can play with the ball in various ways, and they have an extra choice.

For inside defense, they have Ibaka assisting defense plus contraction.

Because there is no Curry on the outside, the Timberwolves' three-pointers are not as threatening as before, so the Thunder are also betting.

At this time, the Timberwolves were still ahead, and they had no better way.

"The combination of pure insiders is still not enough. Nicola's passing is much worse than Kevin's." Zhang Sixin frowned.

"Let's wait for Kevin to rest, and then we'll play a big and a small one. It depends on whether Kevin can continue to bully the opponent's inside line. If it doesn't go well, we can only see how good DeMar is. Kevin goes to cover for DeMar, so that DeMar has a chance to fight big."

The Thunder are also ruthless enough to extend Durant's playing time.

When their bench lineup was at a loss, Durant went up and scored a few goals in a row to catch up with the score.

Zhang Sixin is really not sure what will happen in the final quarter.

(End of this chapter)