Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 207 Fame Outweighs Strength
In the new year, the Timberwolves' schedule will be much better. In the first game in 2011, the Timberwolves will still be at home.

It is the Nets who are visiting, and the Nets this season are not good at all.

To put it simply, there is no one. Except for Lopez and Harris, the other players are not good at all.

The players they signed in the summer, it can be said that the normal starting level is not enough.

And the team's defense is poor, so naturally it can only be poor in the East.

The Timberwolves also slapped their opponents at the beginning. The current Nets are a bit of a waste of Lopez, a relatively solid insider.

Their head coach Jr. Johnson has been a bit of a demon after the Mavericks failed, and his tactics are not suitable for the members of the team at all.

Later, the Nets got a bunch of high-paid players, but Johnson still couldn't play well, and finally had to leave sadly. His coaching career had a good start, but unfortunately he didn't get it right.

In the first half, relying on the play of the bench lineup, the Nets hadn't resisted yet.

But as soon as the Timberwolves increased their intensity in the second half, they quickly took the lead by a big score, and the main players clocked out of get off work.

The current Nets are not only bad at defense, but also terrible at offense.

The Timberwolves prevented them from scoring single digits in a single quarter, and the players' mentality collapsed.

Milicic, who defended the opponent's ace Lopez after the game, also said excitedly: "We should play like this and play a great defense."

After a new year's victory, the results of the second round of the All-Star voting have also come out.

Because there are no opponents, Curry's All-Star starting position is still relatively far away. After all, only Kobe is far ahead of the Western Conference guards.

For the striker, Durant, Love and Anthony compete.

In fact, Love has already ranked first with various exaggerated statistics, but there is not much difference between the three.

In the fifth position, Dayao still has the advantage.

Milicic's score is not high enough, and last season, the substitute did not accumulate enough popularity, or he could only be in the second position.

Because the Timberwolves' current record is not particularly good, if they can't get the starting position, it is estimated that the All-Star substitutes will not have their players.

There is no way, after all, Zhang Sixin is still training for the playoffs.

If they can shine in the playoffs this season, the team will be able to kill the Quartet next season when George gets up and completely gain the recognition of the outside world.

On January 1, the Timberwolves came to Boston.

The Big Three of the Celtics are another year old, but they are still contenders in the East.

In addition to the Big Three and Rondo for the Celtics this season, the young player Glenn Davis has also grown.

In order to continue to hit the championship, they signed O'Neal and O'Neal in the summer, and the momentum is also very strong.

It's just that the team also encountered some injuries this season, such as Perkins is still recovering, and Garnett is not completely healthy.

Perkins was injured in the playoffs for the team last season, but now the Celtics feel that it is difficult for him to recover and plan to sell him.

Being cold-blooded is a tradition of the Celtics. Of course, many teams in the league are like this. Competitive sports do not have so much warmth, so some players will not play with the risk of injury.

Perkins recovered fairly well later, like Thomas Jr. in the future, who was unable to recover due to height problems and fell directly.

Garnett was unable to play in this game, and the Celtics were Davis and O'Neal partnering inside.

Nicknamed Big Baby, Davis is a very heavy No. [-]. He and O'Neal stand on the inside to occupy more space, and it is difficult for others to squeeze in.

However, the two move too slowly and are easily targeted.

The current insiders of the Celtics sound scary, Garnett, Sharks, and O'Neal, but either they are too old, or they have injuries, which is a bit like a paper tiger.

And Pierce and Ray Allen are actually not at their peak anymore.

The current Celtics have a strong defense, but their offense is really not good.

Without Garnett, their defense may also drop a pick-and-roll.

Relying on the two big fat guys on the inside, their defense will definitely have problems.

After the game started, both Curry and Love were subject to certain restrictions.

The Celtics attach great importance to the two, and their defense is really good. Their No. [-] Rondo is also a very defensive backcourt.

However, they are moving slowly inside now, and it is almost the limit to focus on the two strongest points of the Timberwolves.

DeRozan, Matthews and Milicic can take the opportunity to score points, not to mention how efficient they are, but they are definitely better than the Celtics' offense.

Besides, the Celtics can at most prevent the two cores of the Timberwolves from scoring so many points, but it is impossible to completely limit death.

Not to mention anything else, as far as Love's rebounds, O'Neal and Davis are not his opponents.

The 39-year-old Sharks and O'Neal Jr., who have suffered from injuries and difficulties, these figures who have been in the league before, it is estimated that Love will give them a hand, and they can't beat them.

The reality is so cruel, now that the insiders of the league are withered, Love is still enough.

The point is, the Celtics really don't score much now.

O'Neal can explode for at most 5 minutes now, and Ray Allen and Pierce, who are under heavy care, are also ineffective. As for the rest of the Celtics, it is really not easy to score under the tight team defense of the Timberwolves.

"Players still need to stay healthy..." Zhang Sixin sighed.

In the contest of rotation, the two sides can be said to be evenly matched.

Jermaine O'Neal may not even be able to break out for 5 minutes now, he just relies on his static talent to fight a little bit.

However, the Timberwolves do not have an advantage in the rotation lineup. Zhang Sixin feels that at least they have to wait for these players to evolve again.

Because the Timberwolves have excellent inside strength and strong ability to attack the inside, the Celtics began to shrink their defense in the second quarter.

Their reaction is still very fast. Although their head coach Rivers is a chicken soup coach, he is definitely not a layman in tactics. He still did a good job during the regular season.

In fact, Rivers is just not good at using All-Star players, and it is difficult to respond to situations beyond the general situation in the playoffs.

In general, he's still a pretty good head coach.

However, what the Celtics didn't expect was that Rondo alone could not completely lock Curry.

When the Celtics shrunk their defense, they thought Rondo could handle Curry alone, but Curry immediately showed his strength with actions.

So the Celtics defended well inside in the second quarter, but the Timberwolves still kept their lead.

The starting lineup of the Timberwolves is definitely the first in the league.

Therefore, if the Celtics want to compete with the Timberwolves, they still must improve the team's offensive deterrence.

What the Timberwolves have to do is to stabilize the defense and stabilize the offense.

(End of this chapter)