Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 245
After the Timberwolves beat the Mavericks, they went to Oklahoma to play back-to-back away games.

The Thunder's lineup and All-Stars have changed before. In order to make up for the weakness of the global team, the Thunder took Green and Krstic and traded Perkins from the Celtics.

The Thunder already has the taste of a twin star this season. Green, the first generation of the Thunder's three young players, is not as talented as the other two. The Thunder will definitely not spend a lot of money to renew the contract. It is better to send away the insiders that the team needs.

The Celtics were originally optimistic about Perkins, but after Perkins suffered an injury, they chose to send him away.

But what they didn't expect was that Green had physical problems after being traded to the Celtics.

On the contrary, Perkins is still easy to use as a defensive insider.

The Thunder also traded for Muhammad of the Bobcats for insiders.

In the mid-season operation this time, they were ruthless.

Originally, they were considered successful in the past two seasons, but now that they have the Timberwolves as a spoiler, they don't know if they will go so smoothly.

With the arrival of Perkins and Ibaka as the new starting No. [-], the Thunder's lineup should be stronger.

But against the Timberwolves, I don't know if it will work or not.

Because of the Thunder's current lineup, the three-pointer is even worse. Ibaka still shows a good ability. This is one of the reasons why the Thunder can safely trade Green, but Ibaka still can't shoot a three-pointer.

Therefore, the Thunder's starting lineup is even worse with three-pointers. There is nothing wrong with the Timberwolves frantically pinching Durant.

During Love's truce, when encountering the Thunder who strengthened inside, I don't know which side of the penalty area will have the upper hand.

The Timberwolves targeted Durant at the beginning of the game, but the opponent also has the means to deal with them.

Westbrook kept hitting the inside with the ball, and he didn't give up even if he was interfered a few times.

When Durant was flanked and Westbrook was the main attack, the Timberwolves took the lead smoothly.

In the first half, the Timberwolves played very comfortably.

With the Thunder lineup, the shooting is really not very good, so Westbrook will attack with the ball.

But the Thunder did this on purpose. Now the Timberwolves only have one insider. Under Westbrook's continuous attack, Milicic made two fouls and had to end first.

With Love absent and Milicic off the court, the Timberwolves' inside line suffered a relatively large impact.

The Thunder's goal has also been achieved. Although the Timberwolves still have two insiders available, they are still much worse than Milicic defensively.

As a result, Westbrook rushed too hard.

This also affected the Timberwolves' defense against Durant. After all, Westbrook is getting stronger and stronger now, and has the ability to attract defensive attention.

As a result, the Thunder quickly caught up with the lagging score.

This time and again, I feel that the Timberwolves are still at a disadvantage. After all, Milicic has foul trouble.

On the Timberwolves side, there are still more points blooming mainly outside the line.

Without Love, the inside can also score, but without him to attract defensive attention, it will be more difficult for other insiders to score at the basket.

In fact, when the main lineup was in place, although the Thunder's impact caused some problems inside, the score still did not fall behind.

The outside shooting ability of the Timberwolves is at least a full stop better than that of the Thunder.

The key is the rotation period. After Paul George started, the Timberwolves' rotation must have been worse.

On the Thunder's bench, Harden is obviously the stronger player.

Harden also led the Thunder's substitute insider Collison, causing the Timberwolves' rotation to be completely suppressed.

And the absence of Love and Curry taking turns to lead the bench is also one of the reasons for the weakness.

The Timberwolves have no shortage of guards this season, but Jeremy Lin and Bledsoe are still not stable enough. If there are no All-Star players around them to stabilize, sometimes they cannot show their strength.

Although the Timberwolves still had a slight advantage after the main force came on the field, the loss of points in the rotation made them a laggard in the first half.

In fact, if the Timberwolves are purely for the sake of winning or losing, they can also use a strong substitute, but that will not mean much to the future of the team. Anyway, if necessary in the playoffs, the rotation can be reduced, and a strong lineup can win the game.

And now the training of the bench lineup can make the team have no worries in the future.

"Thunder's young people are really getting stronger..." Zhang Sixin sighed.

"You look so accurate, this is the talent in coaching." Ron Adams sighed.

He has a lot of research in tactics, but he can't become a successful head coach. Obviously, he is just like a player, and still needs special talents in some aspects.

Tyronn Lu was very interested and hoped to learn this knowledge well.

He finds it very interesting to become a head coach, and learning from Zhang Sixin will definitely help him achieve this goal.

Although the game fell behind, the Timberwolves' goal in the first half was basically achieved.

It's just that every time Harden encounters is better than the last time, we still have to target it.

Facing the Thunder, Zhang Sixin can also feel a little bit how other teams feel when they encounter the Timberwolves.

How could it be so strong, how could the young man grow up so fast?

The Thunder only have a few young people, and the Timberwolves are a group. Many teams must be going crazy.

A talented team can see growth, but unlike Zhang Sixin who speeds up, Harden can be regarded as a player who has improved significantly.

In fact, Harden is now stronger than the data shows, but the Thunder don't have so many possessions.

In the third quarter, the Timberwolves still boldly flanked Durant.

When the opponent's starting five, the most threatening player, and the most accurate three-pointer are all the same person, it would be foolish not to flank.

Of course, the Timberwolves also have this capital, and the outside defense rotates quickly, with Milicic assisting in the defense.

In this case, Durant felt very bitter.

It's not that he doesn't pass the ball, the key is that his teammates dare not shoot even if they have a three-point opportunity.

Really depressing, originally in history, Durant strongly urged the team to introduce Battier after the end of the season, but the team did not listen to him.

The result was that Battier went to the Heat, and the Finals helped the Heat beat the Thunder.

So although Durant was trained by the Thunder, but because of various things, he didn't have much affection for the Thunder.

Such things are not uncommon in the league. Some teams think that the stars are cultivated by themselves, so there is no need to give so many privileges. The result is parting ways, such as the story of the Spurs and Leonard.

In the league, some stars love money, some stars love honor more, but some players pay more attention to face.

When you are strong, you have the power to make demands.

This rule applies to the team, but also to the players.

In business alliances, ability is money, and money cannot be disrespected in the capitalist world.

Under the successful defense of the Timberwolves, they also gradually narrowed the score gap.

(End of this chapter)