Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 247 The Difference Between Defenses

Curry is in the Timberwolves, and most of the time he plays reasonably, which will cause some confusion to the defense.

He has the ability to hit against average defenses, something that other shooting-heavy stars in the league struggle to do.

The Thunder's defenders will be surprised that Curry doesn't often play directly against the defense.

They must know that in front of them is a ruthless character who will evolve into a superstar. How can a general tight defense limit the superstar.

Curry called the Thunder to a timeout, and the Thunder, who returned to the court again, put all their hopes in Durant's hands.

Durant doesn't care about flanking or not, let's pull it out forcibly.

The Thunder returned to the court for the first time to attack, and Durant still faced a real foul.

Defending Durant also really needs to pay attention to fouls. Durant is a master of fouls at a young age, and the golden wheel penalty king is not just bragging.

The wingspan was used by Durant to make fouls, which is also a personal talent.

So defending Durant is not easy, but he also consumes a lot in the face of tight defense.

The reason why he didn't come by force before is because the consumption is huge and it may not be successful.

Now the Thunder has no other options, so it doesn't matter if he succeeds once, the Timberwolves still have to do a good job of defense, even if they send someone off, it doesn't matter.

The Timberwolves are good at this point now. The two core players should not take on too many defensive tasks, and most of the players who take on defensive tasks will have little impact on the team's tactics if they are sent off. Therefore, Zhang Sixin always asks the players to make bold moves.

Durant made a strong hit for the first time, but his miss for the second time showed that it was just a gamble.

The Timberwolves also hit the iron once on the offensive end, but they are in the lead, so there is no need to panic.

At this time, Milicic returned to the court again, and the Timberwolves' defense may have fewer loopholes.

Durant made another attempt from beyond the arc, and the defense didn't seem to bother him much, but he still missed.

After all, the perspective of the audience and the feeling of the players themselves are still different. Under the strict defense of the Timberwolves, it is not so easy for Durant to connect the ball.

If you keep fighting physically, you may not be able to grasp the strength when shooting.

With time running out, the Thunder must defend one again.

However, after Curry then screened and bypassed Westbrook, he accelerated inside and caused Sefolosha's foul.

Curry's free throw is definitely no problem, and it will be even more difficult for the Thunder to win.

Next, Perkins got a misplaced opportunity in the paint and won a foul, but only made one of two free throws.

This is not the most critical, the key is that the game has reached the last moment, and the Timberwolves have begun to control the time.

The Thunder had no choice but to use foul tactics.

But after Curry made another free throw and the Thunder missed a three-pointer, the game was settled.

In the absence of Love, the Timberwolves beat the Mavericks and Thunder back-to-back away.

Perhaps the teams that regard them as imaginary opponents in the playoffs need to re-evaluate their strength.

After this game, the Timberwolves have only two games left in March.

In the entire regular season, there are no more than ten games left.

Love recovered well from his injury and is already training against the team.

But Zhang Sixin still let him take a rest and not rush to come back.

The playoffs are coming soon, not only Love needs to rest well, but also other major players. Zhang Sixin is already considering the team's rest in the last few rounds of the league.

Although they have a chance to overtake the Spurs to become No. [-] in the Western Conference at the end, for the Timberwolves, the regular season ranking is really not that important.

As long as the players are in good condition, they will not be afraid of anyone in the playoffs.

After the Timberwolves returned home, they had to face the challenge of a strong team.

However, the visiting Celtics also had an uneven lineup, and Rondo was unable to play.

After the Celtics traded for Jeff Green, the team's style of play has not changed. They are still the main defense, and Green is only a supplement in the rotation.

Because of the different roles he assumed, Green's statistics also dropped a lot after he came to the Celtics.

The Celtics are mainly slow-paced. Compared with the previous defensive ability, there is still one less inside defense point, but in the playoffs, one Garnett is enough.

Of course, the old Garnett can't stop too strong opponents, so it can only be said that there are gains and losses.

The absence of Rondo means that Curry faces less defensive pressure.

Rondo's outside shooting sucks, but he does have good organization and defense.

Without Rondo, Curry hit a three-pointer.

But the Celtics' overall defense is also very strong. After Curry made a strong hit, their defense responded.

With Love absent, Curry is not as threatening to split the ball after he has to screen.

Now either Curry will attack directly, or the screen player will take the ball apart and shoot.

It's not like when Love is here, he can still pass the ball and diversify his tactics.

As a smart team defense, at this time, it is enough to defend against the Timberwolves and others to mainly defend against shooting.

It's not that others can't pass the ball. In fact, the Timberwolves still guide the ball more outside, but it's difficult to have a one-shot fatal one.

Therefore, the Celtics can undoubtedly limit Curry first in anti-pick and roll.

In this case, DeRozan, who has a good ability to hold the ball, must stand out.

Committing DeRozan as a pure attack point, all he can do is score, resulting in a little change in the Timberwolves' offense.

The feeling against the previous two opponents is not very obvious, but when you meet the Celtics, who are the league's first defense, you can feel the difference.

Of course, the Celtics also have shortcomings that their previous opponents did not have, that is, the offensive end is weaker.

After Rondo is missing, it is even more obvious.

But as soon as the Celtics came up, Ray Allen was also in good condition, and they immediately went up against the Timberwolves.

The cooperation of the Big Three on the offensive end is also very good.

In terms of rebounds, the Timberwolves were also at a disadvantage in the first quarter.

This led to the Celtics taking the lead in the away game. This is the problem of the outside line. The outside line will not always be stable. When it is not so stable, it is easy to be suppressed.

"In fact, there is no need to rush the shooting feel. What we need to do is to improve the defensive strength. We are younger, and at home, we are not afraid to fight against the Celtics. As long as they have problems on the offensive end, our players can slowly adjust the feel." Zhang Sixin said.

This is actually the consistent principle of the Timberwolves. It's just that they didn't expect the Celtics to come to the away game. As soon as they came up, the older Big Three would collectively go crazy. Don't they have to stop before the playoffs?

Zhang Sixin doesn't know what the Celtics plan is, is it to compete for the regular season ranking or something?

But what he can be sure of is that even if the Celtics are ruthless, the Timberwolves are not afraid.

(End of this chapter)