Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 269 New Skills

Because of the Spurs' failure, the Timberwolves, the second in the Western Conference, still have home court advantage in the Western Conference Finals.

And if they meet the Heat in the finals, they will still have home court advantage.

So what's the use of the Spurs' hard work to sit first in the Western Conference in the regular season? It's not about making wedding dresses for people.

It's useless for the Bulls to have the first record in the league. If they can't get out of the East, it's not to let the Timberwolves take advantage.

The Eastern and Western finals started at about the same time.

Around the Target Center, there is a sea of ​​people, and Timberwolves fans are looking forward to the team's performance.

"In the first game of the series, we must play aggressively at home." Zhang Sixin said to the players.

A blow to the Mavericks' confidence at home would certainly help the Timberwolves series.

The gap between strong teams will not be that big. Most of the time it really depends on the performance of the players, and the performance of the players is often related to the fighting spirit of the players, so a good start is necessary.

In addition, Zhang Sixin was in the last game of the Lakers, allowing everyone on the team to score points, helping Sun Yue complete a small task, and then he was promoted to level 30 and opened a special skill.

[Special skills: The coach's arrangement can slightly increase the success rate of the team's final attack. 】

I don't know how much this is. At first glance, it seems a bit tasteless.

But for strong teams, it may actually be critical.

A similar situation will occur in the regular season, and it may also occur in the playoffs.

If the game is won in the regular season with the help of skills, it may be the home court advantage in the playoffs, and the success rate in the playoffs may determine the final championship.

So Zhang Sixin was very happy and felt more confident.

Moreover, it is better to have more special skills than no special skills, and it must be real.

On the other hand, the Mavericks also hope to win a good start.

They feel that the Timberwolves are really strong this season, but the team is still too young. As long as they can beat the Timberwolves, maybe they can make the young team fall into self-doubt.

The Mavericks used Stevens to start at the second position in the playoffs. Although he was a false starter, his defensive awareness was not bad. The Mavericks also hope that he can help Kidd defend Curry.

At the third position, Marion has returned to the starting lineup. The Mavericks have changed many starting lineups this season, but in the crucial playoffs, they still chose a solid starting lineup with defense.

This is why they can go all the way to the Western Conference Finals, but the offensive end is indeed weakened.

If Marion starts, Matthews can rest assured to help deal with Nowitzki.

In this way, the Timberwolves will have more pressure to help defend inside, but Zhang Sixin believes that Milicic is fine. After the game against the Lakers, the Timberwolves players have more confidence and more experience in the playoffs.

Their starting lineup has not changed. Their current lineup may not be the strongest in terms of offense or defense alone, but overall it is indeed the most stable.

Compared with the Mavericks who only seek stability in the playoffs, Zhang Sixin has been like this since the beginning of the season.

In mid-May, the Target Center was full of people, and the first game of the Western Conference Finals began.

At the beginning of the game, Nowitzki scored first, but the Timberwolves immediately responded.

Zhang Sixin reminded the players on the field that the man-marking of Nowitzki should not be relaxed for a moment.

The Mavericks' starting three-pointer has not been rotated up yet. Terry and Peja are still on the bench, so the Timberwolves can attack as soon as they come up. It doesn't matter if they give the Mavericks a few three-pointers.

The Timberwolves are very concerned about three-point defense, but the defense is not rote. They will adjust according to the characteristics of the opponent. To be precise, to defend the three-pointer is to defend the three-pointer.

Flinching Nowitzki does not prevent him from getting the slightest chance. In fact, players like Nowitzki are relatively difficult to flank because he has the flexibility of an outside player and the height of an inside player.

The important thing is that the Mavericks also have Kidd, a master of passing. This is why Nowitzki can sometimes receive the ball when he is flanked inside.

In this regard, the defender must run out to catch the ball when he is flanked, which is more likely to affect the offense.

Of course, Kidd is not that magical. Every time the Mavericks face the Timberwolves, Nowitzki has to go outside the three-point line to receive the ball many times.

It is hard for ordinary teams to imagine that the Timberwolves will attack with high intensity, because this kind of defense consumes a lot of itself, but it is easier for the Timberwolves to do it with their strong tactical execution.

And they also have people on the bench who can rotate, which is better than many teams.

The Mavericks offense is naturally affected, and their starting lineup scoring is really bad.

In addition to Nowitzki, the second point is that Terry is still on the bench, and the third point is that Marion has now given up a three-pointer and will only hit the inside. When he met the Timberwolves, he was restrained by Milicic.

And the Timberwolves have this defensive ability, so it's normal for the Mavericks' offense to be blocked.

For the Timberwolves, the backcourt combination of Curry and DeRozan is enough for the Mavericks. Love is still actively consuming Nowitzki on the offensive end, and he has also gained.

Even if the Mavericks' current defense is almost close to the first gear in the league, but after all, it is a little bit worse, and the Timberwolves are relatively easy to lead.

They were not so easy to play against the Trail Blazers in history, let alone the current Timberwolves.

Other teams can't handle it, just because the defense is not at that level.

So the Mavericks couldn't wait to make adjustments just after half a quarter, went to Terry, and soon went to Peja.

They must have a stronger outside threat, so the Timberwolves dare not attack Nowitzki so unscrupulously.

If the field is full of players with poor offense, the Timberwolves will dare to attack without the ball.

The Mavericks lost a general this season, but there are still a lot of players. This is the team space brought by only one superstar. Like the Big Three in the East, they have no money to sign excellent role players. Any lineup has advantages and disadvantages.

Of course, the whole money in competitive sports is definitely greater than the small change, because no amount of role players can do what stars can do.

Terry, Barea, Haywood, Peja, the Mavericks can support the main rotation of nine players, and they can be considered relatively strong in the playoffs.

The number of Timberwolves certainly does not fear any team, but there are no players as strong as Terry.

Jeremy Lin's super status has disappeared now, and he can only be regarded as an ordinary sixth man, while Terry is a super sixth man.

When the main force faced off, the Timberwolves gained an advantage by virtue of their offensive and defensive balance.

But during the rotation period, all their advantages were returned.

Zhang Sixin looked serious, thinking about whether the team should be the main player. After all, the Mavericks were the championship in history, and the threat in Zhang Sixin's mind was far stronger than it appeared on paper.

But Curry was injured before, and Zhang Sixin had some scruples.

After thinking a lot, I still have to observe first.

(End of this chapter)