Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 307
As the head coach, Thibodeau is a bit too concerned about the regular season record, which leads to excessive consumption of players.

After Rose was injured, the Bulls still won the first place in the regular season in the Eastern Conference, but it was useless. They were killed in the first round of the playoffs.

So what's the point of fighting so hard in the regular season? What a strong team needs are playoff results.

The Timberwolves are different. In this regard, Zhang Sixin agrees with part of the Spurs' strategy, which is to try to keep players healthy when entering the playoffs, so it doesn't matter if the regular season record is poor.

Of course, the Timberwolves' strategy is still much more flexible than that of the Spurs. Zhang Sixin likes to watch the heroic performance of the players.

Even the average playing time per game is not too long, and to some extent, it also affects the chances of players competing for regular season honors, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

After Hamilton was injured, the Bulls let Ronnie Brewer start. This buddy is a defensive outsider with D but not 3, which weakened the team's offensive end a bit.

However, Rose's peripheral shooting has stabilized a lot, and the Timberwolves' defensive task is not too light.

The Timberwolves were in trouble early in the game, as Rose and Luol Deng broke out at the same time.

The Timberwolves' defense at the beginning was not bad. They kept Rose out. However, when Rose also hit a three-pointer, it was really difficult to defend.

The Timberwolves will not flank Rose from the three-point line, which is something he is not good at.

This is the same as dealing with James and Wade. There is really no way for them to explode from the three-point line.

Any possibility will appear in a game, but Zhang Sixin believes that if everyone meets in the playoffs, Rose will not be able to pose too much threat to the Timberwolves.

So Rose started well and helped the Bulls gain the lead, but as the head coach of the Timberwolves, Zhang Sixin was not in a hurry.

Their defense on the inside is very good. The first point of the Bulls inside Boozer did not show much, and this aspect needs to be maintained.

Then they will still let Rose take more shots from the outside, but they have to find a way to kill Luol Deng.

Rose is not a pure point guard, which means that the connection between Rose and other Bulls players has the possibility of operation.

Let the game become Rose's singles, and the Bulls, who are not very strong on the offensive end, will definitely meet the Spurs.

Zhang Sixin was sure, of course, if the other party's trouble came a little later, he would have nothing to do.

It depends on people to make things happen, and the head coach's tactics cannot guarantee victory in the game.

The Timberwolves' tactical execution is very strong, and when they are behind, no one messes around.

The turnaround has come during the rotation period, and a strong rotation lineup this season is easy to do.

The Bulls also have good players such as Korver and Gibson in the rotation, but there is still a gap compared to the Timberwolves.

Bledsoe, Green and Pekovic all performed well after playing.

Rookies such as Thomas Jr. and Leonard also dare to fight. The Timberwolves gave the bench a lot of opportunities to perform like last season, but this season their bench players will not drag the team down. They are a good boost for the team.

In this case, the Timberwolves' main players will have more rest time, and the Timberwolves' substitute players will grow faster. This is a win-win situation.

The current situation of the Timberwolves is that they are completely on the right track, and Zhang Sixin's coaching will be much easier.

After the Timberwolves' bench lineup brought the score closer, it was the turn of the main players.

To be precise, it is the main force of the Timberwolves' rotation against the Bulls.

Bulls coach Thibodeau is really ruthless in employing people. Rose and Luol Deng didn't rest for a few minutes at all.

Although the Bulls don't have three consecutive back-to-backs like the Timberwolves, they are also back-to-back, and their core players have too little rest.

Zhang Sixin shook his head. If he was coaching, he wouldn't let the players fight so hard in the regular season.

After all, players are not machines, and no one can bear to play too much time.

But even so, the Timberwolves also limited the opponent's offensive.

For no other reason than Rose and Luol Deng's three-pointers missed.

In the two quarters of the game, because the players feel different from the three-point line, the scenes are also very different.

For the Timberwolves, Love broke out from outside the three-point line, and the score was completely caught up.

When they were behind the most, the Timberwolves were already behind by double digits, but they recovered in the first half.

Zhang Sixin gave a thumbs up to the players on the field, "Well played, keep going!"

There is no need for exaggerated praise. Young players sometimes only need one action or one look to keep them excited.

Before the end of the first half, Paul George received a pass from Jeremy Lin and scored, and the Timberwolves went ahead by 1 point and went to the intermission.

Bulls coach Thibodeau was naturally a little dissatisfied with the situation in the first half. They could clearly lead.

It is normal for the team to have ups and downs in offense, but it will not work if the defense does not do a good job after leading.

He talked about defense again during the intermission, and of course he also told the players to be decisive on the offensive end.

Just like a head coach who doesn't pay attention to defense will often verbally ask his players to defend well, a head coach who is not so good at offense will definitely talk about offense.

It's just that some teams that go to extremes tend to seldom practice the tactics of the other side in normal training, so it's hard to say how much it will play.

The Timberwolves still continue to require players to defend the three-point line.

The three-pointers of the Bulls' role players must be locked, especially for pitchers like Korver.

Because this is what the Timberwolves can do, locking the opponent's three-pointers, the Bulls can only choose more mid-range shots, and hitting the basket is easily restricted by the Timberwolves' inside line, and it will become more and more difficult for them to score.

In the third quarter, Rose didn't feel very good, and the Bulls could only rely on Luol Deng for support.

In this case, although the Timberwolves' Love also feels mediocre, the team scored more points and decisively expanded their lead during the rotation period.

"The team's fine traditions have not been left behind. I am relieved to see that everyone can hit three-pointers." Zhang Sixin smiled at Dell Curry.

Paying close attention to shooting can be said to have a significant effect in the Timberwolves. With the addition of plug-in bonuses, opponents are always hard to defend.

Seeing that the team was behind, the Bulls didn't even intend to rest the two cores on the outside.

Zhang Sixin wants to chat with Thibodeau. If you use people like this, it will cause players to be injured, okay?

However, the Bulls' counterattack did appear. In fact, Rose's outside shots became more accurate again.

The strengthening of the Bulls has a lot to do with the team's defense.

But the Bulls' offense really largely depends on Rose's performance.

Zhang Sixin is also thinking about it. If it comes to the critical moment of the game, he will let the team pinch Rose.

When a certain team relies too much on a certain player, the problem is actually easier to solve.

But it may not be necessary, because the Timberwolves also have someone who plays well.

(End of this chapter)