The world of basketball

Chapter 148 The Eastern Conference is Over
The Spurs' five-game streak in the Eastern Conference determined a record of three wins and one loss. They won the Bucks, Knicks and Pistons respectively, and lost to the Celtics and Pacers.

Yes, the Pacers, without a rest, Popovich's five-game away game in the East is to give up the Celtics game and try to win the other four games, but lost the game against the Pacers.

In the last two games against the Pistons, the Spurs played a bit difficult. Only Mu Xiaobei's Spurs' inside line seemed a little weak, and Drummond's consecutive offensive rebounds made the Spurs' inside line hit in pieces.

At the last moment, Popovich took Gay, let Kuzma play the third position, and put James Monto in the fourth position, which ensured the team's defensive height and control of rebounds.

Thomas Jr. played well in this game, scoring 24 points and providing the team with strong offensive firepower.

Thomas Jr. is very strong. As the strongest 175 on the surface, his offensive speed is fast, sensitive, and his confrontation ability is also good. Whether it is a breakthrough or online projection, he is very lethal.

But Thomas Jr. on the defensive end is too easy to be targeted. At the last moment of the game, Mu Xiaobei and Jeremy Lin's consecutive pick-and-rolls were aimed at Thomas Jr., and Mu Xiaobei could easily hit a layup when he got a big chance to hit a small one.

Thomas Jr. is really strong. Regardless of his technical ability and professionalism, he is a very good athlete, but his shortcomings are indeed very fatal.

2011 is generally considered to be a small draft year. Only the extremely talented Kyrie Irving is considered to be an absolute superstar. However, a large number of very powerful players have emerged. Many players have the potential to become MVPs. Many players are The core players of the team, many players are also very good team puzzle pieces.

It is natural that Thomas Jr. was selected No. 60 overall for some reasons. His shortcomings are really too obvious, so even with Thomas Jr.'s 13.3 points per game last season and 17.4 points per game in the playoffs. The team still only offered him an offer for a mid-level contract.

Yes, he is the strongest 175 on the surface, but not every coach is Stevens, and not every team is the Celtics of the year.

The Celtics were very strong on the defensive end that year. They had Horford, Jaylen Brown, Claude, and Bradley. Others and their defensive system were able to make up for Thomas Jr.'s defensive vacancy.

But it seems that it was Thomas Jr. who limited the upper limit of the Celtics. If their No. [-] position was not Thomas Jr., but Irving, Walker or other players, they might not be played so well by the Cavaliers Embarrassed.

The Pacers retained most of the lineup from last season, and Oladipo has become their new core. In addition to Audi and Turner, it can be seen that these two young players will be the key players they cultivated. In addition, they let go of O'Quinn and signed Zha Pachulia as a backup center. They left Thaddeus Young, Evans and Bogdanovic in the summer, retaining last season's team. Most of the lineup.

The Pacers don't have any specific style of play, and are relatively average in all aspects. It is worth mentioning that Turner's long-range shooting ability has further improved this year. The inside combination formed by him and Thaddeus Young is very good.

They can open up space on the offensive end, protect the frame on the defensive end, and help defend. This is the basis for the Pacers to win, and Oladipo is the most important means for the Pacers to win.

In the game where the Pacers won, they had just experienced a wave of three-game losing streak, and the atmosphere of the team was also in a bad situation.

Their lineup is good, but after all, there are a little less superstars, and there are no offensive superstars except Oladipo.

Oladipo played well in this game and scored 51 points, becoming another player who scored 50+ points this season after James, Harden, Curry, Durant, Irving and Davis.

With the change of rules last season, the number of game rounds has greatly increased, which has greatly increased the scores of players, especially outside players, and core outside players. It is not as difficult as before to score 50+.

As for Davis, this guy can't be judged by common sense. Look at who in this league can take one step outside the three-point line and directly take three steps and then kill to the basket?It seems that there is no such player, except for Anthony Davis.

After five consecutive away games in the Eastern Conference, the Spurs ushered in their sweet four consecutive home games.

The first to visit is the Minnesota Timberwolves. This is the first time the Timberwolves have played against the Spurs this season.

The Timberwolves did a lot of work this offseason. First of all, the first thing they did was to renew Rose's contract for $[-] million in four years.

Yes, Rose finally got a bigger contract again, and he deserves it.Last season, Rose ushered in a freshman, averaging 18 points per game, shooting 53% from the field and 45% from three-pointers.

40.00% Five-point shooting percentage Oh my God, if you want to know how ugly Rose's three-pointers were before, you know what kind of shooting training he went through during the offseason.

Twenty thousand times, twenty thousand times.

Mu Xiaobei thought he was working very hard, but he didn't reach this level.

The son of the Windy City, the arrogant boy, what impressed us most about Ross was his terrifying speed, terrifying explosive power, terrifying ability to stay in the air, and terrifying bounce.

Thinking about Westbrook now, Rose's physical fitness is no less than that of Westbrook, but this style of play has allowed him to have a few years of wandering.

He played very restrained, and he compromised a lot. For example, even if there was no one in front of him, he probably would not choose a stunning folding dunk, but a light layup to end the attack.

He didn't like long-range shots at first, and he didn't like them very much, but now he has practiced long-range shots many times, and his finishing method has become very dependent on mid-range shots.

This is the trend, and it's important.

After the Timberwolves renewed Wiggins and Towns with a big contract, they decided to use the double champion structure as their main system. Oh, sorry, and Rose is the third champion.

They did not renew Gibson's contract because they were more inclined to use Gion they selected, and use Gion and Downs to play the twin tower lineup.

Jeff Teague jumped out of the contract and did not choose to renew the contract with the Timberwolves, because the team clearly stated that Rose will be their starting No. 3. Even if Teague chooses to renew the contract, they will put Teague on the shelf. Change some quality [-]d players.

But in the end Teague chose to jump out of the contract, giving himself more possibilities for choice.

They used the final salary space to choose to sign Danny Green, so that they can put up a very good starting lineup of Rose, Green, Wiggins, Dieng and Downs.

In addition, they signed Rondo this year as a substitute for the first position. In addition, Collison and Okogie they selected added firepower to them.

(End of this chapter)