The older superstars of the NBA

The result of Thaddeus Young being sent off has not changed.

After he argued with the refs, the Timberwolves players eventually pulled him away.Head coach Philip Saunders also asked him to rest and sent someone to take him to the hospital for examination in advance.

Without Thaddeus Young, the Timberwolves had a gap in their front line. In order to make up for this hole, head coach Philip Saunders replaced the backup striker Justin Hamilton.

At this time, the Timberwolves' internal problems have not been exposed. After all, there are less than 3 minutes left before the end of the first half.

Soon, the referee's whistle sounded, and the first half was declared over.

At this time, the difference between the two sides did not widen too much. Although the Warriors took the lead, they only had a gap of 7 points.Far from being able to threaten the Timberwolves.

The break is over and the second half begins.

In order for the team to catch up as soon as possible after falling behind, Zhao Feiyang continued to play in the third quarter.

After playing, he also naturally attracted Stephen Curry. In order not to have any accidents, the Warriors had to replace Stephen Curry who hadn't had enough rest.

Even so, Zhao Feiyang didn't plan to take too many shots, but continued to organize the team's offense, letting newcomers like Zach LaVine and Andrew Wiggins play.

However, with the passage of time, starting in the second half of the third quarter, the Timberwolves' internal problems were gradually exposed.

Thaddeus Young used to restrict Draymond Green before. His defensive effect is not bad, and he can always interfere with Draymond Green's shots.

However, this time he left, and Draymond Green began to take advantage of this opportunity to keep scoring shots at the basket.In particular, his continuous picking of rebounds made the Timberwolves lose the possibility of chasing points and tying the score in a short period of time.

Warriors attack.

Half court, Stephen Curry passes the ball to Harrison Barnes on the wing.

Harrison Barnes sprinted to the basket, and quickly rushed into the penalty area. Before Andrew Wiggins came up, he threw the ball out ahead of time with a drop shot.

Snapped.

Basketball hits the hoop.

Draymond Green at the basket jumped first, and he used his keen judgment to pick off the rebound.Justin Hamilton, who was defending him, was a little slow. When he rushed to interfere, Draymond Green had already made up the ball first.

Swish.

The basketball falls firmly into the hoop.

The Warriors fans outside the court cheered, and Draymond Green also swept away the previous haze, and kept patting his chest to show his complacency.

The Timberwolves fought back.

Zhao Feiyang made a fast break with the ball, and Zach LaVine helped him fend off Stephen Curry.

Just as Zhao Feiyang entered the basket, Draymond Green swooped up to block his shot.Zhao Feiyang took advantage of the situation and threw the ball to Justin Hamilton standing behind Draymond Green.

However, the opponent didn't have enough tacit understanding, not only failed to catch the basketball thrown by Zhao Feiyang, but also watched the ball fly out of bounds.

call out.

The referee's whistle sounded.

The ball fell into the hands of the Warriors.

For such a scene, Zhao Feiyang obviously didn't understand.

"Dude, what are you doing?"

"You must have the idea of ​​​​catching the ball at any time! You are an NBA player...I don't need to say more about this..."

Justin Hamilton looked apologetic.

"Sorry for my question...."

Zhao Feiyang didn't blame him anymore, he knew very well that a player like Justin Hamilton was tall and big, and if it was a positional battle, he would indeed have an advantage.

But if the pace is fast, a big man like him will undoubtedly slow down his actions, and his original advantages may become disadvantages.

However, the Timberwolves have no better players who can replace Thaddeus Young, so this problem cannot be solved in a short time.

The Warriors serve the throw-in.

After the ball was issued, Stephen Curry gave it to the basket again, and Draymond Green seized the opportunity to take the first shot this time.

Although he failed to make the first goal, he used his flexible body to jump up and make another tip-up.

Justin Hamilton is tall, but he can only watch the opponent take the ball and score again.

call out.

The referee's whistle sounded.

For the Timberwolves, head coach Philip Saunders finally couldn't stand it any longer and gestured to the referee for a substitution.

Justin Hamilton was replaced by another substitute, Adrian Payne.

Compared with the former, Adrian Payne is not that tall, but he is faster and more flexible.

The reason why head coach Philip Sanders replaced him was also to hope that he could limit Draymond Green's performance at the basket.

It's a pity that the substitution did not solve the problem of the Timberwolves.

With the end of the third quarter and the arrival of the fourth quarter, the Warriors not only took the lead, but also continued to use the inside to expand the score gap under the arrangement of coach Steve Kerr.

Not only Draymond Green played a role, but even Andre Iguodala and David Lee on the wing were also placed inside.

Their existence makes the Timberwolves' already weak inside even worse.

With 1 minute and 39 seconds left in the fourth quarter of the game, the Minnesota Timberwolves had been opened up by the Golden State Warriors to a 16-point gap.

100:116.

This is the score of the two teams.

At this time, everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before the Minnesota Timberwolves lose, even they themselves understand.

The Warriors did not relax because of this. Coach Steve Kerr still sent Klay Thompson to lead the team on the court.

Seeing that the situation has deteriorated to such an extent, Timberwolves coach Philip Saunders finally chose to give up.

He personally replaced Zhao Feiyang, who had played for nearly 36 minutes, and let him sit back on the bench to rest.

"Go sit down!"

"We still have a chance..."

Coach Philip Sanders patted Zhao Feiyang on the shoulder to express his comfort.

The latter also understands that the inside problem is too big, and there is really no other way but to choose to acquiesce in the fact of such a loss.

When the Warriors saw Zhao Feiyang going down, they also knew that the Timberwolves had finally given up, so they also replaced the main players and let the substitutes go up to play the last garbage time.

"Oh! Looks like the game is over. Zhao scored a game-high 39 points today.......This guy's performance is not bad at all.......It's a pity that the team has too many problems It's..."

"Stephen Curry scored 26 points and 7 assists, Klay Thompson scored 21 points and 3 rebounds, Draymond Green's data is also very good, he scored a season-high 24 points...... The performance of these three is a key factor in the Warriors' victory.  …”