"Your ball was so beautiful in the first half!" In the locker room, the Thunder players were talking and laughing, and their faces were full of lightness. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"That's when you pass it in time, in the second half, let's play a few more of those balls. ”

As soon as Van Gundy reached the door of the dressing room, he overheard the conversation between his players. Ease is a good thing, but this group of guys seems to be a little too easy. The Timberwolves' attitude of desperate resistance in the first half made Van Gundy very jealous. If the Thunder team continues to be so dismissive, they may end up capsizing in the gutter.

"Ahem!" Van Gundy cleared his throat, and the locker room fell silent for a moment.

"What's wrong? It's so cold in Minnesota that you catch a cold?" Westbrook was still joking with Van Gundy.

"Save your humor until the end of the game, Russell, what do you think of your first half?" Van Gundy stood in front of the big whiteboard.

"Great, aren't we still ahead?" the players chimed in.

"In the first half you were attacking really well, but the defense was ...... Morris, Ann, do you know how many points Kevin Love has scored?" Van Gundy set his eyes on the two former Whirlwind twin towers.

"Maybe, 7 or 8 points, it shouldn't be much. Although Morris scored a few goals by Love, he has the impression that Love performed just like that.

"Seven or eight points? Lefou's first attack allowed him to calmly score four points! In just half of the court, Lefu has already scored 15 points! 15 points gentlemen! Our defense is a mess! Now we can still lead, not because of how well we played, but because the opponent's offense is not yet full fire! Put away your arrogant posture, the game is not over yet. A three-point gap is not a gap at all!" Van Gundy's tone changed, and no one dared to speak again.

"In the second half, we were more aggressive in defending Lefou. I'd rather give him space to break through than give him any room to shoot. ”

"Morris, go toe-to-toe with Jefferson, I know you like toe-to-toe with other people. Don't let him score easily, don't you have a lot of little moves?

"Russell, Kevin. Your job is to attack, to rush me inside, to inflict damage on me. The Timberwolves' biggest threat is those two interior players, and if they're bothered by foul counts, they'll be intimidating. At that point, we can fight as much as we want!"

"Seforosa ......"

Van Gundy assigned tasks to the players one by one, and the vigilance of the players was also mobilized by Van Gundy. They carefully recalled the first half of the game, and it seemed that it was really thrilling and anxious, not easy at all.

Sure enough, the Timberwolves' offensive firepower was very fierce in the second half, and if it weren't for Van Gundy's reminder, the Thunder would have been hit by the Timberwolves with a wave of offensive climax because of laxity.

Fortunately, the mentality of the players on the pitch is very good now. However, although it prevented being beaten to an offensive climax, the Timberwolves still bit the score to death.

In the third quarter, Lefou's offensive efficiency was obviously not so high, which had a lot to do with Ann's improved defensive intensity!

Lefu was sweating profusely and gritted his teeth. An Jie in the second half made him get that feeling back again.

Whether it is college or the NBA, Anjie's defense has never made him feel better.

Seeing that there was no shooting space and An Jie was sticking forward, Lefu decided to use the breakthrough to seek opportunities for himself.

However, the reason why Van Gundy chose to let Anjie defend Lefou's shot with all his might is because he is not afraid of your Lefou's breakthrough.

As soon as Lefu started, An Jie also moved his footsteps. Lefou's speed is not fast in the interior line, and it is easy for An Jie to stop him from breaking through.

"Bang!" Lefu slammed forward, but let himself hit An Jie's chest solidly. An Jie didn't fall to the ground to cheat and foul, he still stood in front of Lefu strongly, An Jie wanted him to retreat!

Lefu didn't give up, and after being hit back, he took advantage of this gap to suddenly jump and shoot. However, the highly focused An Jie is not so easy to be deceived, he and Lefu jumped almost at the same time, and Lefu found that he had no chance at all when he was in the air!

Looking around, the position of his teammates was not good, and Lefu had no choice but to reluctantly make a move.

The ball went over An Jie's fingertips, but in order to go over An Jie's fingertips, Lefu's ball can also be said to be inaccurate.

The basketball hit the right side of the basket and bounced out. The third time, this is the third time that Lefu has been defended by An Jie in the third quarter.

After the Thunder's offense, An Jie once again played the role of playmaker. Everything is in the service of Durant and Westbrook, and only the breakthrough ability of the two of them is the strongest.

Thunder veteran Damion Wilkins has a good defense, but even he feels a little powerless against Westbrook.

Westbrook didn't even call for a block after receiving the ball this time, and forced Wilkins to rush through the gate with his perverted physical fitness.

Van Gundy's willingness to give up on Wilkins is because he sees his age and declining form, and Wilkins this season is far less dazzling than last season. Westbrook had Wilkins clean in just one step.

Lefu tried his best to break free of Anjie's shackles, hoping that he could stop his most powerful helper in college. However, Westbrook's speed was as good as it was in college, and Love not only failed to interfere with Westbrook's layup, but also made a foul.

If Lefu fouls again, it will be 4 times!" Even the commentary sweated for Lefou.

Fortunately, the Timberwolves fouled well, but the person who fouled was not Lefou, but the chasing Timberwolves small forward Corey Brewlar fouled.

Although Love escaped, Corey Brewer also committed four fouls. All of this is thanks to Durant.

The Thunder were still in control of the game, and they still held the lead. But the scary thing is that the Timberwolves never gave up, and the largest point difference between the two sides in the third quarter so far was only 5 points. Until the end of the third quarter, the situation did not change.

"You know the Timberwolves are great, right? But don't worry, we've done a great job so far. As long as we play the same way in the fourth quarter, the final victory will be ours!" Van Gundy didn't do much tactical planning during the intermission. Because it's clear that the Timberwolves can't crack the current Thunder deployment. If they could, they would have overtaken the score a long time ago.

"Lefou's defense in the third quarter was very embarrassing by Anjie, and only 4 points were scored. You must know that in the first quarter, Love scored 4 points with only one offense. Of course, I'm not criticizing Morris, after all, Morris did a good job defending Jefferson. The decisive section, the duel between Lefu and An, will be directly related to the direction of the game!"

CBS TV's commentary analysis is correct, after using the outside offense in the third quarter, the Timberwolves in the fourth quarter will definitely strengthen the defense of Durant and Westbrook. Therefore, as soon as the fourth quarter came up, people saw An Jie taking the initiative to start a one-on-one duel with Lefu.

"Coach Van Gundy has changed his strategy! He no longer uses Durant and Westbrook to attack, but uses Anjie as the main point of attack for the Thunder!

The Thunder's offensive focus suddenly changed, which really caught the Timberwolves off guard. When An Jie leaned on Lefu, Lefu thought that An Jie was just a feint. Unexpectedly, An Jie suddenly leaned on himself and turned around, and rushed straight to the basket.

When Lefou, who didn't react in time, turned around, he only saw An Jie wearing a blue No. 16 jersey hanging on the frame, and the first attack, An Jie was done!

But before the Thunder players could get enough of it, Corey Brewer scored the ball with a difficult pull-up layup. This guy is sometimes so magical, although the overall strength is very average, but occasionally a few wonderful good balls, but people can be surprised to close their mouths.

"Brewer's pull-up layup was nothing short of amazing, first breaking through Durant and then dodging back-to-back blocks from Angel and Morris in the air. Even Kobe Bryant may not be able to replicate this goal!"

The two sides have offense and defense against each other, which can be regarded as the epitome of the game in the fourth quarter. It's just that the Thunder still have a slight advantage.

Not long after the fourth quarter was played, Van Gundy began to rotate, and on the Timberwolves side, Kurt Rambis was also saving strength for the final matchup.

By the time the Thunder's main team came back on the court in the final three minutes, the Thunder had gradually extended their advantage to eight points. It's not impossible to chase 8 points in three minutes. But most of them have already sentenced the Timberwolves to death in advance.

Corey Brewer went off after a foul on Livingston, and Al Jefferson had a terrible second-half performance with a miserable shooting percentage. The others, the others were very mediocre today, and it would be a fool's dream to expect them to explode at the last moment.

Is there no hope for the Timberwolves? For most people, yes, the Timberwolves lost. But for Kevin Love, the race is still a full 180 seconds away! 180 seconds is enough to create a lot of things.

"The Thunder are back on the field, and they're ready to close the game. Kevin Love was good enough today, but unfortunately he didn't have a good opponent. ”

Lefu on the field didn't know what the commentator was talking about, he only knew that he was no worse than those three guys! He only knew that he wanted to win!

"Beep. At the end of the timeout, in the last three minutes of the game, An Jie looked at Lefou, and the eyes eager to win were really exactly the same as himself! )