After the game against the Spurs, the Clippers traveled to Minnesotapolis to challenge the Timberwolves on the road. www.biquge.infoMinnesota in November has entered the winter, the temperature is very low, the team has just checked into the hotel, Garnett drove Tiger out for a meal, the two chatted about some recent situations, Garnett sent Tiger back to the hotel.

From the chat between the two, Tiger can feel that Garnett's recent life is not very smooth, he probably knows the reason, the owner of the Timberwolves gave him a sky-high contract of 100 million yuan in order to keep Garnett, which is now the treatment of superstars in the NBA, and the other players on the team are very dissatisfied with this, there are too many internal things of the Timberwolves, Tiger is not suitable to ask, Garnett did not say, the two are like old friends who only talk about life and do not talk about basketball.

The game against the Timberwolves was played the next night, and Coach Fitch started with a more regular lineup: center O'Neal Jr., power forward Rodman, small forward Jackson, shooting guard Tiger, and point guard Bierups. This lineup is actually very targeted, the two strongest points of the Timberwolves are Garnett and Marbury, saying that Garnett is the most threatening, Coach Fitch arranged the old fritter Rodman to defend against the position, and Marbury, Coach Fitch accepted Tiger's suggestion to use the method of Wake Forest College to 'put' Marbury, which will not only make Marbury fall into a strange circle of singles, but also reduce the pressure on Birumps and focus more on offense.

At the beginning of the game, Garnett and Rodman were entangled together, Garnett's height and arm span are very good, which makes his activity area very large, Rodman, as a powerful old fritter, and Garnett's confrontation can also be regarded as evenly matched, both of them are NBA trash talk kings, and the mouths of the two have not been idle since the beginning of the game, you spray each other back and forth.

After Marbury played a few rounds, he began to strengthen the number of singles, recently because of Garnett's contract, he is putting pressure on the team, the mood is not very smooth, and it is against Tiger who made him very unconvinced in college, Marbury is eager to show his strength, Garnett and Rodman are entangled, and give him the opportunity to play singles, and the defense of the Clippers seems vulnerable to him, Marbury increases his desire to attack a little bit, and Coach Fitch sits on the court, but a smile appears on the corner of his mouth.

The Clippers made no substitutions in the first quarter, using the main lineup to tie the Timberwolves at 36:30. At the beginning of the second quarter, Coach Fitch directly replaced the entire lineup, center Wright, power forward Wang Zhizhi, small forward Bowen, scoring guard Ginobili, and point guard Ragabel. The Timberwolves left Marbury to play with the Clippers with the bench, and their coach also thought that the Clippers had very little restrictions on Marbury's defense, but after the game started, it was a big surprise, Raga didn't need to distract himself from the offense, and defense was his housekeeping skill, and Marbury, who was entangled by Raga, suddenly lost the offensive rhythm in the first quarter.

The Clippers' bench lineup is concentrated in Ginobili's hands, compared to the Timberwolves' bench they played very clearly, Wright was responsible for rebounding under the basket, Wang Zhizhi and Ginobili blocked, Bowen and Raga have a good 3-point shot, very simple tactics, but received good results, with the Clippers bench power, the score was slowly expanded to 45:35, the Timberwolves head coach couldn't sit still and had to replace Garnett on the court in advance.

After Garnett came on the court, he took advantage of his flexible footsteps to have an immediate effect on Wang Zhizhi's defense, two rounds later, Wang Zhizhi began to run outside the 3-point line after blocking and dismantling, Garnett was stunned and did not follow, but the next second Ginobili sent a wonderful pass, Wang Zhizhi shot outside the three-point line, and the ball went in. The Clippers' bench cheered, Rodman stood up and waved the towel vigorously, and shouted at Wang Zhizhi: "Wang, shoot a few more and let that kid know how good you are." Ha ha! ”

The Clippers players on the court also ran to Wang Zhizhi's side, patted his chest to celebrate him, and the Timberwolves fans on the scene were stunned, and then let out a huge boo, obviously they didn't expect that the big man of the Clippers could still shoot three points, Garnett pinched his waist and stood in place, looking at Wang Zhizhi who was surrounded by his teammates, and was depressed for a while, Garnett didn't like hand-to-hand combat under the basket, so he deliberately reported low when he reported his height, although he is now playing a big forward, but his technical characteristics are mainly mid-range turning and jumpers, Today, when he meets a big forward who shoots directly from beyond the three-point line, of course he will be depressed.

The game restarted, Wang Zhizhi had no way to take Garnett on the defensive end, the Timberwolves began to turn the offense to Garnett, when the Clippers attacked again, Garnett didn't dare to let Wang Zhizhi go too far, Wang Zhizhi took Garnett to the outside line, opening up space for Ginobili, Ginobili's sharp breakthrough made the Timberwolves unable to limit the Clippers' offense, the two sides began a tug-of-war back and forth, and Garnett, who was a little anxious, also began to spray trash talk at Wang Zhizhi, and Wang Zhizhi was sprayed by Rodman almost every day in the Clippers. Although he won't squirt back because of his personality, he has been able to do it without being affected by trash talk.

At the end of the second quarter, the Timberwolves failed to close the gap in the score after Garnett came on the court, and the Clippers still led the Timberwolves by 10 points into halftime.

At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, the main lineup of the Clippers and the Timberwolves appeared on the court together, but after the game started again, Garnett was obviously not as vigorous as the first quarter in the confrontation with Rodman, Rodman had a quarter of rest, and his physical strength was abundant, Garnett rested for less than 5 minutes in the entire first half, what is the biggest difference between the two lineups of the Clippers? That is, in terms of defensive intensity on the outside, the main lineup is 'put' to Marbury, and the bench lineup is limited, and after two rounds of the game in the third quarter, Marbury immediately found the rhythm of the offense again.

Marbury, who was very depressed in the second quarter who was limited by Raga, completely turned on the single mode after regaining his offensive rhythm, and in the face of Garnett's request to reach out, Marbury did not respond at all, and Marbury completely stepped into the trap of the Clippers. Facing Marbury under the persistent impact basket, Xiao Ao did not hesitate to open his big slap and open the fan. 6 minutes into the third quarter, Coach Fitch made a substitution, leaving the excited Xiao Ao who was fanning under the basket on the court, and the other players were 4 up and 4 down, Wang Zhizhi, Bowen, Ginobili, and Laga appeared again, after the game, the Timberwolves were going to Phoenix, and tomorrow they had a back-to-back away game, and Coach Fitch wanted to ensure the physical fitness of the main players.