The Timberwolves began to slow down after taking the lead, after all, they are still not used to such a quick transition between offense and defense, and the players also have problems with physical strength, compared to the average age of the Mavericks, the Timberwolves still have a lot of veterans on the team. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Timberwolves took the initiative to slow down, and the Mavericks also slowed down, and they also began to change their style of play to actively play inside. Howard's newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger catching the ball is a breakthrough, Nowitzki falls low to attract the defense, and the Mavericks play up the position that they didn't play before.

The referee's whistle then became intensive, after all, this is the home court of the Mavericks, no matter how fierce the confrontation in the playoffs is, you can't ignore obvious fouls, and with Liu Han running without the ball on the periphery, the Timberwolves don't dare to shrink the defense too wantonly, after all, everyone knows how accurate Liu Han's three-point shot is, and letting Liu Han shoot three points is more accurate than letting him make free throws.

The two teams entered a stalemate, and the Timberwolves also tried their best to ensure efficiency in the offense, and did not dare to shoot easily, in case the Mavericks took advantage of the missed shooting to fight back, the gap of seven or eight points would disappear in a blink of an eye, and everyone in the Timberwolves cherished the hard-won lead.

Nelson didn't say anything about the changes on the court of the Mavericks, he knew very well that Liu Han had a reason for daring to make such an arrangement, and he now has great trust in Liu Han.

The game was uneventful in the second quarter, and with the exception of almost all of the Timberwolves' inside and outside players who were saddled with three fouls, they maintained a 6- to 8-point lead over the Mavericks.

At halftime, Nelson also specifically asked Liu Han about his intentions, and then Nelson had to admire Liu Han's accurate grasp of the situation and long-term vision, which is incomparable to many people in the NBA.

After the start of the third quarter of the game, Liu Han suddenly made a few assaults on the inside of the Timberwolves at the beginning, the Timberwolves have been focusing on Liu Han's outside defense, and once Liu Han used the cover and the Timberwolves' unstable foothold to kill the inside, then they are not good to defend, and Liu Han used this opportunity to make several assaults, not only to get points to narrow the difference, but also to let the Timberwolves start center Ervin? Johnson was saddled with a fourth personal foul, and the Timberwolves had to replace parallel No. 1 Olowokandi early.

The Mavericks took advantage of the Timberwolves' unstable foothold at the beginning of the third quarter to close the gap to 3 points, which made the Timberwolves have to be careful, and their defense began to consciously shrink slightly, after all, this can well limit the Mavericks' assault on the inside.

This happened to fall into the hands of the Mavericks, after the Timberwolves' intentional or unintentional contraction, Nowitzki took the opportunity to play a continuous blocking and dismantling cooperation with Liu Han, Nowitzki's high shot has a very high shooting rate, and Liu Han also has a very big outside threat, which makes the Timberwolves very difficult to prevent.

In just four minutes, the Mavericks had already taken a three-point deficit and Sanders had to call a timeout early again.

After the timeout, the Timberwolves wanted to use the tactics of the first half to intimidate the Mavericks' outside shots, but the Mavericks players were not afraid to meet the Timberwolves' shots, even if they didn't hit the goal, they also won a lot of fouls, and in less than five minutes, the Timberwolves' four fouls were enough, and then they were going to face a difficult situation.

Although the Mavericks failed to lock in the victory of the game in advance today, they let the Timberwolves step by step into their preset trap, you must know that the game is really changing rapidly, any small change may change the direction of the entire series, and today the Mavericks have done control, they control the direction of the game, and control the Timberwolves not to deviate from their established tactical ideas, this is their most powerful place, but also the most kingly temperament.

From the fifth minute of the third quarter, the game was on and off, and the Timberwolves' substitutions were even more misguided, and Sanders had to make such a substitution because they had really too many fouls before.

There are no obvious shortcomings in the free throw shooting of the Mavericks, all players have a free throw shooting rate of about eighty percent, and Liu Han and Nowitzki's free throw shooting rate is more than ninety percent, which makes the Timberwolves more and more depressed, the bigger and more annoying, they want to change the established tactical play, but the Mavericks deliberately find physical confrontation again and again.

As the game progressed, the Timberwolves finally revealed the flaws of their previous tactics, and the starters except for Kassel all received their fourth fouls in the eighth minute of the third quarter, and the Timberwolves' lineup and style of play have been completely disrupted, and the Mavericks have extended the margin to 8 points.

Sanders watched a little blankly as Liu Han walked to the free throw line again, and Sprewell fouled for the fifth time, and he had to go off the court to rest, after all, he had to leave the court after six fouls.

Losing is not terrible, but losing without temper is the most terrible, which is what the Timberwolves are most afraid of now, they have been beaten by the Mavericks for two consecutive games without temper, although they still have a theoretical possibility of winning this game, but everyone knows that it is probably impossible.

As the game entered the final two minutes of the third quarter, the Mavericks began to make substitutions, at which point they extended the margin to double digits.

In fact, there is basically no suspense in the game here, from Garnett to Kassel, everyone in the Timberwolves has basically lost the spirit of the game, and the messy rhythm of the game has made the players themselves a little lost.

Four minutes into the fourth quarter, the two teams began to change their main players, but by this time the Mavericks had extended the difference to 15 points, and the main team of the Timberwolves was in danger of being sent off at any time.

In the seventh minute of the fourth quarter, Garnett was fouled for the fifth time, and less than a minute later, Sprewell left the court with six fouls, followed by six fouls from Elvin Johnson, and the game was completely out of suspense because the Timberwolves had almost no defense inside.

The Mavericks finally won the Timberwolves 106-90 on their second home court, they ensured their absolute advantage on the home court, and at the same time let the Timberwolves leave Dallas with resentment in their hearts, and the next game is not easy to say, but at least the Mavericks have occupied a significant lead, which is good news for future games, but the Mavericks can't be too careless, the Timberwolves can get second in the West this season or have his excellent place, once they play the momentum, The Mavericks can actually be very difficult to play.