Duncan gave the Spurs a chance to jump to attack first, and Parker carried the ball to the front court, directly signaling Duncan to ask for the ball in the low post.

The Timberwolves' starting lineup is good offensively, but the defense is a big problem, and Redno, Love and Pekovic are all famous defensive leaks.

Duncan received the ball in the low post and hit Love with his back.

Lefou's weight was heavy but slow, Duncan turned to the basket and then turned back to the baseline, and hit the board after shaking off Lefou.

The Spurs took the lead.

The Timberwolves' offense, Rubio's outside playmaking, Love's high stand-up pick-and-roll, and Reedno and Williams interspersed back and forth with off-ball runs.

Adelman was the best coach in the league at using "Princeton tactics," and his Roster Kings in the early 20th century took the league by storm.

Although the strength of this Timberwolves team cannot be compared with the Kings, it is very similar in terms of play, with people moving, ball movement, and coordination.

The Spurs' defense was good, but Rubio suddenly hit the ball with a long throw that passed through the crowd and went straight to Pekovic under the basket.

Pekovic catches the ball and leans on Blair's direct hook.

Blair weighs 120 kilograms and has solid muscles.

However, Pekovic on the opposite side is the same, with a large meat shield, and he is 10 centimeters taller than him, so it is difficult for him to interfere with this shot.

"Huh!"

The ball went into the net and Pekovic responded with a goal.

The scene erupted in cheers from fans.

Pekovic finished beautifully in the round just now, but Rubio's pass was even more beautiful, and that's what the team wants.

The Spurs attacked, Duncan continued to play to the basket, and this time when he turned around Pekovic came to help defend.

But he was moving slower than Love, and by the time he was in place, Duncan had already made a shot, and the ball hit the board and fell into the net again.

Although the "Stone Buddha" is old, it is still accurate.

The Spurs have this positional advantage and don't even have to waste their energy to run tactics.

Coming back, the Timberwolves continued to play Princeton, and this time Love held the ball in the high post.

When Riedno and Williams were interspersed with runs, he played the ball back to Pekovic with an inside pass.

Pekovic couldn't score with a hook after receiving the ball, but he immediately grabbed an offensive rebound and scored a second offense.

Both teams scored in the first two legs, and the opening game was tied 4-4.

Vicky then stood up from the sidelines and shouted to Blair for him to push Pekovic out of the box.

The Spurs' offense, Duncan continued to receive the ball in the low post, and this time Pekovic packed it early.

Duncan gives the ball to Blair under the basket.

After Blair got the ball, he scored with both hands, and finally let out a bad breath for himself.

Pekovic's strengths and weaknesses are quite obvious, he is strong, powerful on the offensive end, very good at confrontation, and has a very soft touch under the basket.

But his shortcomings are that he moves slowly, assists in defense slowly, and basically can't go back when he comes out.

The Timberwolves' offense, this time Pekovic directly sank to the bottom and prepared to receive the ball, and as soon as Love took the ball to hang, Duncan consciously recycled it under the basket.

After Tang Tian saw it, he immediately assisted in the defense of Lefu, and Lefu's shots in this position at the middle distance were very stable.

Lefu was about to throw, but seeing that Tang Tian had already assisted in defense, he threw his hand to Williams, who cut in.

Williams catches the ball and makes a layup before Duncan can helps.

The Timberwolves continued to score points, and the two teams started the game against each other.

This also became a microcosm of the first half of the first quarter of the game between the two sides.

Although the Timberwolves' poor defense allowed the Spurs to score frequently, Blair's disadvantage in the opposition made Duncan have to help defend from time to time.

And Tang Tian had to help defend Lefu again, Williams and Redno had opportunities one after another, and the Timberwolves' offense was not broken.

The first quarter played about 7 minutes, and the score on the court was 18 draws, and who on both sides could not defend whom.

In the Spurs' locker room, Jefferson laughed out loud at this time.

Sure enough, it was exactly the same as he imagined, and Tang Tian's effect of playing as a starter was completely different from playing as a substitute.

After playing for so long, all his stats are only one steal, and even the number of shots is 0!

And what's even worse is that Williams, who is opposite Tang Tian, has already scored 4 points!

There was no chance on the offensive end, and the defensive end was scored by the opposing player, which was a terrible performance.

Parker's breakaway caused Pekovic's batter.

"Toot!"

At this time, he heard a short whistle in the live broadcast, and it was time to change.

And at this point in time, it is an early substitution.

The camera was not given, but he had probably guessed that Vicky was going to replace Tang Tian.

But when the camera turned, his smile suddenly froze.

It was indeed the Spurs' substitution adjustment on the sidelines, but it was Split and Ginobili who came on the court to replace Duncan and Green, and Tang Tian was still there!

He gritted his teeth.

Vicky, this is eccentric!

He scored 4 points against the Celtics before and was replaced, but this time he didn't change Tang Tianxia!

Parker's two free throws.

He made one of two free throws and the Spurs took the lead again.

However, instead of offense, the Spurs now need to improve their defense.

Lefu received the ball high and continued to hang Pekovic, who leaned on the turn and shot, but this time his shot was clearly off.

Split straightened his hand at this time, his height was not shorter than Pekovic, although the confrontation was slightly worse, but the visual interference was in place.

Spurs' offense.

After Duncan went off the court, the Spurs' positional advantage was not as obvious as before, and Parker signaled to play AI hammer tactics.

Parker's breakthrough on the left drew the basket to the defense, and he flicked the ball into the right corner.

Tang Tian has already appeared in the bottom corner with Split's block.

An open three-point opportunity.

Catch the ball, shoot.

Although he hasn't gotten a chance to make a shot since the opening, his sense of rhythm is still very good.

"Huh!"

The three-point shot fell into the pocket, and Tang Tian hit the first goal of the game!

The goal also helped the Spurs extend their advantage to four points.

The Timberwolves' offense, Love fell to the low post to receive the ball and hit Blair with his back, and turned to hit the board with a hook hand.

He weighed more than Blair, and this turn was completely a white bear turning over, and Blair couldn't interfere.

The ball grazed the rebound and shot into the net bag, and Love helped the Timberwolves continue to score, a two-point difference.

Ginobili held the ball in the front court, but he did not attack immediately, but motioned to Tang Tian and Blair to play a no-ball block while dribbling.

Blair was big enough to block Williams at once.

Tang Tiandou came out of the three-point opportunity to catch the ball, and Ginobili threw his hand to pass the ball for the first time.

Tang Tian received the ball and shot, and Pekovic's speed was completely too late to change the defense, so he could only symbolically stretch out his hand.

"Huh!"

Tang Tian's second three-point shot, and he also scored!

Vicky sat on the sidelines and had fun.

The team got off to a bad start and it was clear to him that something was wrong defensively.

Tang Tian seemed to be leaking, but there was no problem with the choice of assisting in defense.

This is also the reason why he continues to keep Tang Tian on the field, he doesn't need Tang Tian's score, what he needs is his defense.

It's just that he didn't expect that Tang Tian didn't miss these two three-point opportunities once, which was a big surprise for him!

Jefferson's face was a little ugly, and Tang Tian's climbing performance made him particularly unhappy.

But fortunately, Williams hit a big two-point outside line after receiving Lefou's pass at this time, which made him a little more comfortable.

Tang Tian had guarded against a lot of people before, but Williams was one size bigger than him and had excellent physical fitness, so it was difficult for him to defend against him.

In other words, although Tang Tian's offense is open, it does not mean that the defense is in place.

Now Williams has six points in the first quarter, and if he had been there, it would certainly not have been this result.

There were substitutions on the sidelines, with Beasley and Wesley Johnson coming on for Pekovic and Rubio, and Mills coming on for Parker.

Tang Tian's three points just now forced him to replace Pekovic.

The Spurs attacked in the frontcourt, Ginobili's catch, Tang Tian's running position did not have a chance, he directly held the ball and broke through to the basket.

Ridno has a poor confrontation, is slow, and is a bit unable to keep up with Ginobili.

Ginobili broke through to the basket and scored directly on the board and layup.

The Spurs still hold a five-point lead.

That's what Ginobili does with the Spurs, he's playing with his brain.

Pekovic was slow, so he let Tang Tian run without the ball for three points, Pekovic went down, the Timberwolves defense was empty under the basket, and he could eat Reedno to score.

The Timberwolves' offense, Love had a bad chance of playing Split in the low post, he returned the ball to Rednow, and ran to the high post to continue playing Princeton.

The ball passed to Williams, who accelerated to shake off Tang Tian's layup.

"Smack!"

But before he could pick up the ball, he felt a lightness in his hand, and his ball was directly cut off by Tang Tian!

Look back, dig!

Tang Tian was quick and accurate, and immediately gave the ball to Ginobili after the steal.

Ginobili gave Mills a layup in the backcourt to score.

The Spurs stretched the margin to 7 points!

Jefferson's face grew gloomy.

In fact, what Jefferson thought was completely wrong!

Because those thoughts are just accurate for the average rookie.

In fact, a player like Tang Tian doesn't need the right to shoot at all.

The reason he's staying on the pitch now is because he has a strong enough defense.

The reason for Williams to score more is to help defend Lefou, which is clear to Vicky.

So whether it is the role on the field or the coaching staff, Tang Tian has done a good job, which is also not reflected in the data.

Now there is no need to help defend Lefou, Tang Tian's one-on-one defense of Williams is not a problem at all.

Williams wanted to use his speed to shake him off, but his speed was much slower than Tang Tian's, and he hadn't already captured his intentions with Tang Tian's dynamic vision.

The reality is a backhand steal.

The first quarter lasted about 10 minutes, and the two sides entered a large rotation one after another.

On the Timberwolves' side, Love, Williams and Redno were also substituted for Milicic, Webster and Barria.

On the Spurs' side, Bonner and Anderson also came on to replace Blair and Donkey.

Both sides of the pitch are pure substitute lineups.

In the last two minutes, the Timberwolves were basically attacking Beasley, which was very inefficient, and the Spurs didn't play much.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 31-23, and the Spurs held an eight-point lead.

Entering the second quarter of the game, the Timberwolves replaced Beasley with Williams.

Beasley and Williams are very similar, Beasley has a bad hand, and Adelman wants Williams to lead the team to attack.

As soon as the second quarter began, the Timberwolves attacked first.

"Come on! Timberwolves! ”

In the situation of falling behind, the fans at home also cheered for the home team under the leadership of DJ.

The young players of the Timberwolves were a little enthusiastic, but the Spurs' defense was solid, and they didn't get too many scoring opportunities for more than half of the offensive time.

Barria finally called for Williams to make a pick-and-roll, and after returning the ball, he gave him a misplaced chance.

Williams received the ball with his back to Mills, then turned and walked to the basket, accelerating the dunk before Split could get back to the defense.

You can tell from this ball that he is in very good shape.

He lost weight faster, but the confrontation didn't drop too much, and the whole person looked very light.

The Spurs' offense, Ginobili broke through to make a layup for Milicic, and continued to maintain the difference after hitting both free throws.

Turning around, Barria directly motioned to his teammates to pull away this time, and then handed the ball to Williams, motioning for him to single Anderson.

From the beginning to now, Williams has scored 8 points on 4-of-5 shooting, except for the one when he was stealed by Tang Tian, his performance was perfect.

This kind of performance should let him play more and close the score difference while his hands are hot.

Williams opted for a face-frame singles with the ball, and his footwork was excellent during his time in the NAA, and he was even more comfortable when he lost weight.

After a cross-step, he directly squeezed Anderson and killed the blue.

Anderson's judgment was in place, but the confrontation was one level worse, and he could only choose to foul and stop it when he got to the basket.

Williams drew a foul in the confrontation and also scored the ball, a 21.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene, Williams has scored 10 points, and there are additional penalties!

He's going to explode tonight!

Vicky turned around and called Tang Tian up and asked him to come on the field to replace Anderson.

Williams' chance to add a penalty, he was happy after seeing Tang Tian come up.

The ball that was cut off in front was his carelessness, and now the team's main attack point is here, and he is in hot shape, just in time to find himself back on the field!

Williams hit a free throw to score his 11th point.

The Spurs' offense, Ginobili signaled to Tang Tian and Mills' cross run, and the ball was given to Tang Tian.

Tang Tian had a good chance to catch the ball, but this time he missed a little bit and didn't throw it.

Williams grabbed the defensive rebound and dribbled to the frontcourt to face Tang Tian.

He was a little impatient now.

In the Spurs' locker room, Jefferson couldn't take his eyes off it at this time.

Tang Tian was replaced on the court at this time, and Vicky clearly asked him to press Williams.

Once you can't hold it down, that's when things get interesting.

Williams knew that his speed was not dominant, so he turned his back and chose to play with the ball.

He still remembered that when he was in NAA, he knocked Tang Tian to the ground one after another.

If it weren't for the referee blowing him for an offensive foul, the outcome of that game would not necessarily be dead.

New hatred and old grudges, he chiseled into it with all his strength.

"Bang! Bang! ”

However, what he didn't expect was that Tang Tian was not at all now, but directly confronted him.

There was a muffled sound of muscle confrontation on the field.

The audience who watched such a scene was enthusiastic.

Moreover, Williams is heavy, and the confrontation still prevails, pushing Tang Tian to the inside line little by little.

Williams was a little surprised by Tang Tian's choice, but it was better this way, when he went to the basket and dunked the ball in through Tang Tian, the feeling of coolness would only be doubled!

"Bang!"

There was another muscular confrontation, and Tang Tian stood still this time.

Williams was clearly on top again.

But just a moment after he exerted his strength, he suddenly found that he had lost his focus!

Tang Tian made a "remove the bench" action, and directly half-circled forward to his side.

"Smack!"

Another steal!