Chapter 43: The First Victory
At the start of the second quarter, Ricky Davis recovered and scored five straight points.
Wang immediately sent his troops tomorrow and replaced Kyle Korver with Andre Iguodala and Al Harrington at the first quarter break.
At this time, the 76ers lineup is Louis Williams, Iguodala, Al Harrington, Paul Millsap, Steven Hunter.
Steven Hunter is the eighth man to be replaced by the 76ers, and the team has reached the eight-man rotation.
The lineup just now is too short, and the current lineup is extremely tall, starting from the No. 2 position, everyone is over 2 meters, and Harrington, who is not three, returns to the outside line and serves as the team's second team's first scoring point.
Paul Millsap, Wang tomorrow wants him to take on some mid-range jumper scoring, as well as rebounding protection.
But the ball is not enough, although Louis Williams is in good shape, but the way of playing is a bit unique, basically after getting the ball, only the basket is left in his eyes, unless Al Harrington and Iguodala, who are bigger than him, ask for it, otherwise he will not pass the ball at all, and he is not active in running without the ball, so he likes to play with the ball.
Louis Williams came on and scored five points, and then Wang also replaced him tomorrow with Willie Green, who couldn't wait for him, and he played the No. 1 position.
Before Iguodala came on the court again, Wang asked him to organize more.
"Andre, I know you have a talent for organization, but in the past few seasons, you haven't shown it, I've seen your performance in college, but it's far more than the current level, in today's bench lineup, you will be my first point of possession, how much ability, just take it all!"
When Iguodala heard this, she was shocked.
Wang Mingming's words speak to his heart, he prefers to lead his teammates rather than scoring.
When I was in college, the head coach of the University of Arizona said that it was not that Iguodala couldn't score, but that he preferred to pass.
It's a unique attribute, the polar opposite of Louis Williams.
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The Timberwolves' backup guard, Marco Jarric, is the envy of the league.
Marko is 28 years old and a Serbian basketball player.
The reason why he is envied by the whole league is because his girlfriend is Adriana Lima, a supermodel from "Victoria's Secret", with a devil-like figure and an angel-like face.
Lima signed with Victoria's Secret when she was 18 years old, that is, in 1999, when Marco had not yet entered the NBA, and now, his girlfriend's income is dozens of times that of his.
Marco was in charge of defending Iguodala.
Iguodala likes to carry the ball with his back, and after taking the ball, he takes two steps outside and switches to the face frame to attack.
On the weak side, Paul Millsap's coverage was of good quality, and under Wang's tutelage, he easily remembered the blocking points, providing a wall for Willie Green and Kyle Korver in cross-screens, with Willie Green coming in and Iguodala hitting the ball just in time.
He holds the ball and hits the basket directly, using his speed and the same body as a small steel cannon.
Garnett didn't step forward, the Timberwolves defense in the restricted area was weak, Willie Green resisted the inside, folded his body, straightened his waist and abdomen, and forced a layup in the confrontation.
โAnd one๏ผโ
Willie Green shouted two plus one, and the bald referee gave him a blank look.
Willie Green is full of impact, Wang Tomorrow actually likes this hot guard kid, but it's a pity that his long-range shooting ability is poor, and his three-point shot is ineffective, which is a notch weaker than Iguodala.
The current guard for the Timberwolves is Randy Foye, the seventh pick in the first round this year, and later swapped clubs with Brandon Roy, the sixth pick.
Randy Foye has had a brilliant performance in the past month, and he is considered excellent among this year's rookies.
He's strong and can fight, he's good at long-range shots, and he's not good at breaking, which happens to be the opposite of Willie Green.
And his feet are slow, his lateral movement speed is not good, and he is easy to get shaken, and the defensive end is a big hole, and it is not difficult for Willie Green to get rid of him.
Randy Foye had a good run on the road today, quickly getting a three-point shot on offense and scoring a goal.
Now on the Timberwolves bench, Devin Casey wants him to play a point-grabbing role.
"Andrei doesn't seem to be very comfortable with this new role." Assistant coach Jim Lenham raised some objections, begging to agree with Wang's aggressive and risky new tactics on his day in charge.
"Andre can, he has the talent and the potential." Wang Mingming was very stubborn and insisted that Iguodala still organize the attack.
Because the second team lacked a point guard, Iguodala was not particularly familiar with this new style of play, and Paul Millsap, the second-round pick that King had high hopes for tomorrow, was mediocre, so the second team did not have much advantage, and the score between the two sides was not pulled apart.
Garnett came on as a substitute, and at this point, Iverson was in a hurry.
Iverson stared at Wang Mingming, waiting for Wang to replace him tomorrow.
8 minutes, 7 minutes......
Halfway through the second quarter, even the fans couldn't help it, and even let out a small number of boos.
The Timberwolves tied the score 35-35.
The narrator laughed again, "Look at this Chinese's personnel scheduling, is he going to leave Alan Iverson for supper?" โ
There have been too many changes in one game, from the Timberwolves being the main opponents, to the 76ers coming from behind, and now the morale is on the side of the Timberwolves.
King took a timeout tomorrow and replaced Willie Green, Paul Millsap and Steven Hunter.
He brought on Allen Iverson, Kyle Korver and Durham Porter instead of Kevin Ollie, who was supposed to start.
Veteran Kevin Ollie showed a touch of disappointment on his face, and he vaguely felt that with Wang tomorrow's ascension, he liked three-point shooting tactics so much, as a veteran who couldn't shoot three-pointers, he would be the first target of purges, and his chances in the 76ers were getting fewer and fewer.
Kyle Korver, on the other hand, has almost become the main force of the 76ers.
The space is huge again, Iverson and Daimham Porter are strong side blocks, and the Timberwolves struggle to defend Iverson and dare not wrap up.
On the other side, the 76ers are frantically wrapping Kevin Garnett and resolutely not giving Garnett a chance to make an easy one-on-one shot, which is the gap.
Iverson suddenly realized, why did he seem to be so cool to play at the same time as Korver and Harrington? The entire half became his assault zone.
Why haven't I found it before?
After coming on the court, Iverson hit a mid-range jumper and assisted Harrington on a three-point shot, and Iguodala cut the baseline to dunk.
The Timberwolves were immediately opened up in a wave of offensive attack by the 76ers, and the morale of the start-up immediately declined.
At halftime, the 76ers led the Timberwolves 52-47, and the two sides tied in the second quarter.
In the halftime lounge, Wang told the players tomorrow to follow the normal play of the first half, don't have too much psychological pressure, this game can definitely be won.
In fact, what psychological pressure can the 76ers' players have, how bad can the team's current record be, playing the "strong opponent in the West" Timberwolves today, leading at halftime, is already a great improvement.
In the second half, the 76ers continued the three-point feel in the first quarter, Kyle Korver hit the fourth three-pointer, which was extremely lethal to the Timberwolves, plus Harrington, Iguodala and others hit three-point shots, and even Iverson tried to shoot outside the three-point line, hitting 1, and in the entire third quarter, the 76ers blossomed more and made a total of 6 three-pointers.
The 76ers extended their lead to a 14-point lead over the Timberwolves 83-69, and fans rarely saw the 76ers play such an offense, and they couldn't help but be amazed and encouraged.
King made his 10th man rotation tomorrow, with Saab Safrosa also making his debut.
Saflosa is in charge of replacing Iguodala and is on the bench to guard Timberwolves perimeter star Ricky Davis.
Iguodala, who was liberated, played much better than he did in the second quarter.
In the last quarter, the Timberwolves fought back with all their might, and the score was constantly approaching, but the score difference in front was too big, and the Timberwolves team itself was not an explosion of attack power, and the three points were not accurate, and the chasing points always ended in nothing.
The game was full of highlights, and finally ended with the 76ers' 105-96 Timberwolves victory.
Wang scored his first real career coaching victory.
In the spotlight, Devin Casey and Wang shook hands courtesically after tomorrow's game.
Devin Casey smiled helplessly: "Your offense seems to have changed, I thought this game was a solid win, it seems that the 76ers still have strong potential." โ
"The Timberwolves are also very strong, and you have a chance to win the championship this season." Wang Tomorrow laughed exaggeratedly and complimented.
Devin Casey laughed dumbly, wanting to refute, but not wanting to.