Butler failed on his first attempt, and the rest of the routine immediately became a lot easier, and he adjusted his pace and accelerated towards the right short corner area to break through Zhang Feng.

Not only that, but the Timberwolves' offense has also changed from Butler's ball-holding singles to three-point line blocking. Zhang Feng couldn't immediately bypass Teague's cover, so he could only hand over the defensive responsibility to Bogdan.

Fortunately, Bogdan is not stage frightened, even when he is facing an All-Star player, he is meticulously bent over and wide open, ready to block Butler's shot at any time.

With little time left, Bartley picked up the pace and tried to use his strong body to eat Bogdan, but in the first collision, he couldn't get it up and had to stop the ball on the right wing.

Wiggins saw that the situation was not good, and immediately ran away from Carter, and he rushed from the bottom corner to the outside line to catch the ball from Butler, and then just played a three-pointer at the end of offensive time.

However, the two didn't seem to communicate well, and Butler seemed to ignore Wiggins' running and chose to shoot strongly. Although his physical fitness is not as good as Bogdan, his strong shooting is more than enough.

It's a pity that he has already been blocked twice, and this time the struggle to shoot is the end of the strong crossbow, the ball smashed on the hoop and bounced high and missed.

The moment the basketball fell, the interior players of both teams shrank to the basket, Willy was in the best position, and Randolph hurriedly squeezed Gibson back, trying to create the best opportunity for Willy to grab the board.

Willie and Downs jumped almost at the same time, and Willie was still closer, but his confrontation in the air was obviously not as good as Downs, and the rebound was still taken by Downs.

With the ball in his hand, Downs did not hesitate at all, nor did he slap the ball on the ground to borrow power, but yelled and begged again, in a vain attempt to make a violent dunk on Willy's head.

Even if the second offense was over, he still wanted to dunk violently, Randolph couldn't bear it, he also roared and jumped, stretched out his big hand to try to block Downs' dunk.

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle and Randolph fouled, but luckily, Towns didn't dunk as expected, and the Kings gave up to two points.

Although they only fought for one ball, the advantage of the Timberwolves' interior line has been undoubtedly revealed, and they will attack the King's interior line wildly in the next round.

Towns made 1 of 2 free throws, Zhang Feng took the pass and brought it to the frontcourt, and as he expected, the Timberwolves player who defended him was Butler, and the two were destined to face each other tonight.

Zhang Feng defended Butler just now, and this time he has to find his way back to the field, otherwise the shouts of the audience at the target center will turn into boos.

But Butler's heavily armed defensive posture did not attract Zhang Feng's attention, and he began to observe the defensive position of the entire Timberwolves team at the top of the arc, which is not that he is not confident, but he adheres to the principle of 'strategic attention and tactical contempt'.

Thibodeau coached Van Gundy Jr. in his early years and learned a lot of defensive skills, after which he did not immediately become the head coach of an NBA team, but chose to follow Rivers to continue as an assistant coach, and in 08 the Cartals won the championship, it can be said that his defensive ideas have been fully verified, and finally he joined the Bulls to create the 'Thibodeau' defensive system.

A defensive system that has already won the championship, Zhang Feng naturally will not take it lightly, but after some observation, he probably understood Thibodeau's defensive strategy. At this time, in addition to Butler standing in front of him, Gibson has also stood in the elbow area, and Teague and Wiggins on the left and right wings also continue to watch him, only Downs in the penalty area has a relaxed face.

This is a typical stacking defensive tactic, which is very Thibodeau, and if Zhang Feng calls for a pick-and-roll now, Gibson and Butler will continue to press him in advance.

Now that he has seen through the defensive tactics, Zhang Feng naturally will not let the Timberwolves get his wish, he changed hands under his crotch continuously, and after finding an opportunity, he leaned over and flashed, easily getting rid of Butler's defense and entering the interior.

Zhang Feng entered the inner line, Balrett was anxious, he felt that it was too embarrassing, and he was actually passed by one step, so he chased after him; Downs, on the other hand, panicked, he didn't know whether to go up and delay or wait for a block under the basket because he wasn't good at single defense, and he also had a grumpy Willie behind him.

But without waiting for Downs to make a decision, Zhang Feng made a quick stop at the free throw line and shot a 2-point shot.

Thibodeau off the court is very dissatisfied, there is nothing wrong with his defensive system, but the Timberwolves are always not in place, if Towns directly stepped forward to delay just now, even if Zhang Feng passed the ball to Willy, the Timberwolves still have a chance to make amends, but Towns's confusion was instantly seized by Zhang Feng, and no defensive system was able to return to the sky.

Yibian fought again, and Butler continued to hold the ball three threats, but this time he learned smartly and did not show his axis feet for the first time, so Zhang Feng could only bend over and squat slightly in the same way, unable to directly block his way.

After the stalemate lasted for a long time, Butler took the lead, he first stepped on his right foot and pretended to break through, and then suddenly retracted to shoot, but Zhang Feng was not fooled twice, and his offense was deadlocked again.

"Grass", Butler squirted out a word very unpleasantly, and then directly lifted the ball and pulled it out, shooting three points.

With this kind of shooting choice made without warning, Butler almost deceived himself, and Zhang Feng naturally didn't have time to jump to block.

The sighs of the audience made Zhang Feng realize that Butler's shot failed to hit, and if he had been in the past, he would have played a fast break directly, but just now Downs grabbed the rebound in the front court, so he had to look back.

If you don't look at it, it doesn't matter, this look will be bad, Willy still didn't guard the inside, and Downs won the frontcourt rebound again.

"Here, here, here," Butler hurriedly shouted on the right wing, but Downs had just caused a foul on Randolph, and he tasted the sweetness of the basket and dunked again.

"Nima", Randolph was angry, he didn't expect Downs to be so indifferent to Willy and himself, and dare to dunk, this time he had to cover Downs with two fouls on his back.

"Beep!" Randolph got his wish and received a second foul less than 2 minutes into the first quarter, David struggled to control his emotions and did not get angry, but still replaced him and sent Costa.

Costa has a poor shot, but he's a little better than Randolph when it comes to rim protection, but the Kings have to pay the price for fewer points.

Without Randolph, Towns was even more unscrupulous on the inside of the Kings, scoring 9 points in the first 7 minutes of hitting the ground, but the Kings finally did not continue to lose defensive rebounds, and Towns' scoring was also scored when Butler couldn't open it.

Why can't Butler open it? Because Zhang Feng defended him to death, his three-threat posture was completely useless, and he was angry that he once shot two unreasonable three-pointers, and the king was not pulled away.

Once Butler starts to block and dismantle, his scoring efficiency will increase significantly, and the king will also be impacted, and it is very likely to be pulled away by a wave, Zhang Feng must come up with a way to deal with it as soon as possible.