In the entire first quarter, Wiggins only shot once, and that time it was still a rebound he picked up, and the ball was almost never passed to him naturally, but he still ran diligently, helped defend, and defended fast break, and kept enduring not having the ball.

When Wiggins was first drafted a few years ago, his physical gifts were favored by all NBA scouts, he bounced more than Jordan, and his speed and strength were not weaker than LeBron at the same time, and fans rated him as the next Durant.

But in the past four years of regular season, Wiggins' performance can be called Rudy Gay at best, and his own performance has not been played in a game, and his average points per game have dropped to 18 points, which is far from what fans expected at the time.

At this moment, Wiggins was very sullen and covered his head with a turban, he didn't want to listen to Thibodeau's tactics, he didn't understand why he couldn't admit that he couldn't prevent it? What's so bad about admitting that you can't defend yourself and spend your energy on offense? Is it so shameful to can't help it?

"Andrew (Wiggins), you're going to have to defend Carter in the second quarter and not let him pass the ball easily, you know?" Thibodeau burst out of nowhere.

"Good, good, good," Wiggins vigorously rubbed the towel over his head.

"The team needs you to execute it properly, not to perfunctory ......"

This was a bit unpleasant, Wiggins threw the towel on the ground and rushed to say: "No, I didn't perfunctory you, in the entire first quarter of the game, Carter was directly involved in the offense only twice, I don't think it was a big problem to defend in the second quarter."

Although Wiggins opened his mouth with a smile, all the Timberwolves players widened their eyes, this is a public confrontation with the coach, a Twitter apology, a suspension, thinking about the Cousins who once appeared on the other side of the King, Wiggins' behavior is really irrational.

Thibodeau raised his eyebrows and took a deep breath before he spoke: "Even if you don't participate in the attack, you can defend well, not only you, but other team members should also pay attention, understand?" ”。

"Understood, understood", "Okay, coach", "No problem" The Timberwolves responded in a hurry.

If it is usual, Thibodeau has been mad on the spot, but now his position is unstable, and there are more and more rumors that the team is going to fire him recently.

Thibodeau can endure it, but Butler can't and doesn't want to endure it. Besides, he'd done it before, such as banning Rubio from visiting Timberwolves players in the locker room. That time Downs was very smart on his side, and after a half-time pause, he turned around and left, only Wiggins didn't give face, and stayed to hug Rubio, and today he hit Thibodeau in public, obviously not giving him face, and he decided to cure Wiggins through Downs.

After the timeout, the second quarter of the game began, the Kings attacked first, Randolph finally had a chance to play because of 2 fouls, Zhang Feng in order to quickly establish a touch for him, the first ball was given to him.

Randolph takes the ball on the left side, and in this position, the two centre-forwards are a pure contest of footwork and strength. In terms of strength, Randolph beat Downs, and in terms of footwork, Randolph did not lose to Downs, he played with his back and shook, and in less than 2 seconds, he distanced himself from Downs and put the ball into the hoop like no defense.

Downs' core strength is relatively poor, so in terms of single defense, he has always been very weak, but fortunately, he has a strong offense, this time the Timberwolves attacked, Butler also threw the ball to him for the first time, although the position is a little deep is not conducive to his foot advantage, but he is very happy to be able to immediately regain face.

The NBA league is now playing a very different way than it used to be, with the traditional center almost extinct and muscle collisions under the basket no longer in vogue, but there are always some players who are not influenced by the times, and Randolph is one of them.

Downs was glued to Randolph as soon as he received the ball, he shook left and right a few times, but still couldn't find a suitable turning opportunity, and when he retreated to break head-on, he was stuck sideways by Randolph and couldn't move, this is not that Downs lacks skill, in the final analysis, he lacks core strength and can't play low.

If you can't play, you have to pass the ball, Downs looks up and sees that Wiggins and Butler are both open, who should he pass to? On one side is the rookie colleagues who fought side by side at the beginning, and on the other side is the future team boss. He was confused.

Downs in a daze, Wiggins clapping his hands anxiously, and Butler with a serious face, these expressions are all under Zhang Feng's eyes, and he is also thinking about who Downs will pass the ball to, when he defends Downs gritting his teeth, he knows that he can make a steal, and the object of the steal is Butler.

Zhang Feng guessed correctly, the ball flew in the direction of Butler, fortunately he made a prediction in advance and ran in position, he successfully broke the ball, and then brought the ball forward to start a fast attack.

Butler chased 2 steps, and may feel that he couldn't catch up and slowed down, but Wiggins didn't give up, he not only continued to chase but also increased his speed, trying to stop Zhang Feng's fast attack.

Wiggins's galloping motion moved the audience at the Target Center, who stood up to applaud Wiggins, and Butler frowned, thinking, "I can't make a bad impression on the audience," so he rushed again, who was already about to stop.

Wiggins was not slow, Zhang Feng didn't take much advantage, he stopped at the free throw line and wanted to make a jumper, but he caught a glimpse of Butler catching up, so he had to dribble on the spot and wait for his teammates to arrive.

But instead of delaying the other Kings players, Butler yelled at Wiggins, "This is my man, get back to your defensive position."

How can there be a saying that the position must correspond to the fast attack, fortunately, it has been defended, although Wiggins is angry, but he still turned his head and ran towards Bogdan, he doesn't want to quarrel in front of outsiders, and the ugliness of the family should not be publicized.

But as soon as Wiggins moved his foot, Zhang Feng found a breakthrough space, and he directly bowed down to accelerate, getting rid of the Timberwolves duo and sneaking under the basket to hook up for a layup.

"FCK", Wiggins and Butler both roared at the same time, Wiggins was angry that he shouldn't give in, and Butler was angry that Wiggins shouldn't change defenses like this.

The fans in the target center booed, they couldn't understand why the fast attack that had been defended was beaten again in the blink of an eye, could it be that 2 people were better off than 1 defense?

Maybe the Timberwolves fans are right, because in the rest of the second quarter, Towns and Gibson made mistakes one after another, Randolph alone broke the Timberwolves inside, and Butler on the outside still couldn't prevent Zhang Feng and shot iron many times, the Timberwolves not only did not catch up with the score, but were hit by the Kings with a wave of 12:0, and by the end of the half, they were already behind by 22 points.

However, the most upsetting thing for Timberwolves fans was that Wiggins threw towels and pounded the bench before halftime, sitting alone on the sidelines, not listening to Thibodeau's explanation of tactics.

Could it be that the conflict between the Bulls and the Timberwolves Natives is happening again?