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"Jimmy, you continue to play in the second quarter, defend China Jin, remember, lock him up!" After the end of the first quarter of the game, on the Timberwolves bench, Thibodeau said to Butler with a somewhat ugly face, it is obvious that Jin Feng's performance in the first quarter made him "annoying".
Therefore, he decided that in the second quarter, he had to let Butler put more pressure on Jin Feng on the defensive end.
It's just that what Thibodeau didn't notice was that Butler next to him couldn't help frowning after hearing his arrangement, completely locking up China Jin? Butler thinks the head coach is crazy, and it's almost an impossible task.
The Spurs scored 24 points in the first quarter, and Jin Feng, who suddenly began to exert his strength on the offensive end in the second half, became a point that the Timberwolves defense was a little unable to parry, Jin Feng scored 11 points, which directly defeated the Timberwolves' defense, so during the break in the small quarter, head coach Tom Thibodu made an adjustment, to lock the Spurs, the strongest point that has been shown so far, understandable, this is a correct decision, but, completely locked? It seems impossible to accomplish.
Of course, frowning to frowning, for him Jimmy Butler, there is never something he can't do, only to do it with all his might, so then Jimmy Butler also nodded.
The second quarter began quickly, and the old man naturally let Jin Feng, who was in excellent condition, continue to play, Tony Parker re-played, plus Rudy Gay, and Gasol and Loverne on the inside.
Popovich's arrangement is to let the Spurs play more on the outside of this lineup, including Parker and Jin Feng, while Gasol on the inside mentioned the high position and responded to the high position on the outside.
On the first goal of the game, Parker controlled the front court, and then handed the ball to Gasol, who responded with a high position.
The lineup on the Timberwolves' side at this time is that the inside line is Dieng and Gibbs, compared to Gasol and Loverne, the height of the two is insufficient, but Gibbs can provide a certain amount of high strategy, so that the Timberwolves' high strategy tactics can continue.
Small forward Wiggins, and outside are Butler and Crawford.
When defending, Jimmy Butler directly faced Jin Feng, and the two struggled in the bottom corner for a while, Jin Feng directly struggled to break free and ran directly towards the outside.
The Spurs' offense is a little unable to find a chance under the oppressive defense of the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves' lineup is a little unbalanced in offense and defense, however, the difference is offense, not defense, there are Dion and Gibbs on the inside, and Jimmy Butler and Wiggins on the outside (the laughing boy has not shot well so far in this game), and the Timberwolves' defense can still be maintained.
Jin Feng went around, and Gasol, who had never been able to find a chance, passed the ball to Jin Feng, ready to reverse his hand and then continue to organize the attack.
However, Jin Feng didn't think so, since the ball was in his hands, Jin Feng was ready to come by himself.
Jimmy Butler pounced, but Jin Feng sped up the lead of the dribble, and an acceleration squeezed Jimmy Butler away and broke through to the inside.
Jimmy Butler chased after him, and at the same time, he also guarded against Jin Feng's pull-up jumper.
Jin Feng naturally knows this, and he can't use old moves, but he has already used old in the first quarter of the emergency stop jump shot. Just with this ball in his hand, Jin Feng already had a complete idea.
rushed to the free throw line, Jin Feng still made a quick stop, and Jimmy Butler also stopped, he felt that he had successfully defended this ball.
However, after Jin Feng stopped suddenly, he suddenly took a step back!
"Pull-up jumpers? No! It's a stop-and-retreat jumper! ”
Jin Feng grasps one of the ways to score, and this moment is really used! This skill is specially trained by him
Although Jimmy Butler forcibly stopped, he didn't expect Jin Feng to add a step back move, so he couldn't defend it, and watched Jin Feng make a quick step back jump shot and make a shot
With a bang, Jin Feng, who felt hot in his hand, naturally wouldn't miss the ball, and there was a burst of boos from the center of the target.
Jin Feng's stop-and-retreat jumper tied the score, and the Timberwolves' offense was not so good, after all, in Butler's full containment by Jin Feng and Guy's assistance defense, coupled with Wiggins's poor state in this game, the Timberwolves' lineup, perhaps only Crawford needs to pay a little attention.
The Spurs can't let Crawford dribble unscrupulously, because everyone knows how terrible this guy is, so when they came to the defensive end, when Guy effectively took care of Butler on the defensive end, Jin Feng directly switched defenses with Parker, and Jin Feng defended Crawford.
Under Jin Feng's strong defense, Crawford was there after all, and he didn't get any chance to catch the ball, Dieng's layup didn't score, Loverne picked up the rebound, and the Timberwolves' offense was in vain.
The Spurs' offense, Jin Feng's position was still in the bottom corner, this time Jimmy Butler didn't follow so ruthlessly, so Jin Feng slowly shook to the top of the arc, played with Gasol to pass the ball, and then suddenly hit the ground and passed, Parker made a layup empty-handed, and the Spurs overtook the score!
Tom Thiberdu hugged his chest and watched the game calmly on the sidelines, although the opening advantage was gone, that Chinese Jin was still so annoying, but he still didn't have much mood fluctuations, the game is like this, it can change at any time, at least so far, the Timberwolves' arrangement is no problem, the key is the player's play.
The Timberwolves began to patiently look for offensive opportunities in the half, Jin Feng still brought great pressure to Butler and switched defenses with Parker from time to time to interfere with Crawford, but the Timberwolves patiently passed the ball and finally found Wiggins outside the three-point line, Wiggins stepped on the three-point line and hit with a bang!
The Timberwolves equalized again, but by this time, the pace of the game was already in the hands of the Spurs.
Jin Feng received the ball on the flank, and Jin Feng was ready to play his own single, so he turned his back to Jimmy Butler.
After turning his back, Jin Feng pushed forward violently, squeezed Jimmy Butler, and then turned around, directly outside the three-point line to avoid Jimmy Butler's reluctant interference, and the basketball obediently drilled into the basket again.
See the basketball hit! Jin Feng jumped excitedly, scored continuously, and his state exploded!
Jimmy Butler looked at the excited Jin Feng, a little silent, but he clenched his fists in his heart, he, Jimmy Butler, is not someone who admits defeat casually!
Jimmy Butler rekindled his fighting spirit, but in this game, Jin Feng's state was really a bit explosive, and the shots that were interfered with by Jimmy Butler several times were also very unnatural shots.
In the last ball of the second quarter, the Spurs turned the ball a few times and didn't find too good a chance, so it was Jin Feng who came out from the bottom corner to catch the ball, and then directly began to hold the ball and cut in.
Jimmy Butler, who has been defeated repeatedly, still gritted his teeth and stared at Jin Feng.
With about five seconds left in the last quarter of the second quarter, Jin Feng rushed into the three-point line against Jimmy Butler's defense, and then suddenly made an emergency stop!
Jimmy Butler was not shaken away, he also stopped abruptly, and then, when Jin Feng stepped back and jumped, he took a sharp step forward, jumped directly, and pressed towards Jin Feng with his big hand.
The ball was actually blocked by Jimmy Butler!
Jin Feng in the air immediately twisted his waist and abdomen, and directly turned a backward step jump shot into a backward lean, a large backward lean! Dodge Jimmy Butler's block and throw the ball!
"Step-back jumper! That's too difficult, isn't it? Wang Meng couldn't help but exclaim.
But, boom! This was followed by the beep of the timer at the end of the second quarter!
Jin Feng waved his right hand violently, a little excited, this ball was a bit difficult, but he still scored, which proved that his state in this game was really good. And Jimmy Butler on the side is already depressed beyond measure, and this goal can be scored! Damn!