Jin Feng has an upset stomach? Bullshit, this must be the old man's routine, for so many years, how many people have the old man fooled with this trick.

Therefore, when the Spurs officially announced the news, many people instantly understood that this was the old man playing tricks.

Of course, what if you get it? The alliance can't help it with the old man's trick.

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Leonardo, Parker, Murray, and Jin Feng are out, leaving only 11 players available for the Spurs away game against the Mavericks.

Although the Dallas Mavericks this season are no longer as strong as they once were, they do have a strong player like Barnes, plus the old but still more powerful King Nuotian.

So, in the end, the result of this game was that the Spurs lost to the Mavericks 99-106 on the road, suffering their first two-game losing streak since the start of the new season.

Of course, for this kind of defeat, the Spurs were obviously prepared for a long time, and after the game, they did not show too much frustration.

A day later, the Spurs traveled to Minnesota, where they will next face the Timberwolves for the second time this season.

The first meeting was the season opener, the wolves who were not good enough were ruthlessly defeated by the old spurs at the Spurs' home court, and after a period of running-in, it is clear that the strength of the wolves has only increased and decreased, and the dazzling record of the recent four wins and one loss also confirms this, so the matchup that is about to be staged today is the best revenge battle for them.

For the Spurs, it is not a big deal to lose games like the Bulls and Mavericks, but against the Timberwolves, this kind of potential playoff opponent will naturally go all out.

Therefore, this game is another matchup of the spot!

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Before the start of this game, the Spurs officially announced that Tony Parker, who has been absent for a long time due to injury, will officially return to this game, and Jin Feng, who was absent from the last game, will also return in this game.

Originally, before the game, people thought that the Timberwolves, who were playing at home, had a great chance to win this game with the better and better chemistry between the Big Four recently, coupled with the home-court advantage.

However, when the Spurs both announced their comebacks for Parker and Jin Feng, it was really unknown who would die in the end of this game, after all, Parker and Jin Feng played a pivotal role in the improvement of the Spurs' strength.

At 9 p.m., Minnesota, the Timberwolves' home court ~ target center arena, the game started quickly, and on their home court, the Timberwolves put out the strongest lineup they can now come up with, point guard Jeff Teague, scoring guard Jimmy Butler, small forward Wiggins, power forward Gibbs and center Towns.

This season, after the defensive titan Butler came to the Timberwolves, his re-cooperation with iron-blooded coach Thibodeau also made the Timberwolves have greatly improved on the defensive end, so that today's Timberwolves have almost gotten rid of the "halo" of last season's "wolf three collapses" and evolved into an out-and-out defensive team.

At the beginning of the game, the Timberwolves showed their extremely strong defense, and the Timberwolves' defense is actually a variant of the two-three defense in the nBa, relying on the strong side to pile up and the weak side to control the play, to prevent the opponent from death, which is one of the defensive tactics that their head coach Thibodeau has always adhered to.

This kind of defense is especially restrained in cut-in tactics, such as in this game, where several rounds of the Spurs' offense were deeply stifled by the Timberwolves' team defense.

Towns sat in the middle, Tony Parker broke through, and the Timberwolves' nearest one directly wrapped up, and the three of them were surrounded, and Parker couldn't even pass the ball, so the Spurs didn't score a point in the first few rounds, and the Timberwolves gradually occupied the advantage on the court.

"Tony Parker broke through with the ball, and the Timberwolves still had a wrap-and-hold tactic and forced a pass! Mistake! The Timberwolves' fast break, the frontcourt forms a two-on-two, Jeff Teague! Go straight to the basket! Pretty! Nice defense, nice counterattack! ”

China's Tencent Sports broadcast this game live, Wang Meng and Yu Jia commented on the game, the Timberwolves played well at the beginning, Wang Meng did not favor the Spurs, and the commentary was quite passionate.

** Vicky on the sidelines began to shout, and the content of the shouting was actually to let the Spurs change their offensive intentions to attack the inside, and then focus on outside projection, first open the outside feeling.

So on the court, LaMarcus Aldridge quickly pulled out and made a pick-and-roll cover for Parker, and then Parker dodged Jeff Tig's defense in one step, jumped straight and hit a 3-pointer with a bang.

3 points! The old French sports car still looks in good shape, he started this game, and he can be regarded as a more active point on the Spurs side since the start of the game.

Timberwolves' offense, Jeff Tig is at best an All-Star player, the weakest link of the Timberwolves' Big Four, so he is not a super point guard many times he makes Thibodeau rack his brains in terms of arrangement, and finally Thibodeau came up with a set of tactics to respond to the high position.

The interior defensive core Downs changed on the offensive end and became the offensive core again, using Downs's passing strategy, mentioning the high position, a pass strategy, directly letting Wiggins, who was blocked and covered by Gibbs, take the ball, Wiggins took the ball and broke through directly, Kyle Anderson couldn't make up for it, and could only watch Wiggins make a jump shot, and finally the Timberwolves scored another 2 points.

By the sixth minute of the first quarter, the Timberwolves were 17-1o, seven points ahead of the Spurs.

"At this time, the Spurs should make substitutions, the outside offense can no longer be opened, at this time, the best thing to do is to change a few pure three-point shooters, such as Danny Green." Wang Meng analyzed the adjustments that the Spurs should make from a technical and tactical perspective.

However, how could he guess that the Spurs did call a timeout, but the substitution was not as Wang Meng said.

"Rudy, you play, replace Kyle, Danny, you play, replace Tony, next, let's start from the outside, shoot more on the outside, and try to cut into the interior as little as possible."

Vicky opted to bring on Rudy Gay and Danny Green, and went straight to the flank.

And the Timberwolves also took advantage of the timeout to make adjustments.

Tom Thibodo is not a fool, he knows very well that the next adjustment of the Spurs is nothing more than more outside shots on the offensive end, so he will naturally make targeted arrangements.

"Jamal, you replace Jeff, Jimmy, and next, let's expand our defense and shoot the San Antonio outside!"

The two famous coaches began to compete on the sidelines.

For Jin Feng, he has already prepared in his heart, and after returning from the pause, he will have a good chance of encountering the opponent's strongest point in terms of alignment~ Jamie Butler.

It's not an easy matchup, after all, Butler is also an out-and-out offensive and defensive player!