Chapter 268: The inside line is in an emergency
This slam dunk skill was a feast for the eyes of the fans at the scene, after all, LaVine would not use such a dunk action in an official game.
Thunderwater's dunk can be regarded as a response to LaVine's dunk just now, ran back to the half-court defense, and said to LaVine: "How about the dunk champion?" I'm waiting for you in this year's slam dunk contest! ”
LaVine is a little weak-hearted, but he can't be timid, besides, the slam dunk contest is not defensive, it all depends on free play, and it is not entirely who jumps high or far to win the championship, swallowed a mouthful of spit and said: "Okay, we will compete in this year's slam dunk contest!" "I guess the person who can make Laven not want to bounce with him is Lei Shui.
The game continued, although LaVine was still actively running, but under Lei Shui's defense, the desire to attack was significantly reduced, and he basically passed the ball sticky.
Under the constant physical confrontation of the Spurs, the offensive efficiency of the Timberwolves' young players has been greatly reduced, but Towns can still score points with his excellent offensive range.
The more the Timberwolves are afraid of physical confrontation, the more the Spurs play inside, with the increase in fouls, the Timberwolves' players do not dare to move too much, Leonard and Lei Shui frequently burst to the edge of the penalty area to score, the best effect is still Lei Shui, because Lei Shui and LaVine have obvious advantages in height and strength, even if they do not jump, Lei Shui can suppress LaVine in height.
Until the normal rotation time, the Spurs have filled the opening hole and led by 4 points.
The main players of the Spurs were replaced in turn, and the Thunder Water scored 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 blocks late in the first quarter.
The Spurs replaced the main player early, but the Timberwolves did not, and Thibodeau only replaced LaVine with Dunn, because LaVine used a lot of physical strength to defend the thunder.
After the Spurs came off the bench, the Timberwolves obviously felt a lot less pressure and scored again and again, but the defense was still not good, and the Spurs were also scoring, and at the end of the first quarter, the Spurs led the Timberwolves by 2 points 25-23.
In the second quarter, the Timberwolves changed to the main team early, intending to score one more point before the Spurs' main team returned.
LaVine seized the time to attack, and in the face of Ginobili's defense, LaVine gave full play to the advantage of physical fitness and scored 5 points.
Downs was even more polite, facing the inside line composed of Lee and Anderson, and also attracted the two twice, passing the ball to Giang for an easy dunk.
In only 3 minutes, the Timberwolves surpassed by 5 points, and the old man Bobo began to change back to the main force, and the main force knew how to prevent these young people from jumping up and down, so they immediately made the Timberwolves become well-behaved dogs in seconds, and the fast-paced offense could not be played at all, and they fell into the quagmire of grinding positions in the half.
Seeing that the score was tied, in a defensive scramble, Ade ran two steps and suddenly bent down to cover his knee with a painful face, and the Spurs quickly used foul tactics to stop the game.
It turned out that when Ade was scrambling, his knee was hit when he landed, and the pain was unbearable when he walked, and the knee injury was definitely a big nightmare for NBA players, many players were ruined by knee injuries, and the most typical one at present was Rose, whose speed of fall was suffocating, so the old man Bobo quickly asked the team doctor to accompany Ade to the off-court for a detailed examination.
After Ade got off the court, he was replaced by Lee, and the only one who could be called a big man on the Spurs inside was Dedmon, but Dedmon was a defensive player and had no active offensive ability, while Lee was against Downs, and he suffered a lot in terms of physical shape, and it was hard enough to defend alone, so how could he have the energy to attack again.
Siberdu saw the weakness of the Spurs' interior line and explained that he used Downs as a point to attack, and Downs immediately singled Lee to hit a hook shot.
Bobo's old man saw that the situation was not good, so he changed the position of the inside, Dedmon went to defend Downs, Lee defended Dieng, Downs had the ability to shoot three points, saw Dedmon's defense, he deliberately pulled to the outside to attack, Dedmon followed, Downs broke through, did not follow out, Downs shot, if not in, the Timberwolves relied on their athleticism, rushed to grab the rebound, Li couldn't parry it at all, and after being beaten by Dieng into a second offense, Bobo immediately took another timeout.
At this time, it is necessary to strengthen the protection of rebounds, and the old man Bobo was going to let Leonard shrink to help grab the rebounds, but Lei Shui suddenly said: "Why don't you let me go and top Downs." ”
Old man Bobo looked at Lei Shui: "Are you sure you want to top Downs?" Can you top it? ”
Lei Shui said: "If I can't prevent him, then they can't prevent me either, I just need to be more efficient than him." ”
Now that the Spurs are in a hurry, since Lei Shui volunteered, Old Man Bobo also plans to let Lei Shui try: "Okay, you go play the position of power forward!" Then Old Man Bobo replaced Lee and put Simmons at the point guard position.
After the pause, Downs was surprised to find the changes on the court, the Spurs, who were already short of major generals on the inside, only left one center on the court this time, this is planning to hand over the territory of the interior line.
However, the first to attack was the Spurs, and the first to make a mistake was Downs, who he hadn't figured out who he should be with, and after looking for a circle, he found that only Lei Shui's position was unguarded, and when Downs reacted, Lei Shui had already received the ball and hit a three-point shot in the empty position.
The Timberwolves attacked, Towns saw that the Spurs' only interior big man Dedmon was pulled out by Dieng, of course, he had to play inside, and he wanted to sit near the penalty area, but Lei Shui used the front defense to prevent the ball from being passed to Downs, because Lei Shui's movement speed is very fast, no matter how the Timberwolves transfer and change directions, Lei Shui can accurately appear in the middle and prevent the ball from coming in.
Finally, Wiggins couldn't help but hoist the ball high to Downs, but he didn't expect the ball to fly to Downs, but Downs didn't receive the ball, Lei Shui rose into the air, lightly stretched his ape arm, and intercepted the ball in mid-air.
Lei Shui cut off the pass, hurriedly dribbled and ran wildly to counterattack, leaving Towns far behind, the Spurs had an obvious advantage at this time, there were four people who could quickly convert, and the Timberwolves' two interior lines couldn't keep up with the speed for a while, and the front court played 4 and 3...
Wiggins saw that Thunder Water could rush directly to the basket with the dribble, and quickly let go of Leonard to defend Thunder Water, Leonard also knew that this was a good time to play a double fast break in the middle, so he hurriedly ran to the basket, and after rushing into the three-point line, Thunder Water passed the ball to Leonard, and Wiggins immediately turned around to defend Leonard...
Leonard tricked Wiggins with a layup feint, and then passed Lei Shui back in the air, Lei Shui received the pass and pulled away the stance, and slammed the basket with both hands.
The Timberwolves attacked again, this time Lei Shui was even more tireless in front of Downs, Downs was already unhappy with Lei Shui's steal, and he couldn't receive the pass at this time, he was a little anxious, and he used his elbow to resist Lei Shui's back waist so that Lei Shui couldn't jump, and then raised his hand to signal the pass, at the moment when the ball came out, Lei Shui shook his hand and opened Downs' arm that was against his waist, and quickly jumped up to try to steal, Downs looked bad and was about to be robbed again, and reached out to Lei Shui's back and pushed, Lei Shui was pushed and couldn't break the ball, But Towns was sentenced to a push-and-go offensive foul, and the Spurs got the ball, and Thunderwater's two consecutive defenses were very effective.