This ball Tang Si passed was quite hidden, but after Noll was scolded by Tang Shuai and woke up, the concentration of the whole person was fully improved by one notch compared with the first half. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the basketball was touched, it changed its original trajectory and rolled towards the free throw line.

In the next second, Batum, Deng, LaVine and Wiggins, all four people who were nearby, all made a save.

Wiggins was the closest, taking the lead in grabbing the ball.

There was a gleam of joy on his face.

But at the moment when he got the ball, he didn't have time to grasp it steadily.

Batum stabbed the ball directly with both hands in the next second.

The basketball wasn't broken, but it was poked out of Wiggins' hand.

The basketball flew straight to the sideline, and Wiggins turned to get the ball, but it didn't catch it.

The ball flew straight out of bounds, the Lakers' possession!

There was a lot of restlessness on the spot, and the Lakers showed a very different state in the first offensive and defensive rounds after coming up.

Thibodeau walked to the sidelines at this time and yelled at the players who were returning to the defense, even if he was still leading by double digits, he didn't seem to be at ease at all.

Tang Shuai was relaxed at this time, although there was still no way to easily break the Timberwolves' defense, but the players finally showed their proper competitive state.

He carried the ball to the frontcourt, and this time he called a tactic to let Batum and Deng run along the baseline on both sides to the opposite side, and just as the two were running, he slammed inside to break through the compression defense.

The Timberwolves' defense shrank sharply inside, and he saw the opportunity and threw his hand directly to Deng, who ran to the outside.

Wiggins was only one meter away from Deng at this time, and he could make up for it when he turned around, but Deng was unprecedentedly decisive in this ball, and he didn't hesitate to catch the ball for a second, and directly shot a three-point shot.

"Bang!"

Deng's three-point shot hit the iron, iron the entire first half, and it was almost unrealistic to want to regain his touch all at once.

But at this moment, Knoll kicked Aldridge under the basket and jumped directly, because of his concentration, he judged the landing point of the ball quite accurately, and directly grabbed the ball into his arms after jumping.

In the next second, he directly chose to turn around.

He and Aldridge were pitted against each other for a while.

"Toot!"

The referee's whistle on the sidelines followed, and Aldridge pressed down as he defended.

As soon as the whistle blew, Aldridge couldn't help but jump, this was already his third personal foul of the game, he only had one in the first half, and he didn't expect to receive two at the beginning of the second half.

He ran to the referee to communicate, but the referee had no intention of changing the decision.

Aldridge has good talent, but he still lacks a lot of defensive experience, and after the Lakers deliberately attacked the basket, his fouls counted naturally.

Thibodeau did not mean to change immediately, but waved at Aldridge and went to the sidelines to tell him.

Knoll's two free throws.

As an interior player, Knoll has a free throw shooting rate of more than 7 percent, which is a pretty good level, and at this time, despite the harassment of the front row audience, both free throws were successfully scored.

The audience finally stopped chatting aimlessly, refocused on the court, and after returning from the second half, the Lakers came up and played 4-0, narrowing the score to 11 points.

Timberwolves' offense, Towns didn't go any further to the low post, but received the ball at the top of the arc, and after his teammates ran the position, a beautiful pass to Wiggins, who cut into the air.

Wiggins received the ball with a beautiful lateral lever that dodged Knoll's frontal defense and shot from the other side of the basket.

The ball was done perfectly, but because of the strong confrontation with Knoll in the air, the shot was a little less powerful, and the basketball rolled out after a lap on the basket, and was caught by Gasol when he turned around.

Gasol gave the ball to Tang Shuai, who held the ball and pressed it to the front.

When Gasol reached the three-point line, he said hello, and the two of them directly blocked and dismantled, he held the ball and rushed inward, and the defenders on both sides of the pressure were collected, and as soon as he raised his hand, the white chocolate pass package was activated instantly, and a beautiful pass without looking at the ball, the basket was in the hands of Batum on the right wing in the next second, and it was an empty opportunity.

Batum didn't hesitate, he took the ball and shot.

The basketball slices through a spinning parabola in the air and falls straight towards the basket.

"Huh!"

With a crisp sound, Batum dropped three points accurately!

Compared to Deng, his hand seems to have come back a lot faster.

After hitting the three-pointer, Batum swung his fist at him, and it was clear that the three-pointer was quite a relief for him.

The Timberwolves called a timeout.

After Batum's three-point shot, the Lakers launched a strong 7-0 counterattack wave and chased the score to only 8 points.

At the end of the game, Tang Shuai and Batum, Noll and Deng all slapped each other, and they came back in the second half to show positive and decisiveness, which was similar to the first half.

"Good job, keep this momentum, recover the difference little by little, we still have time, we still have a chance." Billups clapped his hands at the players.

Coming back from a timeout, the Timberwolves attacked, and Wiggins singled with the ball.

Deng looked a little struggling defensively, and after Wiggins stepped back to attract Knoll's help defense, a beautiful shot was given to Downs, who received the ball and directly turned around Gasol and jumped up with a heavy buckle of both hands.

The atmosphere was ignited, and Downs' progress this season is definitely obvious to all, if last year he was just as close as rookie Duncan, then he is infinitely close.

Thibodeau also nodded with satisfaction on the sidelines at this time, and the reason why he was willing to coach the Timberwolves in the offseason was a large part of the reason why Towns existed.

"Take it easy, it's just a goal, take it easy!" Tang Shuai shouted encouragement to his teammates while holding the ball.

He pushed to the frontcourt, and Rubio went to the basket with his hands stretched out to interfere with his passing.

After Tang Shuai saw it, his right hand shook, and then unceremoniously turned around Rubio directly, and then rushed towards the basket.

Rubio reached out and interfered with the course, but the center of gravity was certainly unstable, and the ball was already cleared when it was recovered.

Tang Shuai rushed the ball very decisively.

Towns and Wiggins, who were on either side, immediately got over and took a step forward to throw the ball to the right side of the basket.

Deng jumped up and caught the ball with a drifting shot that hit the board.

Wiggins didn't have time to get the ball back and could only watch Deng send the ball to the basket with a bounce that had degraded to negligible.

The difference between the two sides is still 8 points.

"Cole, you have to help defend in this position." Coming back to his senses, Downs opened his mouth and pointed to the right side of the basket and said to Aldridge.

Aldridge nodded, but judging from his look, it seemed that he didn't think he should help defend that ball, after all, there was still a Knoll under the basket.

The Timberwolves' offense, Towns responded with the ball at the top of the arc.

Because of the successive scoring on the offensive end, the Lakers players became much harder on the defensive end, and the Timberwolves' offense was not a strong point, and they didn't have an offensive opportunity at this time.

Seeing that half of the offensive time had passed, Downs didn't wait, lowered his center of gravity, and directly chose to break through.

Gasol struggled to keep up, but he still used his experience to hold the defensive position.

Downs got to the basket and turned back with a hook.

However, without getting rid of Gasol, he was soon disturbed by the latter's long arm.

"Bang!"

The basketball pops out of the frame and is grabbed by Noll.

Tang Shuai had already run out when he saw Downs attacking, and at this time he directly raised his hand to ask for the ball.

Knoll just threw the ball out with his hand.

Tang Shuai jumped up to catch the ball, went straight forward, and pressed Rubio to the Timberwolves' half, and after the AI-exclusive Corssover package was activated, a beautiful transformation layup scored.

The scene was agitated, and many fans couldn't sit still.

After this goal was scored, the Lakers had already chased the score to 6 points!

You know, the third quarter was less than five minutes into it!

The script for a reversal seems to be playing out.

At this moment, Thibodeau followed up and called another short timeout.

This timeout was called very suddenly, you must know that the last timeout came back and only played 2 rounds.

"What are you anxious about! What do you guys have to worry about?! Especially you, Karl, you are the core of the team's offense and defense, what are you doing in such a hurry to attack! As soon as he got off the pitch, Thibodeau yelled at his players, apparently unhappy with the team's performance during this time.

In fact, this kind of performance is also reasonable, the Timberwolves are entering the playoffs after 12 years, and the team is basically a playoff chick, and it is normal to be in a mess after being chased points, and it is normal to be anxious.

"Steady the pace, Carl, you get me on the inside!" At the end of the pause, Thibodeau shouted unceremoniously.

“let’s.go！ timberwolves！ ”

After the timeout, the fans began to cheer loudly for the home team again.

Rubio carried the ball to the front court, waited for Downs to fall into position, and handed the ball over.

Downs' attack in the low post was quite intimidating, and Knoll was quick to get caught up.

Downs then gave the ball back to Rubio, who then threw the ball to Aldridge, who had been pulled from the inside to the free throw line.

In terms of passing ability alone, Rubio is not much worse than Tang Shuai.

Aldridge catches the ball at the free throw line, turns and gives the ball to Wiggins, who is running over, and makes a pick-and-roll.

Aldridge's biggest advantage is the width of his shoulders, and this block directly blocks Deng on defense and Noll on defense.

Wiggins took advantage of the situation and pulled out his hand.

"Bang!"

The shot was a bit off, but Downs jumped high from the right and followed it up with a flying one-handed dunk.

The scene suddenly erupted into a roar of excitement.

After Downs scored the goal, the difference was stretched to 8 points again!

It is no accident that the Timberwolves can have this kind of performance this season, Thibodeau's entry into the ownership has played a great role, not only because of his coaching level, but also because of his coaching style.

This change in Downs is exactly the result of this. (To be continued.) )