Chapter Ninety-Eight Encounters a Scoring Drought

For the Timberwolves to play a wonderful offensive coordination so easily, some of the Spurs' veterans have a little dull faces, and their faces are covered with a layer of gray gas, and there is a faint anger hidden in them.

Especially the veteran Richard Jefferson, who was full of disbelief in the face of the young Timberwolves' strong offense from the beginning, glanced at the team's main point guard Tony Parker, trying to ask for a single game and find some face for the Spurs.

Tony Parker noticed Jefferson's eyes, glanced at the players on the team, and found that the other two people in the GDP, Duncan and Ginobili, both looked unconcerned, their faces were flat, as if they were ignoring the Timberwolves' strong offense just now, and there was no expression at all.

Tony Parker couldn't help but complain about the two of them, and then decided to control the ball himself to organize the attack.

In GDP, Tony Parker has gradually been valued in the past two years, perhaps in the original Spurs offensive and defensive tactical position, Tony Parker is only the third or fourth position, and his role on the court is more of a playmaker than a leader on the court.

But now, as the seasons go by, Duncan and Ginobili are starting to retire from their prime, while Tony Parker is becoming more mature and experienced.

Spurs coach Popovich took the opportunity to move the position of team leader to Toby Parker, and it can be seen from the comparison of the player's data in the last one or two seasons that Tony Parker's strategic position is gradually improving, gradually replacing some of the roles of Ginobili and Duncan on both offensive and defensive ends in the past.

Spurs head coach Popovich is well-known in the league, and unlike Zen master Phil Jackson, who specializes in triangle tactics, Popovich is labeled as a master tactician, which is not an easy title.

There are many coaches in the league who have won the best coach, and many coaches have been elected All-Star head coaches in the Eastern and Western leagues, but the head coaches who can win the title of master tactician are all veterans.

Without half a pound of tactical ink in the belly, you can't withstand the test of years of coaching!

The replacement of a team's old and new will not be smooth, which will affect the team's chemistry at least and directly separate and collapse the team's original lineup and go directly to the rebuilding period.

The Spurs have been under the leadership of Popovich from 1997 to the present, twelve years of ups and downs, but the Spurs have always maintained a strong competitiveness and entered the playoffs every year.

In the past 12 years, he has won five championships, and his strength is outstanding!

When the Lakers dynasty of the OK combination collapsed, when the Pistons collapsed, when the Timberwolves in the West fell and collapsed, when the Celtics and Lakers gradually rose, the aging Holy City Spurs still maintained a strong competitiveness, and they did not fall out of the ranks of the Western powerhouses in a year.

The Spurs have gradually transformed from a twin-tower lineup to a GDP combination, from Duncan as the core to an offensive and defensive system with Tony Parker as the core.

Now the Spurs' offense and defense revolve more around the French sports car at its peak, and Tony Parker has been honed after seven or eight seasons, and his skills have long been perfected.

Parker broke through the outside defense of the Timberwolves, and the moment he broke into the restricted area, he hoisted the ball to Duncan on the inside, and handed the crucial shot to Duncan to play.

The old stone Buddha was originally standing in a daze under the basket with a blank face, maintaining a state of stealth, ready to launch an unexpected rebounding raid, when suddenly a basketball flew from the oblique back corner of his head, murderous and awe-inspiring.

Duncan's drooping eyelids twitched slightly, sighed slightly in his heart, and was a little melancholy, turning around and stretching out his long arm to calmly take the pass.

Well? Why is this ball so heavy?

Duncan endured the discomfort in his hands, and in the face of the young interior Kevin Lefou, who was waiting under the basket, he still maintained a paralyzed face, and threw his hands open, which was extremely decisive, and did not give Kevin Lefu a chance to react at all.

By the time Lefu reacted, it was too late, and the old Duncan's shot was extremely ruthless, leaving no room for anything.

Relying on the advantage of height and arm span, standard 45-degree projection, the basketball accurately hits the board into the basket.

2:2, the Spurs relied on Duncan's shooting and easily scored two points to equalize the score.

Duncan glanced at Lefu in front of him expressionlessly, seeing that he was looking at him with an incredulous expression, he was a little funny in his heart, but he still had an iceberg face on his face.

It's not easy for me to even have this trick, and all the scoring skills seem to be the most suitable for myself, and every time I meet you young insiders, it's always tried and tested, how to use it.

Boy, you still have to do it! A great inside line needs more effort!

Duncan twitched, gave Kevin Love a weird smile, and hurried to the backcourt to touch Tony Parker's head.

This kid, dare to throw the pot at me, it's really jumpy, don't you want to be touched by me like Ginobili!

In the first quarter of the game, the Timberwolves had no other scoring goals except for the wonderful scoring of the team's cooperation in the opening game, and fell into a terrible scoring drought for seven or eight minutes.

The Spurs don't have excellent outside defenders, and the interior is not particularly strong, and a team like the Timberwolves that is balanced inside and outside and has excellent talent should be the most difficult to play.

However, in the first quarter of the game, the Timberwolves began to fall into a terrible circle, they had a lot of offensive opportunities, and some of them had good shooting opportunities, but they never went in.

On the other hand, on the Spurs' side, there was no big move, relying on the team's offensive and defensive rotation, and the entire aging Spurs carriage was running smoothly, although there were a few creaky noises from time to time, but it was extremely smooth.

Today's Spurs are like a round grinding disc, rotating smoothly and evenly, with their own rhythm, constantly using offensive and defensive pressure to crush the young Timberwolves.

In seven or eight minutes of gameplay, the Spurs didn't score much, and the 15-point data of all players was much more efficient and stable than the Timberwolves.

15:2, there is no doubt that the Timberwolves on the court have lost their rhythm, they don't know how to play at all, and they are completely caught in the slow rhythm of the Spurs.

Before the young Timberwolves finished the first quarter of the game, they dug a big hole for themselves, and the 13-point gap was enough for them to have a headache.

The aged, experienced Spurs are not the rest of the league, they know how to control the tempo of the game, and they rarely do stupid things to delay the game.

Li Shihao did not lose his fighting spirit, since the rest of the team's teammates couldn't open the situation, then he came by himself.

He will never compromise to be a bystander!

Li Shihao quickly got rid of Tony Parker's defense, bullied himself to Ginobili's side, and directly hit a strong jump shot in the face of the Argentine's not outstanding defense, a step-back jump shot, and a drift distance in the air.

But this point position is Li Shihao's best position, whether it is in the game or training, this point hit rate is very high.

Sure enough, this ball did not live up to Li Shihao's expectations, and the basketball went into the net.

At 15:4, the Timberwolves pulled back two points, and the game situation was still not optimistic.