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The Timberwolves' schedule in the opening stage of this season is not good, except for the first round of the weak Denver Nuggets, their opponents in the second and third rounds are the San Antonio Spurs, the Spurs are recognized as the top team in the NBA, and Duncan, David Robinson The twin tower combination is the best combination in the league, what is even more terrifying is that they have almost no personnel changes in this shrinking season, the main core lineup has remained stable, this season's Spurs are definitely one of the strongest teams in the league, Maybe one of them can be removed. And in the fourth round, the Timberwolves' opponent will be the super powerhouse of the Pacific region, the Los Angeles Lakers with Shaq O'Neal.

This can be said to be a devil's schedule, but with a big win against the Nuggets in the first round, the Timberwolves are very high-spirited, plus the preseason is also two consecutive wins, which also fuels the arrogance of these young people, even if they are back-to-back battles in such an atmosphere, Zhuang Fei does not see any fatigue on the faces of these young people, these young people want to overturn the Spurs in San Antonio.

On February 6, witnessed by 20,000 fans in San Antonio, Zhuang Fei and his Timberwolves ushered in the first away game of the season. The two teams looked quite friendly before the game.

However, this kind of pre-game friendship was not reflected in the slightest in the game, the whole game Timberwolves could not play at all under the defense of the Spurs, the Spurs' offense was a solid inside attack, the pace of the game was very slow, and there was rarely a chance for the Timberwolves to speed up, although the Timberwolves forcibly accelerated the offensive rhythm under Zhuang Fei's instructions, and the premise of forcibly speeding up was that there was no good offensive opportunity to shoot decisively, so the number of Timberwolves shots in this game reached 108 times, which was extremely terrifying, But so many shots only hit 33 shots, and the shooting rate was only 30.6%, which is the consequence of forcibly speeding up, and the Spurs were not affected by the Timberwolves' acceleration at all, or slowly and slowly attacking the position, the Spurs only shot 80 times in this game, hit 31 times, including only 7 3-point shots, which also shows that the Spurs did not intend to give the Timberwolves any chance to play fast break, fast break can't be played, and the organization of positional war Nash is immature, It's no surprise that the Timberwolves ended up losing this game.

In the end, the score of this game was 82-96, the Timberwolves lost by 14 points, which made Zhuang Fei very helpless, the Spurs Twin Towers got 15 free throw opportunities in this game, a total of 30 times, and the Timberwolves team's free throws were only 24 times, this kind of lethality makes the Timberwolves' fast-break run-and-run team out of reach, if the shooting rate can't go up, the Timberwolves' style of team can't win, if you want the shooting rate to go up, The ability to organize guards to create offensive opportunities when attacking and defending positions is strong, but Nash can't do it now, and many of the Timberwolves' offense in this game is not opportunities at all.

In this game, the whole Timberwolves team did not have the style of the previous game, especially the backcourt composed of Nash and Jackson, Nash continued to lose when attacking the position, and there was no way to create offensive opportunities for his teammates, and Jackson could only shoot three points from the perimeter in front of the twin towers of Robinson and Duncan. Robinson had seven blocks and Duncan had four blocks.

As for Pierce, although the frontcourt composed of Garnett and Rashad Lewis is slightly better than the backcourt, but the good is limited, Rashad Lewis has a slightly better three-point feel than Jackson today, Garnett is facing the twin towers and sent 8 of 23, 19 points, 16 rebounds and 5 blocks, Pierce continued to play 10 of 22 in the last game, scoring a forest-high 27 points.

Garnett and Pierce scored more than half of the team, in the face of a team of the Spurs' level, the rest of the Timberwolves almost couldn't score at all, this game played in the second half, the Timberwolves players on the court were almost out of control, what ran and bombed, what cooperation, all were forgotten by them, the Timberwolves' offense all relied on the personal ability of Pierce and Garnett. This match once again disappointed Zhuang Fei with Nash's lack of control and lack of confidence.

'It was an ugly game, never in my coaching career, we didn't play as a whole we wanted, and even though the opponents were strong, you shouldn't be so vulnerable, right? In this game, you were completely defeated by them, completely destroyed" In the locker room after the game, under Zhuang Fei's stern eyes, Jackson in 11 shots and Mobley in 13 shots in this game all lowered their heads, and Nash, who has never performed well since coming to the Timberwolves, has a gray and terrible look, almost dead silence.

Zhuang Fei's post-game remarks still had some effect, 2 days later, the Timberwolves who returned to their home court played a very iron-blooded game in the boos and cheers of the fans, this game Timberwolves did not have the panic and nonsense after falling behind in the last game, of course, in the face of the Spurs even at home, the Timberwolves still can't play a quick counterattack and run bomb, Nash's ability to create offensive space for his teammates is still limited, The Timberwolves still took 89 shots in the game, which was a full 20 more than the Spurs' 69, but the result was 80-84, and the Timberwolves hated again.

Two consecutive defeats, the first consecutive defeat of the Timberwolves this season, and the first consecutive defeat of Zhuang Fei's NBA career. In Zhuang Fei's opinion, the Timberwolves, who have piled up a large number of future stars, showed all their immaturity and shortcomings one by one in front of the mature and experienced Spurs. There is no concealment and no concealment.

The 1-2 record in the opening game also put the Timberwolves in 12th place among the 14 teams in the West, just better than the Nuggets and Clippers.

And two days later, facing the Lakers led by O'Neal, the Timberwolves are very likely to continue to sink.

"Zhuang, at present, it seems that Nash is completely incapable of taking charge of the team's main control responsibilities, his performance is getting worse and worse, and even about to lose confidence, although I am also optimistic about his potential, but so far he has not been able to resist the team's organizational burden on his shoulders, and now he has become a cancer in the team's tactical execution, you see if we take him off the starting line-up, or simply stop the team from running and bombing, just follow the usual tactics" Zhuang Fei's office D'Antoni suggested to Zhuang Fei.

"No" Zhuang Fei shook his head lightly and vetoed D'Antoni's suggestion, the team's main practice this season is to run and bomb tactics with Nash as the core, Nash's core position must not be changed, Garnett and Pierce do have organizational skills, but it is still very risky to let Garnett and Pierce handle the ball alone, as evidenced by the Spurs, when Garnett and Pierce hold the ball, soon the Timberwolves will become a single team.

What's more, Zhuang Fei definitely can't abandon Nash, if Nash is really taken down by Zhuang Fei from the core, then he is estimated to be completely ruined.

Nash's ability is not low in the dynasty system, the ability score is 76, although it is not the top but it is definitely a qualified point guard, but this ability is obviously unable to assume the responsibility of the core of the team's run-and-bomb tactics, maybe the run-and-bomb is too early for the current Nash, in the run-and-bomb tactics, the team organizer must be able to create a lot of offensive opportunities in the shortest offensive time, whether it is the Suns or the Heat, Nash and James are such players, He can create a lot of scoring opportunities for his teammates when he is attacking from a positional position, but Nash can't do that right now. Zhuang Fei sighed in his heart, and regretted that he was in too much of a hurry, if Nash was allowed to grow up slowly under the protection of Pierce and Garnett, and then a year or two later, the team would re-establish Nash as the core to play run and bomb tactics, which might be better, but now Zhuang Fei can't go up and down, left and right, and Nash's personal feelings have to be considered.

Nash's current state is no longer the reason for his poor skills and abilities, but more because he has psychological problems and is about to collapse. Nash doesn't seem to have to be questioned less, if not more. The Timberwolves' home blockbuster boos are all for Nash, and the media is now laughing at Zhuang Fei's 4-year, 20 million contract extension.

"But if we don't make changes, we will have to hang in the next game against the Lakers, and you are already under a lot of pressure now" D'Antoni wanted to continue, but Zhuang Fei directly interrupted his words.

"The tactics we worked out at the beginning of the season this season remain the same, and I'll solve Nash's problem," Zhuang Fei said firmly, as he has already thought of a solution.

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