Chapter 139: The Gap

"Tim, that ball just now was so beautiful, we were stunned, I didn't expect you to have this hand" Avery Johnson always thought that Duncan was a neutral and peaceful player, and something like this definitely couldn't be linked to Duncan. Maybe the Garnett of the Timberwolves will play like this, but Duncan definitely won't, but this time it really surprised him a lot.

"Avery, have you forgotten where Tim is from?" David Robinson patted Johnson on the head and said.

"Where is Tim from? I see" Little General Johnson thought about it first, and finally nodded in a sudden understanding, Duncan is from Wake Forest, and Wake Forest's other nickname is "showteam", how can someone from that team only play a peaceful basketball? This gave Avery Johnson a new understanding of Duncan.

"But Tim's performance just now still surprised me, Tim, you deliberately went to find that Garnett" Duncan had a lot of options for that attack, but in the end he chose the most difficult way, directly to go to that Kevin Garnett, directly to the bombardment. Although it was successful, David Robinson still didn't think it was just an unexpected choice by Duncan, or the product of Duncan's hot head. Duncan must have had his own plans.

"Yes, these rìzi have been feeling a little bored lately, it's a bit lonely to live alone in a world, and it's difficult to find someone who can talk to," Duncan shook his head with a little lonely look in his eyes after speaking.

"Oh? I see, but does that kid have that potential? David Robinson smiled and nodded, recalling Raheem of the Grizzlies and Wallace of the Trail Blazers. These people also made Duncan full of interest at the beginning, but disappointed Duncan in the end. Then he looked back at Garnett, who was still gritting his teeth, and couldn't help but wonder if this person could do it? Johnson, the junior general next to him, and the rest of the Spurs players were in a fog.

Such a Spurs is indeed difficult to deal with, and the Timberwolves can barely support it when the Spurs have a poor outside hand. But if the Spurs regain their touch from the outside, will the Timberwolves still be able to shrink the basket? Now the fate of the Timberwolves is not in their own hands, or the fate of all outside teams is not in their own hands, which is why the NBA is so respectful of super inside.

"Guys, play jīng shenlai, it's just a two-point, and now you're still ahead, it's our home field. Let them see the momentum of the players" Zhuang Fei had to shout loudly on the sidelines, because the momentum of the Timberwolves players was indeed a little low, and this atmosphere was also contagious to the stands. Seeing his team's head coach cheering on his team on the sidelines, the Timberwolves fans in the stands also regained their vitality. He shouted again. In their hearts, they also agreed with Zhuang Fei's words, it was just a two-point, and the Timberwolves should now find the court, just like Pierce did in the opening game.

Looking at Coach Z, who was cheering up the Timberwolves, a sneer appeared on the corner of Vicky's mouth. Just a two-point? Hmph, wait and see, Tim will tear them apart.

Just as Zhuang Fei imagined in his heart, the Timberwolves players who lost their minds for a short time did regain some momentum after hearing Zhuang Fei's shouting. Especially Garnett.

"I'll beat you, I swear," Garnett swore as he gritted his teeth and looked at Duncan's back.

Garnett, who was humiliated by Duncan, was in no hurry to regain face. He knew it wasn't the time for him to go it alone, because he had done so much in this series. There have been too many failures, and it is absolutely unwise to choose and fight head-to-head at this time. Therefore, the Timberwolves' offense has not changed much after Duncan scored that goal, and the main point of attack is still the outside group of the Timberwolves, and Garnett is still containing and responding.

Duncan is very satisfied with Garnett's performance, at least much stronger than the two people from the Grizzlies and the Trail Blazers, and he is not in a hurry to seek revenge like the angry bulls, which is why Duncan has always valued Garnett, with excellent talent, tenacious spirit, hot on the outside and cold on the inside. It's a good opponent.

"Since you can't come, then I'll come to you and see if you can really make me excited" Looking at Garnett under the basket, Duncan pulled out again to get the ball, Johnson was very interesting, and saw Duncan hand the ball to him as soon as he came out, Duncan's dribbling was not fancy, but it was just a relaxing shake, and Garrett who followed him was broken through, and he didn't even have time for his teammates to come up and wrap up, and he saw Garnett, and Duncan killed it again.

"Whew" This time Duncan was not prepared to be strong when he faced Garnett one-on-one again, but just leaned lightly on Garnett, and then threw the ball out with a light turn, and hit the board at 45 degrees under the basket. This is Duncan's best technique, and he rarely misses a game without a one-on-one.

Compared with the Timberwolves' collective efforts, the Spurs' offense has completely become a stage for Duncan to perform alone, and at this time, basically all the Spurs players are watching Duncan's performance, and so is Vicky. This was originally their established tactic, since the outside line failed, then there was no need, just let Duncan crush the Timberwolves, and everyone in the Spurs had extreme trust in Duncan.

This man is too strong, the bench of the Timberwolves, Zhuang Fei looked helplessly at Duncan who was ravaging the Timberwolves, whether it was a strong attack on the inside or a strong attack on the mid-range shooting, this person had almost no weaknesses. This makes Zhuang Fei's heart love and hate, it would be nice if Garnett could grow to A+, but unfortunately it is still A.

"Is this his real strength" Garnett felt Duncan, who was constantly squeezing him in front of him, and for the first time there was a feeling of surrender in his heart, which was really ridiculous, but now Duncan made him feel this way. The two trained together for a long time last summer, but Duncan at that time was not the same as at this time.

At this time, the Timberwolves are no longer two people sandwiching Duncan, as long as Garnett resists Duncan, soon the Timberwolves will come up with two more people, and Duncan is also very cooperative, no matter how many people the Timberwolves come up, he doesn't pass the ball, this time Garnett's top man is very successful, because he insisted on the arrival of his teammates, watching Pierce and Mobley come over, Garnett also breathed a sigh of relief, in the face of three people, he will never attack again. Garnett thought proudly.

"What am I thinking, we're three of us, I'm so proud of it" Thinking of this, Garnett kicked his little bit of joy out of his head.

Duncan's face still doesn't change compared to Garnett's yīn, or does he simply not care how many people the Timberwolves have, one? Two? Three? Or more, he didn't care, after being caught by the three Timberwolves, he forcibly threw the ball in his hand without the slightest hesitation.

Or do it yourself? It was all three, Garnett and Pierce, who were surprised but couldn't stop Duncan's shot, and finally had to look at the basketball that had already flown to the basket.

"Hey, can this go in too?" The audience all gasped, this kind of littering actually entered again, and it was a board hit. This kind of feeling is too rebellious, and at this time it is obvious that Duncan and the other players are not players of the same world at all. Duncan is clearly a notch above them.

"The Grizzlies were defeated by Thiem's unreasonable attack" Looking at Duncan's madness, Carter in the stands also clenched his fists tightly, recalling his teammate Raheem, who almost lost confidence in himself after the series against the Spurs, he was the champion of the 96 golden generation.

"I don't know if the Timberwolves can withstand it," Carter was full of worry.

"The team really has no initiative if it doesn't have A+ level players, the gap between A+ level players and A-level players is too obvious, even a world of difference" Zhuang Fei was also a little gloomy at this time, at this time he also attached more importance to Garnett's status, if you want to become a dynasty team, you must have at least one A+ player, and Garnett is the only player who has a chance to grow into an A+ level player for the Timberwolves. Players at this level, such as Jordan's big dream in the past, Fat Duncan, Carter Iverson now, and Maddy Kobe James in the future, are all a group of players who can almost go against the sky on their own.

Just after half the quarter, the Spurs completely reversed the score with Duncan alone, 34-32, the Spurs led by two points, the Spurs only scored 18 points in the first quarter, and only halfway through the second quarter, Duncan alone was 16 points, and the other Spurs players did not score a point.

In the NBA game, offense and defense at any time are interconnected, and it is impossible to be isolated, and the Timberwolves' defense cannot be prevented, which directly affects their offensive state, not only because Duncan's balls are very demoralizing, but more importantly, watching their hard work and hard work by everyone to be wiped out by one of the opponents, this sense of gap is extremely fatal. This has also caused the Timberwolves players to lose their natural rhythm of the game, or they are now only seeing the opponent's advantage and ignoring their own advantage, and now they have completely forgotten how they should play with their advantage.

"Zhuang, the psychology of the players on the field has changed, now it should be called a timeout," D'Antoni reminded Zhuang Fei forward.

Seeing such a new situation, Zhuang Fei certainly knew what was happening, and the Timberwolves players began to lose confidence.

"A player has the power to play against a team, and that's something that only an A+ player can do."

At this point, the Timberwolves had to call a timeout.