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In this game against the Jazz, Zhuang Fei did not let the team's best defensive player Garnett defend Malone, with Garnett's defensive ability, it is almost the best choice for him to defend Malone, but Zhuang Fei did not want to do this, the Timberwolves did not play against the seventh king in the West, but the third Jazz in the West, Garnett can't concentrate all his jīng forces on defense like when he played the king, against the king, the Timberwolves don't need Garnett to score many points, Pierce, Jackson, Lewis, Even Nash can do it for Garnett, but the Timberwolves need Garnett's offense in this series, and the Jazz's defense is very strong, if you only rely on the outside to score, it is likely to be limited by the Jazz's defense against Xìng, so the Timberwolves must let Garnett go to the inside to play strongly, to fight with the opponent's big center Greg Ostertag, so as to create enough offensive space for the Timberwolves' outside players.

This time, Zhuang Fei was a little unaccustomed to arranging tactics on his bench, and the CCTV camera was next to him, which made him unable to say something very vulgar, and the task assigned by Zhuang Fei this time was to let Garnett go down the basket as much as possible after blocking and dismantling, and then find an opportunity to play Greg Ostertag to give the Jazz some shock.

Sloan is a little dignified compared to Zhuang Fei, the Timberwolves can actually play a triangle offensive routine This surprised him, defensive running and shooting are completely different from defensive triangle offense, he must rearrange the defensive strategy against the Timberwolves, he is a cautious person, he does not allow the game to appear any point beyond his estimates.

"Greg, you have to pay attention to the connection between Garnett and Pierce, try not to let Garnett and Pierce have direct contact, Russell, when defending Pierce, pay attention to defending his ball and receiving the ball, squeezing his receiving space, so that he can't handle the ball comfortably, and others, we have to pay attention to the contraction of the defense, our defense line tries to collect as much as possible, don't let them have a chance to cut, in addition, if Pierce or Garnett has a one-on-one opportunity, others must pay attention to the help defense, Pierce or Garnett must not be allowed to have an easy chance to play alone, and if he chooses to find a teammate in the end, then the players who help the defense must return to their positions quickly."

"Boys, this game is a big test for us, the Timberwolves are a new offensive system, they have a lot of offensive ability, I've never even seen an NBA team master two top-tier offensive systems at the same time"

"It's a pity that the Timberwolves have it, they can change their offensive rhythm at any time, they can be fast and slow now, I asked everyone before the game to pay attention to their fast transition between offense and defense, and now I also need you to pay attention to their slow offensive and defensive position"

"You guys have a lot of defensive pressure in this game, but I'm sure we can defend any team if we rotate quickly."

Sloan rarely encouraged his players, he was a paternalistic head coach, he was the master of the team, and everyone except Malone and Stockton had to execute his tactics without reservation, but this time, he encouraged the Jazz players.

"Zhuang, the Jazz line shrank after the timeout" D'Antoni was a little surprised, Garnett hadn't strengthened the interior offense, and the Jazz's interior line shrank, which was definitely unexpected for them.

Zhuang Fei also frowned, he didn't really understand the Jazz's intentions, it stands to reason that the Jazz should expand the defense first, after all, the Timberwolves' high-post blocking and outside three-point shooting are famous weapons in the league, but it is obvious that after the pause, the Jazz Garnett and Pierce are staring very hard, and the defense line is also somewhat reduced.

Could it be that Sloan is trying to deal with Princeton, which the Timberwolves played just now? Thinking of this, Zhuang Fei's eyes lit up, if Sloan really had this intention, then he would definitely pay the price.

"Mike, let's wait and see what happens," Zhuang Fei said to D'Antoni with a smile after thinking about this. Although D'Antoni was still very confused, he still nodded, now he has an extraordinary trust in Zhuang Fei, in his heart, any approach by Zhuang Fei has a purpose, since Zhuang Fei thinks that the Timberwolves do not need to adjust, then the Timberwolves naturally do not need to adjust.

Zhuang Fei is indeed very confident now, Garnett did not exert force to achieve the desired result, which allows Garnett to put the physical strength of the offensive end into the defensive end.

However, what surprised Zhuang Fei a little next was that Garnett always felt a little powerful when defending, and the Jazz two elders were very smart offensively, which made the whole Timberwolves defense a little powerful and nowhere to go.

The strength of the Jazz lies in their double blocking and dismantling, the Timberwolves are a little uncomfortable with Malone and Stockton's blocking and dismantling, everyone knows how to break the blocking and dismantling, but there are also few people who can really limit the blocking and dismantling of the Jazz very well, just think about how miserable the Lakers are, they have been swept away by the Jazz for three consecutive years, which is of course the reason why O'Neal's defensive blocking ability is too inferior, but there are definitely other factors in addition, the Lakers are not an ordinary team, even if O'Neal can't defend it, then there are others, but without exception, the Lakers team can't limit Malone and Stockton, which is very surprising, and it can also be said that the Jazz's ball quotient and cooperation have reached an extremely clever situation. It is so high that even if the opponent knows how to defend, he will not be able to execute it. At the very least, the current Timberwolves can't break their tactics like the Spurs.

In the first quarter of the game, the Jazz paid great attention to the triangle offense of Pierce and Garnett, and largely gave up the marking of Jackson and Lewis, these two are difficult to compare with Pierce Garnett in terms of ability, but these two people's three-point shots have become the main point of attack of the Timberwolves in the first quarter in this case, and the same as when the Kings beat the Timberwolves, because of ability, even if Jackson and Lewis broke out in the first quarter, they still did not have the ability to kill the Jazz. It can be said that although Sloan put Jackson and Lewis to a certain extent, it also really limited Garnett and Pierce to a certain extent, and it was difficult for the two to catch the ball, and the Jazz pressed the two of them a lot, even if Garnett and Nash played high to block and dismantle, Nash would choose more on his own than to give the ball to Garnett.

In the first quarter of this situation, Sloan was very satisfied on the sidelines, although the Jazz are still a little behind, and the opponent's three-point shooting is also accurate, but Sloan is very happy to face the two points of strangling Pierce and Garnett, and he believes that Jackson and Lewis's three-point touch will definitely decline, and it will be time for the Jazz to overtake.

On the other hand, Zhuang Fei has no intention of adjusting, since Jackson and Lewis's offensive efficiency is not bad at the moment, he doesn't need to adjust, wait until Jackson and Lewis's offensive efficiency declines.

It is because of the psychology of the coaches on both sides that the ball was played very smoothly in the first quarter, and the offensive success rate on both sides was very high. Until the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves temporarily led by three points at home 32-29.

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the Jazz made lineup adjustments, they almost replaced all the starters, which was also considered by Zhuang Fei, the Jazz three elders only played a fierce game yesterday, they could not play more than 40 minutes in this game, if the two separated with the rotation lineup, maybe the effect will not be good, so Sloan simply let the two go off the court at the same time, just keep Jeff Hornacek among the three elders, Jeff Hornacek's active offensive ability is very good, breakthrough, shooting is very good, Although he is older, he can definitely contribute a lot of points, he still averages 13 points per game this season, Sloan also trusts him, hoping that he can lead the rotation lineup to withstand the more than 5 points first, of course, the Jazz in addition to Jeff Hornacek also has a substitute like Shanton Anderson, this young guard is very dynamic, breaking and shooting well, and has now grown into a major rotation point for the Jazz, With 8.5 points this season, the Jazz second team dominated by these two did not last 5 minutes like Sloan, but after 3 minutes, the Jazz rotation lineup was crushed by a group of musketeers led by Mobley, the best sixth man of the Timberwolves, and Shanton Anderson's speed was unable to start under Mobley's crazy pounce. This also forced Sloan to immediately bring the two elders up at the same time, because now the difference between the two teams has gone to 10 points.

"Although we have an advantage in the bench lineup, but the Jazz's two elders can barely support, if we can't limit these two, I think our game is still full of variables, and I think Malone's endurance is very good, it looks like it was not affected by yesterday's game at all, and Stockton rarely shot in this game, and the pressure is not great, according to this development, these two may not be able to hold on to the end of the game" D'Antoni said worriedly on the sidelines, from the current point of view, the Timberwolves are taking the initiative, But the Jazz still have a chance to turn the tables around.

Not much pressure on Stockton? Zhuang Fei was thinking back to D'Antoni's words just now, and suddenly, an idea popped up in his mind, an idea that could limit the second elder of Jazz.

Seeing that Zhuang Fei frowned tightly and ignored him, D'Antoni also sighed, and then continued to look at the court.