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"The second half of the game has finally begun"

The Timberwolves fans in the stands are all eagerly awaiting to see how the Timberwolves will change, and whether the rout in the first half can be recovered in the second half? Can Coach Z get this Timberwolves back on track?

And most importantly, what the hell is going on with the Timberwolves?

"Oh my God, what's going on, Paul? How did Paul get off the court, although he played badly in the first half, but you can't just press him to the bench because of this" When the Timberwolves players walked onto the court and Pierce sat on the court, the Timberwolves fans in the stands exclaimed again.

"What does this mean exactly? Kevin sat on the bench in the first half and Paul sat on the bench in the second half, does Coach Z really think that it only takes one core player to beat the Spurs? Does he want to replicate the last game? In the last game, he put Garnett and Pierce down in the final moments, but it was clearly just an accident, and the Timberwolves scored only 20 points in the first half without Garnett. ”

Michaels, the ABC commentator on the commentary seat, was surprised again.

"Vince, what the hell is going on with Coach? Are you ready to give up this game? "Monk James Posey was confused.

"Well, I'm afraid this was deliberate by the coach," Carter mused.

"Deliberately?" James Posey still couldn't believe it.

On the Spurs' bench, Vicky was also thinking about it, and he didn't know what was going on in this game, because nothing like this happened in his short coaching career.

"Is Coach Z really ready to give up this game?" Thinking of this, Vicky himself laughed, how could it be. Coach Z is not that kind of person.

"No matter how it changes, the winner of this game is our Spurs," Vicky swore secretly.

"The Timberwolves' lineup for the second half of this game is center Garnett, big forward Lewis, small forward Sam Mitchell, and guards are Jackson and Mobley. There are only two changes to this lineup and the lineup in the first half, that is, Garnett replaced Garrett and Mitchell replaced Pierce, maybe this is Coach Z's special strategy, let's wait and see" Michaels doesn't guess now, anyway, I can't guess Coach Z's intentions.

"Steve, don't think about it, just because Paul and Kevin didn't pick in this game doesn't mean it's not important. On the contrary, Ling is very important to the Timberwolves, but he wants to prove himself too much, so he didn't put Ling in the lineup," Zhuang Fei said softly to Nash who looked lonely on the bench. The most disappointing person in this game is probably him. As the team's only playmaker, he was not selected for either Pierce's lineup or Garnett's lineup, and if Pierce excluded him because Pierce wanted to be an playmaker, then his good friend Garnett excluded him very hard to figure out.

"Coach, I really can't imagine that Kevin will not want me either," Nash said with a wry smile.

"If Kevin chooses, even if he wins Paul, it probably won't be convincing. Didn't you find out, Kevin's lineup has only changed small forward and center, and the other cities remain the same, I think Kevin has also done a lot of struggles in the locker room" Zhuang Fei sighed and said. Nash is not a stupid person, and it is clear when Zhuang Fei mentions him. It's just that it's still a little hard to accept in my heart.

"Coach, I'm curious why you would tolerate him doing this. In my opinion, this is an extreme approach, and it may even hurt their self-confidence, as Paul is now," Nash asked Zhuang Fei as he looked at the blank Pierce.

"I don't know, my intuition tells me that this is right, they both need to know each other more clearly, and the best way to know each other is to separate him, distance can produce something wonderful" Zhuang Fei shook his head and said. Nash, on the other hand, seems to understand something.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, although the Spurs were very confused, they still sent their strongest lineup, Garnett also learned from Pierce to play as a playmaker in this game without Nash, he has this ability, but it has not been used because of Nash before. In this game, it is clear that Garnett wants to take out all his housekeeping skills.

Mobley dribbled the ball past halfway and handed it to Garnett, who asked for the ball at the top of the arc, although Mobley supported Pierce, but since this game was a fair duel, then he would not stumble, not to mention that it was a matter of success or failure for the team. Garnett caught the ball on a three-point arc, Duncan didn't follow, and Mobley slipped the ball to Garnett after passing it.

Garnett looked at Duncan under the basket and had a plan in mind.

Garnett's dribbling is very good, Johnson still didn't grab the ball even if he pressed Garnett, but was forced to break through by Garnett, Garnett broke Johnson in the high post to mean that he was completely empty, as long as he dribbled a few more steps to his best shè, so at this time Duncan didn't dare to sit under the basket anymore.

Just as Duncan gave up the basket and came out to save on Garnett, he suddenly saw Garnett throw the ball under the basket, and Mobley took the ball to avoid Robinson's block and hit the blue shot. This is a very jīng color high and low match between Garnett and Mobley.

"I have to admit that Kevin's vision and passing are a lot better than Paul," Mobley gave Garnett a thumbs up after scoring the goal. Pierce had such chances in the first half, but he struggled to lure Duncan out like Garnett did, and naturally couldn't find space to pass the ball. He chose to go on his own to single-handedly take on the Spurs' two interior lines.

"The Timberwolves were a very beautiful combination, Kevin Garnett's organization was very good this time, and the Timberwolves fans let out a huge cheer after scoring this goal, and they have been holding back for a long time," Michaels said excitedly.

Pierce's eyes lit up when he saw this pass on the sidelines, and he thought that this was the ball that Garnett often passed to him in the past.

The Timberwolves' defense is very simple, and they insist on shrinking defense against the Spurs with twin towers, whether it is Pierce in the first half or Garnett in the second half, the Timberwolves are thinking this way. That's why the Timberwolves scored just 20 points in the first half and still didn't get beaten by the Spurs, who have been shooting extremely low from the perimeter since they entered the playoffs, even in the regular season.

"Spurs' offense, Johnson is empty, the Spurs have a lot of opportunities on the outside in this game, but the shooting rate has been very low, this time Johnson still did not hesitate, but this ball is still iron."

"This rebound is mine" Garnett pressed Duncan hard, jumped high, and grabbed the rebound with a pair of big hands, he definitely beat Duncan compared to the bounce power. After winning this rebound, Garnett subconsciously threw the ball to the frontcourt. Then shouted: "Fast attack"

But when he threw the ball out, he found that there was not a single Timberwolves player in the frontcourt, and the familiar back of the galloping back did not appear, and the owner of that back was now sitting on the bench on the sidelines.

The rest of the Timberwolves players and the Spurs players stared at Garnett, who was still standing there with that throwing motion.

And Garnett himself looked at the Spurs backcourt in disbelief in a daze, and a certain string in his heart moved. At this time, Pierce, who was on the Timberwolves bench, suddenly hugged his head and cried.

Even the referee on the field didn't notice that the ball had flown out of the field, the whistle didn't sound for a long time, and the fans in the stands didn't make a sound, as if they were all recalling Garnett's resounding "fast attack" just now.

"All I can say is that it was a very low-level mistake, and the G-P connection that we have watched countless times this season has not reappeared, because the other end of the line is sitting on the sidelines" Michaels was in a heavy mood, as a Timberwolves fan, he couldn't suppress this deep feeling, even if he is a host and commentator with strong psychological quality and psychological control ability.

Even Michaels couldn't hide his feelings, let alone the Timberwolves fans in the stands, they all vaguely guessed something, but they couldn't believe or didn't want to believe it.

The atmosphere at the scene dropped to freezing point, which was a very strange scene, and the more than 20,000 fans in the stadium were silently watching the game on the field.

The ball just now did not affect the state of the Timberwolves players, the Timberwolves led by Garnett and the Timberwolves led by Pierce are fundamentally different, Garnett is more organized than Pierce, and the defense is more sè, and the entire Timberwolves under his leadership actually slowly began to chase back the score.

In the third quarter alone, Garnett led the Timberwolves to 20 points and chased the score to 40-54.

Garnett silently looked at the scoreboard on the field, he won, and he only took one quarter to decide the winner of this contest with Pierce, but his heart did not have the expected pleasure, but was full of a faint sense of sadness and loss, always feeling that something was missing on the court, and something was missing in his heart.

"Kevin, don't be in a daze, it's time for us to attack," Jackson said, patting Garnett on the ass.

This is the first time Pierce has sat on the sidelines to watch Garnett play, and the two have been almost identical before, and he has not noticed Garnett's performance even if they are not up and down at the same time. Or maybe he's been indulging in his scoring performances before.

He lost this battle, completely lost, he didn't want to find a reason, Garnett is the most important cornerstone of the Timberwolves, he ignored a lot of things before, a lot of Garnett's contributions that he paid silently behind the scenes but were forgotten, and now he sees them all clearly off the court.

Watching his teammates desperately chase back the score on the court in the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves' sharpest knife was crying, and if there was a choice, he would like to turn back time, but time could not be turned back. Looking at the head coach standing in front of him in front of him, Pierce made a very difficult decision.

Under the strange eyes of Nash and other Timberwolves players, the 21-year-old young player slowly walked to Zhuang Fei's side and bent down to Zhuang Fei under Zhuang Fei's surprise.

"Coach, please let me play"