No one knew what was going on in the locker room when the Timberwolves were halfway through, and although they walked out of the players' tunnel as usual, it seemed to have changed under the worried eyes of the fans. A look and a tiny expression of Zheng Ke appeared in ESPN's lens, but his eyes glanced into the distance, but it became evidence that he was separated from Whitman. People are starting to believe that something might really be wrong with the Timberwolves.

Zheng Ke walked onto the basketball court with his head down, and the referee handed him the basketball for the second half.

If Duncan wins the basketball, the starting serve in the second and third quarters will belong to the Timberwolves. So everyone ran to the Spurs' half, leaving only Zheng and Billups here.

Billups took possession and began to push through the half.

"Tactic No. 1"

Billups stretched out his arm and gave instructions. The Timberwolves' players immediately began to play tactical positions in an orderly manner, and it was like a well-placed phalanx and a fierce confrontation with the Spurs.

As a professional basketball player, Zheng Ke is a little unhappy, but since he is back on the court, he can ensure 100% concentration and desire to win. Although he gave up fighting alone, he was still the core of Whitman's entire strategy, and even Whitman could not change this.

Zheng Ke cut in from 45 degrees empty-handed, and after using Gibson's blocking, he attracted a large number of Spurs troops.

When there will be gaps in the tight formation, Zheng Ke, as the center of the Timberwolves, walked into the paint area and made a solid block for the big center Pekovic. Billups is quick-eyed. A dashing pass to the ground and into the heart of the Spurs was accurately handed to Pekovic.

The Montenegrin is very good at tactical literacy. After getting the ball, he decisively found Afflaro, who was unguarded at the moment. Avlaro took Pekovic's pass and hit a layup with a low hand!

"Yay death!"

Whitman screamed and couldn't help but shake his fists.

This wave of attacks proved that he was right in his thinking, and his tactics were correct. He looked at Zheng Ke, who was silent on the field, and inevitably felt a little proud.

Popovich frowned. The Timberwolves actually changed their style of play again?

To be honest, Zheng Ke's unreasonable style of play in the first half really made it a little difficult for him. Just by virtue of the simplest blocking, or breakout. The Timberwolves' offensive efficiency is terrifying. But he felt that Zheng Ke's physical strength would be a problem if he continued to play like this, but he didn't expect the Timberwolves to immediately change to a regular tactical offense in the second half. And importantly, this flurry of tactical routines he had never seen before!

Parker, on the court, carried the ball and advanced to the Timberwolves half.

Duncan went high to give Parker a quality cover. Parker was on a cat, his hot wheel-like little legs swaying, and in the blink of an eye, he flashed into the Timberwolves' formation.

"What a chance!"

Excitement flashed in Parker's eyes. Facing an empty basket. The basketball was stirred up in the rush of the attack. The Spalding cowhide basketball rubbed against Parker's fingertips and flew towards the basket.

Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed above Parker's head.

In Parker's consternation, Zheng Ke stretched out his long and terrifying arm like a god and stretched out it towards the basketball like a divine palm.

"Smack!"

Like swatting flies, the basketball was fixed on the rebound by Zheng Ke and bounced back sharply.

"Wow~" The scene exclaimed. Zheng Ke's chasing pegboard hat is really handsome enough, giving people a huge visual impact.

And the rebounding ball that flew out at the moment. was caught in the arms of Gibson, who was like a desperate Saburo. "Attack!"

Old man Billups chatted and rushed to the forefront rarely. As soon as Gibson wanted to pass the ball, Duncan's huge body blocked in front of him, not only blocking his vision, but also coming over to steal. Gibson was startled, quickly retracted the basketball, turned around, and protected the ball more tightly.

Billups rushed to the court like a fool, and found that the basketball still hadn't been transmitted, and suddenly remembered that the No. 42 who could pass the ball was still recuperating at home.

Zheng Ke, who walked back to the court from the baseline, took the basketball in Gibson's arms by hand, and under his possession, he steadily pushed through the half.

Billups reached for the basketball and reorganized the Timberwolves offense. "The Timberwolves looked good in the second half?" Barkley looked at the Timberwolves, who took the initiative in the score, and said: "It seems that the unhappiness of the first half didn't have much of an impact. The NBA is such a place where contradictions and opportunities coexist, and resolving the team's small contradictions can help improve the team's overall combat effectiveness. “

Smith Khan smiled bitterly: "Man, didn't you say that in the first half? ”

"Haha Barkley laughed a few times and said, "This is a specific analysis of specific problems. At the moment, the Timberwolves are in good shape, and that's what I said. If the Spurs had been beaten 8-0 or 10-0 at the start of the second half, I would have said, "The NBA is a place where attention to detail is the case, and every small glitch can kill a good situation, both on and off the court." I think the Timberwolves need to do a big internal consolidation." Ha Lu Ha. ”

Barkley lived up to the NBA's famous foul mouth, and as soon as he said that, the Spurs on the court immediately hit a long-range three-pointer from Manu Ginobili.

59-52, seven points ahead of the Spurs.

"Defend, defend!" Popovich is not the kind of coach who likes to yell, but he rarely yelled twice on the sidelines, and the Spurs will hear it, and their hearts will be more focused and more focused.

Under Billups' command, the Timberwolves have no big problem executing their tactics, at least in the upper reaches of the NBA's 30 teams. Although Zheng Ke's offense with the ball has become more and more powerful in recent seasons, he still relied on air cutting to start at the beginning, and this beautiful running kung fu has not been pulled down, and Jefferson always has to be a beat or two slower in the process of defending him.

The Spurs' defense wasn't built by Jefferson alone. Zheng Ke received the ball and swept past Jefferson and rushed to the basket, but Duncan opened his big hand and was already standing on the side.

"Humph!"

Zheng Ke snorted coldly, stopped sharply with a side dribble, and made a backward jumper.

Hit!

Zheng Ke's hand is still there, he cut a super high score of 23 points in the first half, and now he has two more points, and his personal score has climbed to half 50.

However, even with the Timberwolves' side being efficient, the Spurs can always find an easier way to score. Parker doesn't always be careless. , Zheng Ke is not able to find an opportunity to complete the chase block every time. The Spurs, who came back, only relied on a simple split shot, and Duncan hit a two-point basket.

The Spurs' defense in both rounds was ineffective, and Popovich on the side was a little angry.

The Timberwolves took the Spurs by surprise through this unfamiliar tactical route. Zheng drew a lot of strength in the middle of the area, and he switched hands to Afflalo in the bottom corner, who got up and shot a three-pointer.

"Bang!"

The basketball went off the basket and the rebound was taken by Ginobili.

After this goal, the Timberwolves suddenly entered the "cold period." That's what fans say, and just over a minute into the third quarter, the Timberwolves suddenly struggled. It has nothing to do with tactics, nothing to do with opportunity, only to be linked to the ethereal feeling.

Guided to the outside, the shot does not go in; Hang into the inner line, and play the board three without sticking.

The poor hand made the Timberwolves players seem to be a little unable to play, and Zheng Ke was anxious. Recklessly, he made another hard shot, resulting in Duncan's foul.

The entire third quarter was a nightmare for the Timberwolves, and Popovich bluntly said that happiness came too suddenly. At the end of the third quarter, the Spurs outscored the Timberwolves by as many as seven points, 77-70. In a single quarter, the Timberwolves were unlucky to score only 13 points, which is a bit outrageously low.

Whitman's face was a little pale, he looked at the Timberwolves players who walked down the court in a dejected manner, and he didn't have the idea of going up to comfort him, and stood in front of the bench in frustration, not knowing what Lu Dao was thinking.

The atmosphere in the target center was a bit heavy, and the fans couldn't wave their arms anymore, and they were actually very painful to watch their beloved team struggling. Many female fans were in tears, pursed their mouths, and their pink faces painted with the Timberwolves logo were full of sad expressions, looking like they were about to cry.

The Timberwolves' bench was quietly terrifying, and the sound of a pin falling could be heard.

On the opposite side of the Spurs, the perennial dead-faced players finally showed a rare smile on their faces. Popovich was still unreckless, and he beckoned the Spurs players to come in front of him and form a circle.

Popovich drew tactics on the tactics board and pointed: "Guys, we just played a nice section. But we still can't take it lightly, and if we don't keep the Timberwolves in the end, they will have a big explosion, which is already something they often do. You see, this is the Timberwolves tactical map I just drawn, in the third quarter, their tactics have changed a lot, Zheng Ke's activity area has changed from the flank to here, here, and here but everything has changed, all in all, the essence of the Timberwolves tactics has not changed, we just need to expand the area defense, block Zheng Ke's oblique passing route, from the top of the arc Billups Timberwolves feel bad, Whitman will definitely arrange players to break through the inside line, make kills, we can shrink the direction in the next section, Forcing them to make a jumper from the outside"

It's like a tormented wait. Whitman calmed down, barely squeezed out a smile, and encouraged the Timberwolves players: "No problem, boys, no problem. We just have some problems with our hands, and we have to be confident that this is our home turf and God will bless us. Playing our style of play, there's nothing to scary about the Spurs, they're just seventh in the regular season, keep your spirits up! (To be continued......)