Jefferson swallowed his saliva and looked at Zheng Ke, who rushed over like a tank, and felt a little hairy in his heart.

The two quickly fell into each other's battles, Zheng Ke hugged the basketball, a short body, his body brushed over Jefferson's right side, and he took three strong steps, unreasonable.

Jefferson was knocked away by Zheng Ke's impact and broke his defense, and Vicky on the sidelines couldn't stand calm anymore, jumped up and yelled: "Drag him down, drag him down!" ”

But at this time, Jefferson's mind was already "buzzing" blank, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

Zheng Ke took the second step, the strong muscles of his calf exploded, he jumped to the floor, flew off the center of the earth, and then took a straight-arm battle axe posture in the air, and his legs swung back and forth in order to balance.

"Bang!"

Zheng Ke waved his arm, then landed smoothly on the ground, pulling at the placket of his chest. 4 to 2.

The Timberwolves' counterattacks have always been sharp, and after Zheng Ke rushed up like this, before the game, Vicky repeatedly emphasized that he pulled it down directly. But after really getting on the court, subject to Zheng Ke's compelling momentum, a battle-hardened veteran like Jefferson is inevitably a little confused, to put it bluntly, the Spurs are not the Pistons after all, and Jefferson is not Uncle Bao after all.

In the opening scene, Little Jordan grabbed his hat and Zheng Ke's one-dragon dunk was too visually impactful, and Timberwolves fans couldn't help but cheer.

The momentum of the Timberwolves players on the court has gradually increased, and the offensive rhythm of the Spurs has been somewhat disrupted.

With 9:14 left in the first quarter, Duncan got another chance on the inside, causing a defensive foul on Love. Two free throws and two hits to help the Spurs score two more points.

The Spurs' offensive tactics are a combination of inside and outside, and Duncan, who is in good shape, is the main interior attack. Parker and Ginobili share the ball from the outside. And it is every player of the Spurs who finishes the offense, and the scoring points are relatively scattered, unlike the Timberwolves, Zheng Ke is a person with unlimited firing rights, and he has to occupy more than 20 shots in a game in proportion to his salary.

The Spurs trailed by 6 points 20-26 in the first quarter, and Zheng scored 8 points in a single quarter, which was decent.

Several of the Spurs' seniors came off the second quarter break. Zheng Ke also substituted for the break. The Timberwolves sent Lowry, Marcus Thornton, and Corey Brewer. The lineup of Ty Gibson and Pekovic, a lineup with a very young average age. And the Spurs sent George Hill, Gary Neal, Matt Bonner. Blair's bench line-up. The Spurs are a nine-man rotation, and Ginobili, who left the break early in the first quarter, played in the second quarter and led the team on the court.

Entering the playoffs, the Timberwolves were able to stick to the ten-man rotation, which can be regarded as a daring Thibodeau artist.

Hill on the Spurs side, a very good three-point lineup, this drawback is that the athleticism is not good, compared to the Timberwolves' second lineup is full of running and jumping men. The Spurs' second lineup is at the level of the old man.

However, the benches of the two teams on the field are difficult to distinguish, and even the Spurs still have a slight advantage in the score.

Red Mamba Bangna is a bit accurate today. After coming off the bench, he made two shots and scored two three-pointers, scoring six points and helping the Spurs chase down the overall score to just two points.

Lowry didn't have much advantage in the face of Hill, but Thorton made some achievements in breaking through, the inside line composed of Bonner and Blair was like paper paste, and Neil couldn't keep up with the pace of Thorton, who was fast and tall and strong. Thornton and Gibson have been identified as one of the players in the Timberwolves uniform to renew their contracts, and they will wait until next summer to renew their contracts early.

The Spurs' coaching staff is well prepared, and the Timberwolves have always been their imaginary enemies, and the technical movements of every player on the team have been heavily analyzed.

** Vicky said: "If you can't prevent Zheng Ke, can't you prevent other Timberwolves players?" ”

His philosophy has been implemented by the Spurs, and in today's game situation, the Timberwolves players are completely passive, especially in front of the fans, the psychological pressure is extremely high, and the performance is more inconsistent.

Midway through the second quarter, the Spurs tied and led by one point, and Thibodeau immediately replaced Zheng Ke.

Zheng Ke came up and got the opportunity to attack on his own, and Thibodeau told the players to open up space for Zheng to play alone, and the Spurs did not have a player who could defend Zheng Ke.

On the court, Lefou, Zheng Ke, Brewer, Billups and Lowry, one big and four small, Zheng Ke played at the No. 4 position with four three-point shooters, which made it clear that Zheng Ke wanted to play singles.

This is an unconventional lineup, but the basketball ability is not weak, Zheng Ke and Lefu protect the backcourt rebounds very well.

Zheng Ke singled Jefferson in the low post, and his power value has reached 99.

The power of 99 is already as strong as O'Neal and Chamberlain, and if he plays center, he is now averaging double-doubles in rebounds per game. And after falling to the low position, the power of the back is even more amazing, and the effect is the same as when Buck used the hard arch of the buttocks, shameless and inexplicable.

Jeffson couldn't prevent Zheng Ke, and when he leaned back, it was like being hit by a sledgehammer, and the whole person took a step back after a small take-off, and then "banged" twice before approaching the paint area.

Parker stepped forward to wrap up, Zheng Ke grabbed the ball and jumped a step, dodged Parker's help defense, and made a mid-range step-back jumper.

hit, 38-37, and the Timberwolves led by one point.

Barkley laughed: "The Timberwolves have played the Magic tactics again, which is the most commonly used tactic when they won the championship the year last year. Love, Brewer, Billups and Lowry, the three-point shooting ability of the four people is too strong, and the first two average three-point shooting rates per game are more than 40 percent, and the Spurs dare not easily wrap up. ”

Smith sighed with some emotion: "The Timberwolves can always find players who are good at three-point shooting. At a time when the league-wide three-point shooting offense is beginning to pop, the Timberwolves are just following the trend of the times. ”

In the second half of the second quarter, the Timberwolves began to be attacked by Zheng Ke, unlimited singles, and occasionally Lowry played a few blocking and dismantling offenses to give Zheng Ke a breather.

The effect was very good, and Vicky only came up with a way to get Duncan to strengthen the interior offense off the court.

Before halftime, Zheng Ke scored the 25th point of the day, played the Spurs for 25 points in the half, and scored 17 points alone in the second quarter, and it really took him half a quarter of game time.

Zheng Ke's efficient performance excited his supporters, and Taylor, who was sitting on the sidelines, was also warmly welcomed by the audience, surrounded by "wolf fans" who gave praise to him. Taylor was very polite and humble with them, and since following Zheng Ke, some of Zheng Ke's habits have also infected her, such as the humility in life. But at the same time, Taylor is also extremely proud in his heart, and his chest is unconsciously raised high, and there is always a trace of pride on his face.

Zheng Ke had 25 points and 8 rebounds in the half, and the Timberwolves led by nine points at 58-49, and the Spurs were almost stretched to a 10-point gap by the Timberwolves at halftime.

** Vicky was a little difficult, he didn't expect Zheng Ke to have grown to such a point, just like the god-like No. 23 he encountered when he coached the Spurs more than ten years ago, no one could stop him.

The Spurs coaching staff negotiated to let the Spurs increase their chances of shooting from the outside in the second half. Fighting the Timberwolves with conventional methods no longer works, and only three-point shots may have a chance to survive. ** Vicky started Blair, who was excellent at rebounding, in the second half, and let Duncan and him be blue-collar players and fight for rebounding in the frontcourt.

After the start of the second half, Ginobili and Jefferson hit three-pointers respectively, plus Duncan hit two points with an inside hook, and the Spurs instantly played a wave of 8-0 small **, 57-58 only trailing by one point.

The Timberwolves request a timeout.

Thibodeau knew that the Timberwolves were only knocked out by a series of Spurs as soon as they came up, and calling this timeout was just to keep the Timberwolves steady. He gently talked to the players about the fine rules on the field, and at the same time arranged Zheng Ke's first offensive tactics after the timeout.

After a timeout, the Timberwolves went on offense.

Zheng Ke ran and fell to the right side of the low post to receive the ball, and the defender behind him turned out to be Ginobili, who was not as strong as Jefferson.

Although Ginobili is also a swingman, in the eyes of people, this is already a misalignment.

Zheng Ke leaned back, easily turned over, and hit a two-point jumper. 60 to 57.

After the Timberwolves stabilized their position, the offense and defense became methodical, and each player performed his own role, and the Spurs fell into a white-hot hand-to-hand battle.

Zheng Ke was addicted to using his back, and at every opportunity, he went to the low post to play back-to-back singles.

He is simply incomprehensible in the low position, just like Jordan, the reason why Jordan is still invincible in the world at the age of 35 is because of this set of strong back kung fu. After Zheng Ke entered the NBA, he practiced defense first, and the most practiced outside of defense was the pull-up jump shot and back-to-back leaning, and now this move is Zheng Ke's veritable trick.

Compared with Jordan, that one leans, one turns, one throws, and there is no solution.

Barkley said: "Zheng Ke is best at this back kung fu, which is similar to me. ”

At the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves still dominated the court, leading by 8 points at 88-80, and Zheng Ke scored 15 points in a single quarter, all of which were low-post two-pointers, including a two-plus-one.

However, the Spurs weren't going to just give up on the game, and Vicky simply replaced the already exhausted Jefferson in the fourth quarter with Danny Green, a young man the team just got this year.

A young new force, ** Vicky took a different path and focused his hopes on him.

Danny Green entered the NBA in '09 and is the cousin of dunk king Gerard Green. He was cut by the Cavaliers last year and signed by the Spurs this year, but he only played 8 games in the entire regular season, and most of the time, he was still a water cooler keeper. (To be continued......)