Before the Knicks' home game against the Timberwolves, when the players of both teams came out, the voices in the audience immediately changed to two voices, that is, boos and shouts

The shouts are naturally dedicated to their heroes, the Knicks, and the boos are dedicated to the opposing Timberwolves.

When the confident Lefu came out before the game, the boos at the scene overshadowed the shouts for a while, and the slogans satirizing Lefu in the audience were also hung prominently.

With the players of both teams playing, the starting line-ups of both teams were also played on the big screen of Maddison......

The Knicks remain unchanged, and the Timberwolves are Pekovic, Love, Derrick Williams, Cory Brewer, and Rich Rubio.

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Love and Cousins battled for the ball in the center circle, with Love rightfully on the basketball first, and the Timberwolves attacking first

Rubio took the ball and pushed over, and immediately prepared to start looking for Lefou, and the Timberwolves' opening tactics were still focused on playing Lefou.

But the Knicks have been prepared for Lefou's defense for a long time, Monroe desperately goes around the front, and Cousins in the back is tightly sandwiched.

There is a cut off route in the front, and the main position is stuck in the back to prevent you from hanging back, so it can be said that the Knicks take care of Lefu meticulously.

Rubio gave the ball to Williams, and Williams got the basketball here, but he couldn't pass it to Lefou, so he could only pass the basketball to Brewer, who was exposed on the baseline.

Brewer takes the ball from the baseline, raises his hand for a mid-distance, and the ball goes in!

Brewer scored two points in the opening game, but you need to give at least 30% of the credit to Love, without Love to attract the attention of the Knicks, Brewer would not have been able to open at all.

Cousins was expressionless and teeed off the baseline and passed to Dragic.

When Dragic pushed in and wanted to pass the basketball to Li Feng according to common sense, he also encountered difficulties.

Like the Knicks, the Timberwolves are also defending Li Feng. The method adopted is also to cut off Li Feng's receiving route, and at the same time, he is ready to come up to make up for the defense at any time.

The Knicks also suffered the embarrassment of having their core locked up, and at this time Dragic immediately switched to going it alone. He had a clear physical advantage over Rubio in his position, and Dragic pressed two consecutive crotch downs to the free-throw line area, and then jumped up to ignore Rubio's short arms and legs to shoot from mid-range.

In the first leg of the opening game, both teams scored two points each, but neither was directly related to the core of the team.

It can be seen that before today's game, both teams have done their homework very well. There is a strict containment of the opponent's main players.

In the second round, the Timberwolves came again, and Adelman immediately rushed over and shouted:

"Tactic Four!"

With Adelman's shouts, the Timberwolves' style of play began to shift. Niles pushed in again and didn't immediately pass the ball to Williams, and he didn't shoot directly, but waited at the top of the arc.

While Rubio waited, the Timberwolves made two baseline crossover screens in a row.

Williams ran along the baseline and took advantage of Brewer's baseline cover and Love 's 45-degree cover to get the basketball in a 45-degree open space on the right side of the Knicks halfcourt.

Williams was vacant, and Monroe, who was supposed to be in charge of defending Lefu in front of him, instinctively went up and harassed him.

Just as he was moving ahead. Lefu turned around after the screen, and suddenly changed from facing the basket to facing the basket.

Love instantly got on the right side of the flank, and Williams took advantage of his heightened high passes. The basketball was quickly transferred to Lefou, who took the ball up. When Monroe came back, he immediately turned around and took a step up to attack in the low post.

At this point, Cousins was forced to push forward, pressed his arm down, and made a foul move.

Cousins didn't foul at this time, he couldn't stand LeFou. Lefu is faster than him, stronger than him. Cousins was also forced to do so, and the offended Love blew at the same time as the referee's whistle blew. Throw the ball towards the rebound.

The ball missed, but Love easily walked to the free throw line and hit one of two free throws to add a point to the team.

The Timberwolves came over in the first round and found that the Knicks had been prepared for the Lefu defense, and in the second round, they immediately played a tactic specifically to feed the Lefou.

Judging from the opening, the Timberwolves' adjustment is very fast, and the goal of the Timberwolves is obvious, it is still necessary to open the interior first, and the Lefu on the inside is opened, and their group of outside shooters has a lot of opportunities.

The Timberwolves set an example, and when the Knicks came over, Tyberdeau also shouted:

"Play quick misplaced catch, play catch."

Tyberdu finished roaring, and Dragic Dragic immediately pulled over at 45 degrees on the right side of the Timberwolves. Li Feng ran bravely towards the top of the arc, but when he ran to the top of the arc, Li Feng did not go over to catch the ball, but suddenly paused and made a cover for Ross who ran over.

Li Feng is the cover, and the quality of the cover is naturally superior. Li Feng suddenly knocked Williams, who was running over, into a stumbling one. Rose ran out of the basket and caught the basketball.

At this time, Li Feng moved to the side, and the card owner followed Williams from behind, and Li Feng also received the basketball.

Li Feng, who received the basketball, like Lefu, was very resolute and slammed into his back with all his strength, knocking Williams away, and then Li Feng immediately turned around and broke through, and directly stabbed under the Timberwolves' basket.

At this time, the advantages of the Timberwolves are reflected. A good big man defender is omnipresent, and his influence can spread to every position on the court on both ends of the pitch.

Li Feng broke in, and Lefu immediately followed the defense back, and the core of the two teams began their first meeting less than a minute into the game.

Li Feng also felt that it was Lefu behind him, and at that moment Li Feng directly kicked the ground hard, flying up and shrinking his body. Then the gravity muscle in the air hit Lefu's body, and then Li Feng's left hand was extremely difficult, and he threw out a hook hand.

Li Feng made a difficult layup after the most offensive this time, but it was still too affected by Lefou's defense, and the basketball brushed around the hoop, and the most rearly brushed out.

Fang Cai Lefu assisted in defense once, and the speed of his feet was fast, and he rushed over at the first opportunity.

The intensity of the confrontation was high, and Li Feng did not occupy space in the air. The bounce is also high, and Li Feng has to use a difficult shot to fight for the space on the first line.

The ball didn't go in. Lefu landed on the ground and reached out to protect the backcourt rebound ball by relying on his height. Then a solid pass was made to Rubio.

At this time, Peyton, who was broadcasting, said with some feelings:

"Fang Cai is also Lefu at that moment, if you are any defender in the league, Li Feng has scored this goal."

The Timberwolves quickly advanced to the Knicks' half, their speed was really very fast, and the Timberwolves could have this rhythm because Lefu moved very fast, so now even if the Timberwolves are advancing fast, Lefu is still keeping up.

Rubio took possession of the ball and played a slight 45-degree blow to the left, and Love cut in from the middle almost immediately.

Rubio passes the ball to Lefou, who has just gotten the basketball. The Knicks immediately wrapped up a pass from Love.

Brewer, who followed up later, took the ball, although he was the MOP of the University of Florida, but Brewer's role in the team was defense and three-point shooting.

Now Brewer got the ball, Li Feng hurriedly caught up, Brewer immediately passed the ball on the outside, and the basketball was passed to Brewer's hand near the bottom line again, Brewer and Fang Cai's position were very similar, and the ball went in.

Brewer opened with four straight points. It looks like a good performance, but you have to know that Brewer's shots are all open shots, and his chances are all created by Lefou. Other words. He's doing the work of a pure role player.

The Timberwolves' offense looked much smoother than the Knicks' opening, and Payton immediately picked up the topic.

'Love is a big threat on the offensive end, although some of his attacking tactics are not very proficient, although he doesn't have many opportunities to get the ball. But as long as Lefoux is on the pitch. The Knicks always had to focus on Love. That way the Timberwolves' outside players have more opportunities. ”

"Every moment on the pitch, he has an invisible impact on the pitch both offensively and defensively. That's why teams across the league are looking for good interior players. ”

"In terms of influence on the pitch, the big man definitely has a lot more influence than the small man. Even Jordan. It can no longer make a qualitative change to the team on the defensive end, but a good interior line can improve the team's level at both offensive and defensive ends. ”

Peyton's remarks will definitely be criticized by some Jordan fans. But in fact, the influence of small men on the defensive end is indeed not as good as that of big men.

The Timberwolves and Knicks played 2 minutes in the opening game, and the Timberwolves led the Knicks by 3 points 5-2. Overall, the Timberwolves are really more established than the Knicks.

At this time, the Knicks also need to play more of their own characteristics. The Timberwolves scored, the Knicks immediately kicked off the baseline quickly, and the Knicks advanced extremely fast.

Li Feng was stared at by Brewer, and Dragic came over and passed the ball to Rose, who took the ball and slammed Williams on the move.

Williams is tall and has a well-rounded skill, but the solo defense is really not good, and he was almost overtaken by Rose in one step.

Once Rose's side formed a breakthrough, Love used his speed to quickly appear under the basket to intercept Rose.

Rose's baseline pass sent the basketball to Li Feng, who appeared on the other side, Li Feng received the ball, and he was treated like Lefu and immediately caught Li Feng in a double attack.

In the crowd, Li Feng withstood the opponent's pressing and passed the ball with one hand to Cousins, who was inserted in the middle.

Cousins received the ball in the middle and directly wiped the board and shot, and this change of the Knicks was also greatly unexpected by the Timberwolves.

Until now, the main scorers of both teams have not been their own core players, but role players who have scored.

You can see from this how difficult this game is. Both teams did their homework off the field, blocking each other's arrowheads on the pitch to near perfection, putting the suspense of the game on the role players.

At this time, it really manifested that basketball is a five-person sport.

Now in the game between the Knicks and the Timberwolves, Love and Li Feng are all pressed and beaten, and the scoring depends on the role players.

After the Knicks scored, the Timberwolves immediately advanced quickly, and although the Timberwolves had a big center, the pace was not slow at all.

Rubio took the ball and pushed in, and Love made a cover for Rubio when he followed up from behind.

With this cover, Rubio was instantly empty, and when the opportunity for such an empty space appeared, Rubio immediately pulled up and threw a mid-range.

The basketball is simply hit!

This is the quintessential Rubio style of play. Sometimes it seems particularly impulsive, and at the slightest chance, he does it himself.

Rubio's style of play is not wrong in itself, what is wrong is that Rubio himself has limited ability.

If Rubio really has the strength of the top perimeter, this kind of play will definitely attract a lot of attention from the opponent and help the team kill the opponent faster.

But Rubio doesn't have top-level strength, he is just an average defender who sometimes convulses a little, and of course his assists are really awesome!

Rubio hit a two-point shot, and Love could only run back with a grin.

The Knicks also took the ball from the baseline and pushed it very quickly. The ball advanced over, Li Feng was bypassed by Brewer, and he couldn't get the ball.

So Li Feng could only take Brewer to the side and give up space to his teammates. Rose received the basketball at this time, and when facing Williams, he moved very chicly, two crotch in a row, and suddenly took a step back to shake off Williams and then made a jumper.

Before the shot, Rose's movements were really perfect, very beautiful. The footwork, the ball control was very good, and the opportunities came out, but as soon as Rose made a shot, it was over. Obviously, I saw the float of the ball throw, which was not the right taste.

The ball didn't even touch the basket and smashed directly into Lefou's head.

Love took the ball and turned and passed it to Williams, and the Timberwolves pushed it back. At this time, Lefu did not fall into the low position, but came up to cover Williams.

Williams took advantage of the Lefu cover and took a big step to break through into the Knicks' restricted area. When the Knicks contracted, Williams' choice was different from Rubio's, he played basketball high and shook it back, and passed it to Lefou, who followed up.

Love got the ball, and the Knicks pounced on Love, who was invincible with both fists and four hands, and still passed the ball to Brewer.

Brewer was vacant, and Li Feng saw that Brewer had leaked again, so he hurriedly rushed over to defend. But as soon as he moved, Brewer behind him leaked.

Brewer receives the ball and passes it into Brewer's hands, and Brewer shoots outside the three-point line.

"Brush"

Brewer's three-pointer went into the Knicks' basket safely, and suddenly Tyberdu got up from the bench.

In recent times, the Timberwolves have significantly more firepower than the Knicks, and the Timberwolves also have a high shooting percentage. Although it was all role players scoring, the Timberwolves now have 10 points and the Knicks have only 4 points. The difference has widened to 6 points, and this difference has a tendency to widen.

Tyberdu is starting to fidget! He immediately shouted on the sideline:

"Play catch, play catch!"

Now that the score difference is going to be widened, he still has to pass the basketball to Li Feng's hands.

With Tyberdeau's command, the Knicks came over again and immediately played a catch-and-catch tactic for Li Feng. The Knicks stood in a horizontal row at the free throw line, and Li Feng ran without the ball in a figure-8 shape between the two people, which finally threw Brewer away.

Li Feng received the basketball in the vacant position, looked up and saw that there was no one to defend him, and Li Feng jumped and shot directly.

But Li Feng didn't hit the shot in the vacant position, and Li Feng's hand didn't open at all today, which means that Li Feng didn't start pumping at all.

Li Feng did not alleviate the trend of the team's point difference being widened, and the rebound was grabbed by the Timberwolves again.

The Timberwolves scored consecutive points, and at this time, the Timberwolves came back and Rubio's convulsions were committed again. As soon as he ran over with the ball, he didn't even look at his teammates and directly broke through in a straight line and stabbed towards the Knicks' basket.

The Timberwolves' defense is very hard with Love, and the Knicks' defense is not vegetarian, a team of muscles.

He Rubio didn't have the ability to attack strongly, so Rubio came up and was immediately caught by the Knicks, and he forced his shot in the crowd. Rose came from behind, and without mercy was a block.

Splitting the head and face to pull Rubio's layup down, Madison was a shock when Rose blocked.

The Knicks fans all let out a fierce sigh, but at this time, the ball that was pulled out by Rose was intercepted horizontally by Love suddenly appeared in the air.

Lefou, who intercepted the ball, touched the ground with his feet, and immediately bounced up again as if it were a spring.

Although a bunch of people came up to defend him on the Knicks' side, some of them were not as fast as him, some of them were not as big as him, and some of them couldn't jump up.

The Knicks were under the basket, but Lefu was still at the highest point, and with a one-handed throw, Lefu threw the basketball into the Knicks' basket.

Love still scored points despite the Knicks' tight defense, and his impact on the court is indeed ubiquitous.

As long as he is on the court, I don't know what chance to go, and you slack off a little on this side, and he jumps out.

Lefou's talent is too prominent, and no one can do anything about him.

The Timberwolves scored another 2 points, so that the Timberwolves led the Knicks by 8 points at 12-4, and the lead by 8 points in the first quarter was more terrible.

At this time, Tyberdu could only call a timeout, and now the Knicks' problem is not on defense, but on scoring. Both teams are mainly role players, but the Timberwolves obviously have a lot of scoring points and don't worry about scoring.

The Knicks' side has few scoring points, and it is very difficult to score.

At this time, Tyberdu is really worried about chasing points, and he must change people if he wants to increase his firepower, but the question is who to replace.

Replacing Li Feng can only release the Timberwolves' tighter defense, although Li Feng is now on the court, although he has not scored, but he has attracted a lot of defensive attention from the Timberwolves wherever he goes.

It's even worse to replace Dragic, who is now the Knicks' only reliable point guard.

Monroe and Cousins are shouldering the heavy responsibility of hard resistance to Love, and the only way for the Knicks to do so is to replace Rose.

Tyberdu thought about replacing J.R. Smith with the nerve knife and replacing Rose. (To be continued......)