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"The Timberwolves still haven't replaced their core players Garnett and Pierce in this timeout, is Coach Z really ready to use such a lineup to hold on to the end? Dean Garrett and Sam Mitchell haven't been a lot of players this season. ”

Dean Garrett still has a bit of an incredible feeling now, the head coach actually dared to remove the two cores of the team at such a critical point in such a critical game, at such a critical point in time, and also handed over the responsibility of guarding the team's interior to him alone, is he not afraid of the team losing in the end? You must know that the team's last game was overtaken by Spurs at the last moment.

To be honest, he was surprised to play with the Spurs like this, and like everyone else, he also thought that the Timberwolves could easily defeat the Spurs and then win this year's championship, but after these two hard battles, it is obvious that this assertion is not correct, the Spurs are definitely not as vulnerable as the media described, and they are definitely not as completely degraded as they described, on the contrary, this team is very tenacious, this is a completely different team from the Jazz, and now his heart is beginning to waver, Are the media touting the Timberwolves ill-intentioned? Dean Garrett can't be sure, now he's confused himself, he's like many Timberwolves players lately, his mind is always full of media rhetoric, and he can't shake it off, what is the truth? He doesn't want to know anymore, he only believes in one person now, that is the head coach of the team, Zhuang Fei, as long as he believes in the head coach of the team, he doesn't care about anything else. As long as you listen to the manager, you can't go wrong.

"Since the coach trusts me so much, I have to take that responsibility. Never run away," Garrett swore to himself.

Garrett naturally knows that his opponent is Tim Duncan, who is the new MVP of the season, one of the best interior players in the league, and one of the most proud disciples of the team's head coach. Even Kevin Garnett, the current leader of the team, is embarrassed when facing him, so Dean Garrett naturally has no interest in thinking about beating the best power forward in the league.

"The coach said that he wants my frontcourt rebounds, and I believe that I am no worse than any other player in the NBA in this category, even Duncan" Thinking of this, Garrett was immediately full of courage and confidence, Garrett looked at Duncan not far away, and actually found that Duncan was also looking at him.

After the timeout, the Spurs did as Zhuang Fei expected, and Vicky took David Robinson down. Then the lineup also became one big and four small, the Spurs switched to three-point shè Kerr, and the Spurs lineup also changed to Duncan plus Corga Johnson, Mario Elie. Sean Elliott's lineup, which is definitely enough in terms of maneuvering, is also designed to deal with the Timberwolves' outside threes, while the offensive side is given to Duncan and Kerr.

"Tim, this opponent of yours looks weak," Johnson said with a smile and patted Duncan next to him. Now the Spurs are three points behind but they are not in a hurry, and there are a little more than two points left in the game to complete the comeback, just like in the last game. The Timberwolves' odd formation will never last long, as long as the Spurs are replaced with a big or four small Timberwolves like them, there will be no play. Johnson is sure of that.

"It's hard to say, but I'm sure the change in coaching is significant. That's what he's always done in Wake Forest," Duncan said and looked meaningfully at the Timberwolves' bench, Zhuang Fei understood him. He also knows Zhuang Fei, a coach who can do miracles.

"What a tacit understanding of a pair of master and apprentice, I think Greg will be very jealous" Johnson quipped, Duncan and Vicky's relationship is like a friend at the same level, Vicky will be angry with the rest of the Spurs, but never angry with Duncan, and Duncan's respect for Zhuang Fei can not be found in Vicky at all, his relationship with Vicky is a collaborator or a friend, which is why Vicky has always been a little jealous of Zhuang Fei.

The first wave of offense after the timeout was the Spurs' offense, and the Spurs' first choice was still Duncan, and Johnson gave the ball to Duncan at the right time. Duncan stuck to Garrett behind his back, and then pushed it like behind, this interior line is not very high, but it has good strength and tonnage, and it is also a little uncomfortable to hold Duncan, and seeing Duncan holding the ball, the other players of the Timberwolves are also shrinking under the basket, and they are no strangers to shrinking the defense of the Spurs, and many other teams are this strategy when facing the Spurs Twin Towers. How to deal with such a defense, Duncan is certainly no stranger.

"Good opportunity" saw the Timberwolves' outside players recycled, Duncan's eyes lit up, and then quickly pushed the ball to Kerr, who was defending Kerr, it was too late for Jackson to save, and Duncan's pass was just right. It was passed on to the node of Jackson's recovery, making it difficult for Jackson to pounce again.

"Brush" hit, Kerr's three-point is much better than the rest of the Spurs, just one round, the Spurs tied the score, but less than 20s have passed, and the Spurs home court also set off again after the ball was thrown.

"Duncan's pass is just right, which is what Chris Webber can have in the league's other power forwards" Zhuang Fei deliberately amplified his voice, while Garnett, who was sitting on the bench, raised his eyebrows.

"The Spurs tied the score in just one round, and now it's time to watch the Timberwolves," ABC commentator Michaels said excitedly, and the last two timeouts of the two head coaches were just right to adjust the lineup, which made him a spectator as a marvel.

When the Timberwolves attacked, because the Spurs were one big and four small, it did cause difficulties for the Timberwolves to pass the ball, and the Spurs' outside defense was more expanded, and the maneuver was better. The void of the conduction ball is naturally smaller.

"It's not good, Nash's cross to Sam Mitchell's ball is a little off, the ball speed is also very fast, it's going to be a mistake" Just when Michaels saw that the ball was about to go out of bounds and exclaimed, at this time, Sam Mitchell made a flying pounce and almost saved the ball sideways with one hand, and the saved ball fell to Nash's hand again, Nash threw it again, this time without a mistake. Jackson at the top of the arc received the ball and almost threw it in front of Mario Elie, and this time the transmission had been more than 5 times, so Jackson could shoot, and he was a lot taller than Eli. It also gives him plenty of room to make a move.

"It's a shame. Jackson's ball brushed out of the basket, and it looked like the rebound was going to be taken by Duncan" Like Michaels's thoughts, Duncan thought the same way, he was ready to accept the backcourt rebound, but at this moment he prominently felt a figure rushing out from behind him.

"It's not good, everyone else is out there defending the Timberwolves' three-pointers, no one is helping Duncan to pick up, and the rest of the Spurs players are too late to recover at this time. Garrett grabbed a frontcourt rebound, and his rush rebound was very beautiful."

Garrett didn't stop the ball and quickly pushed the ball again to Jackson at the top of the arc, and Jackson was empty. The Spurs defender saved, Jackson didn't shoot, and crossed to Mobley at 45 degrees to the left, who also had a chance, but still didn't shoot. Mobley gave the ball to Mitchell in the bottom corner, and Mitchell was completely empty, and it was an open shot in the absolute sense of the word"

"The Timberwolves were too patient on this offense, and all three on the perimeter had a chance. In the end, there was an absolute chance of vacancy."

Sam Mitchell exhaled deeply, then jumped slowly. It was the most important three-pointer he's made this season, and the most important three-pointer he's ever made in his career.

"This goal has to go in," Mitchell recalls the scene in the manager's office. What Zhuang Fei said to him came to mind again.

"Sam, you are important to the team," Zhuang Fei's sincere words still echoed in his ears.

"yes, it's really important for the team," Mitchell said in his heart, the ball out of his fingers.

At this time, all the players on the Timberwolves bench and the Spurs bench stood up, and this attack on the Timberwolves took a total of 40s, and now the game time is only 1 minute, and this goal is absolutely crucial. It can even be said to be a ball of life and death.

There was a crisp sound of "brushing", and the basketball hollowed into the net. Sam Mitchell didn't say anything, he immediately stepped back, the ball had to be defended, and then the team won.

Zhuang Fei on the sidelines clenched his fists fiercely, he is now standing on the sidelines, and so is Vicky, this goal is the decisive goal, the Spurs did not call a timeout, and there is still a full minute, and the Spurs still have a lot of options.

"Tim, you can organize the offense with this ball" Just after the dribble halfway, the junior general Johnson handed the ball to Duncan, and the Spurs' goal was clear, that is, to let Duncan attack. Now that Duncan has mentioned the high post, the Timberwolves' defense has also expanded, and at this time it is no longer possible to shrink, and now it is better to give two points than three.

Duncan was looking for an opportunity, and it was best to make a quick two-pointer on this shot, but the Timberwolves were very close and had no chance.

"It seems that this is the only way" Duncan thought and immediately adjusted his pace and took the ball to the basket, he was ready to play hard, Dean Garrett blocked Duncan as if he had expected him to advance near the free throw line, and at this time Nash also came back to prepare for the pinch shot, Stephen Jackson did not move, he stuck hard to the three-point god Kerr. Now the Timberwolves' two options are to choke Duncan and Kerr, and the others can let go.

Seeing that the pinch attack is coming, Duncan now has only two choices, Johnson at the top of the three-point arc and himself, and finally Duncan still chooses to believe Johnson.

"Johnson made a shot, the ball was in a high arc, is it going to go in? No, the ball didn't go in, the ball bounced twice on the basket and then fell to the side, Garrett blocked Duncan behind him, Duncan couldn't grab the rebound, Nash took the backcourt rebound, now the game is still 38s, the Timberwolves are no longer preparing to attack, they are now controlling the time, they are still leading by three points If this ball can be scored, it doesn't matter if it doesn't score, as long as you can control the time"

Watching Johnson throw this ball, Zhuang Fei's heart also relaxed, and the game was won. On the other side, Vicky was a little annoyed, the team's three points in this game were too bad. There are so many opportunities that come up and you can't get there.

The final score of the game was 95-90, with the Timberwolves winning by five points, and Nash added two points with a free throw in the final moments.

"Haha, great, you guys performed great in this game" Zhuang Fei hugged the players who came down from the court one by one, he bet right in this game, these players did not disappoint him, although this game also has Spurs' own reasons, but no matter what, the Timberwolves won, without Garnett and Pierce, which is too important to realize Zhuang Fei's next plan.

Watching his teammates come off the pitch in this game, Pierce and Garnett sitting on the sidelines at a critical time felt a little uncomfortable, this is definitely not what they wanted, the team won without them at a critical time.

"Now we can't help but admire the courage of Coach Z, daring to change two rotation players and replace two core players in such a crucial game, which definitely requires a lot of courage, but obviously, Coach Z did it, and the two best players for the Timberwolves in the last minute of this game were Sam Mitchell and Dean Garrett, who gave the Timberwolves a lot of change with one offense and one defense."

"And more importantly, Coach Z seems to have come up with a new three-point tactic in this game, which is a three-point tactic similar to the 'umbrella' type, which will provide an opportunity for many teams in the league that do not have a strong interior line to challenge the strong interior team, maybe Coach Z will lead an outside revolution, don't forget that Coach Z also made a circle before inventing this umbrella three-point strategy, and now he has become the best coach in the league to break the super interior team." ABC's commentator Michaels spared no effort to sing for Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves after the game, but Zhuang Fei didn't hear it.

"You are really bold" Vicky said as he looked at the Chinese in front of him, he lost this game convincingly, and with Zhuang Fei's courage, he couldn't do it.

"Where, there is no way to force this" Zhuang Fei smiled slightly.

"That's right, the three-point shot tactic you got at the last moment is very powerful, I haven't seen it in the NBA before, if you encounter some teams that are not active in defense or move slowly, you can definitely beat them into a sieve" Vicky is also very curious, but he also has more respect for Zhuang Fei in his heart, the best three-point shot can be used in the NBA is the Timberwolves, the three-point shot appeared for a short time, and naturally there is no development, Zhuang Fei can do such a degree It is definitely not easy.

"To be honest, it was just a momentary inspiration, I didn't know it myself" Zhuang Fei shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"I lost this game today, but you Timberwolves don't want to win again in the future"

"Really? Not ready to hide your strength? ”

"Against the Timberwolves, against Coach Z, I don't dare to drag it out any longer."